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div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the 1960-61 skirmish, see <a href="/wiki/Bajaur_Campaign" title="Bajaur Campaign">Bajaur Campaign</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the 1519 battle, see <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bajaur_(1519)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Bajaur (1519)">Battle of Bajaur (1519)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r963460841">@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .desktop-float-right{box-sizing:border-box;float:right;clear:right}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.vevent .status>p:first-child{margin:0}</style><table 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Pakistan_NWFP_FATA_Bajaur.svg/330px-Pakistan_NWFP_FATA_Bajaur.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Pakistan_NWFP_FATA_Bajaur.svg/440px-Pakistan_NWFP_FATA_Bajaur.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1075" /></a></span><br />Bajaur is the yellow colored region</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>7 August 2008 – 28 February 2009<br />(6 months and 3 weeks)</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location"><a href="/wiki/Bajaur" class="mw-redirect" title="Bajaur">Bajaur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province</a>, Pakistan</div></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status"> Pakistani victory</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Belligerents</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan"><img alt="Pakistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tehrik-i-Taliban_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan">TTP</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">Al-Qaeda</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Tnsm-flag.svg/23px-Tnsm-flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Tnsm-flag.svg/35px-Tnsm-flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Tnsm-flag.svg/46px-Tnsm-flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="755" data-file-height="498" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/TNSM" class="mw-redirect" title="TNSM">TNSM</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders and leaders</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Major-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-General">MG</a> <a href="/wiki/Tariq_Khan_(general)" title="Tariq Khan (general)">Tariq Khan</a><sup id="cite_ref-WSJ1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Brigadier-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigadier-General">B.Gen.</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abid_Mumtaz_(brigadier)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abid Mumtaz (brigadier) (page does not exist)">Abid Mumtaz</a><sup id="cite_ref-WSJ1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Brigadier-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigadier-General">B.Gen.</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zafar_Ul_Haq_(brigadier)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zafar Ul Haq (brigadier) (page does not exist)">Zafar ul haq</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">Col</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nauman_Saeed_(colonel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nauman Saeed (colonel) (page does not exist)">Nauman Saeed</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Faqir_Mohammed" title="Faqir Mohammed">Faqir Mohammed</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Saeed_al-Masri" title="Saeed al-Masri">Abu Saeed Al-Masri</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Units involved</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a> </p> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yankee_Division.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Yankee_Division.svg/18px-Yankee_Division.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Yankee_Division.svg/27px-Yankee_Division.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Yankee_Division.svg/36px-Yankee_Division.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="309" data-file-height="382" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/26th_Infantry_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="26th Infantry Brigade">26th Infantry Brigade</a></li></ul> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Air_Force_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Air_Force_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Air_Force_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force" title="Pakistan Air Force">Pakistan Air Force</a> <br /> </p> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg/23px-Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg/35px-Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg/45px-Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="793" data-file-height="528" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Frontier_Corps_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_(North)" title="Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North)">FCKP (N)</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tehrik-i-Taliban_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan">TTP</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">Al-Qaeda</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Tnsm-flag.svg/23px-Tnsm-flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Tnsm-flag.svg/35px-Tnsm-flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Tnsm-flag.svg/46px-Tnsm-flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="755" data-file-height="498" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/TNSM" class="mw-redirect" title="TNSM">TNSM</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Strength</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> 9,000–15,000<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> ~4,000<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ1_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Casualties and losses</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> 30 killed and 4 wounded<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Pakistan army)</span></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> 1,500 killed and 2,000 wounded<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Militants)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl 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/><small>(North-West Pakistan)</small></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wanna" title="Battle of Wanna">Wana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Lal_Masjid" title="Siege of Lal Masjid"><i>Sunrise</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mirali" title="Battle of Mirali">Mirali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Swat" title="First Battle of Swat"><i>Rah-e-Haq</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Zalzala" title="Operation Zalzala"><i>Earthquake</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Sirat-e-Mustaqeem" title="Operation Sirat-e-Mustaqeem"><i>Righteous Path</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Sherdil</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angur_Ada_raid" title="Angur Ada raid">Angur Ada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Black_Thunderstorm" title="Operation Black Thunderstorm"><i>Black Thunderstorm</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Swat" title="Second Battle of Swat"><i>Rah-e-Raast</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Janbaz" title="Operation Janbaz"><i>Janbaz</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Khyber_Pass_offensive" title="2009 Khyber Pass offensive">Khyber Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Rah-e-Nijat" title="Operation Rah-e-Nijat"><i>Rah-e-Nijat</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orakzai_and_Kurram_offensive" title="Orakzai and Kurram offensive"><i>Khwakh Ba De Sham</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohmand_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohmand Offensive">Mohmand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden#Operation_Neptune_Spear" title="Killing of Osama bin Laden"><i>Neptune Spear</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Koh-e-Sufaid" title="Operation Koh-e-Sufaid"><i>Koh-e-Sufaid</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Zarb-e-Azb" title="Operation Zarb-e-Azb"><i>Zarb-e-Azb</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Khyber" title="Operation Khyber"><i>Khyber</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Ghazi" title="Operation Ghazi"><i>Ghazi</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Radd-ul-Fasaad" title="Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad"><i>Radd-ul-Fasaad</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zinghara_skirmish" title="Zinghara skirmish">Zinghara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Bannu_counterterrorism_centre_attack_and_siege" title="2022 Bannu counterterrorism centre attack and siege">Bannu</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><b><a href="/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan" title="Drone strikes in Pakistan">American airstrikes</a></b></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Damadola_airstrike" title="Damadola airstrike">Damadola</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chenagai_airstrike" title="Chenagai airstrike">Chenagai</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa#Intensified_drone_strikes_and_border_skirmishes_with_United_States" title="Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Dande Darpakhel</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Miramshah_airstrike" title="Miramshah airstrike">Miramshah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Baghar_China_airstrike" title="Baghar China airstrike">Baghar China</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Laghman_airstrikes" title="Laghman airstrikes">Laghman</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Shrawangai_Nazarkhel_airstrike" title="Shrawangai Nazarkhel airstrike">Shrawangai Nazarkhel</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Datta_Khel_airstrike" title="Datta Khel airstrike">Datta Khel</a></dd> <dt><b><a href="/wiki/2022_Pakistani_airstrikes_in_Afghanistan" title="2022 Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan">Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan</a>:</b></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Pakistani_airstrikes_in_Afghanistan" title="2022 Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan">Spera and Shultan</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes">Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes</a> (since 2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan%E2%80%93United_States_skirmishes" title="Pakistan–United States skirmishes">Pakistan–United States skirmishes</a> (2008–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_refugee_crisis_in_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 refugee crisis in Pakistan">2009 refugee crisis in Pakistan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <b>Battle of Bajaur</b> (English: <span lang="en"><b>Operation Lion Heart</b></span>), also known as <b>Operation Sherdil</b>, was a military campaign in the <a href="/wiki/Bajaur" class="mw-redirect" title="Bajaur">Bajaur</a> region of <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>. It was conducted on 7 August 2008 by the <a href="/wiki/Frontier_Corps" title="Frontier Corps">Frontier Corps</a> and Infantry Brigade of <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_army" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan army">Pakistan army</a>. The operation was primarily launched to end the political movement of the <a href="/wiki/Tehrik-e-Taliban_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan">Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan</a>. Bajaur area was administered by <a href="/wiki/Tehrik-e-Taliban_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan">Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan</a> until 2007, and it remained <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">Al-Qaeda</a>'s central <a href="/wiki/Command_and_control" title="Command and control">command and control</a> for carrying out activities in Northeast <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kunar_province" class="mw-redirect" title="Kunar province">Kunar province</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LWJ_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWJ-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Recent reports indicate that ongoing conflict has newly displaced an estimate of 7,000 people between 3 and 4 March in Nurgal district.<sup id="cite_ref-ReliefWeb_2020_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReliefWeb_2020-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ambush_in_Bajaur">Ambush in Bajaur</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Bajaur&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Ambush in Bajaur"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the early days of August in 2008, a check-post was established by the Frontier Corps to seize control of the Afghan-Pakistan border crossing over <a href="/wiki/Tehrik-e-Taliban" class="mw-redirect" title="Tehrik-e-Taliban">Tehrik-e-Taliban</a>. Check-post was constructed near the town of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Loyesam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Loyesam (page does not exist)">Loyesam</a> which is 12 km away from <a href="/wiki/Khaar" class="mw-redirect" title="Khaar">Khaar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wsws_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsws-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Loyesam (or Loisam) is a strategic position that controls passage into Afghanistan's <a href="/wiki/Kunar_province" class="mw-redirect" title="Kunar province">Kunar province</a>. The militant attacks caused heavy casualties to the Pakistani army. Eventually, the army was relocated to Khar town.<sup id="cite_ref-LWJ_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWJ-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Bajaur&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several days later, the Frontier Corps began a large-scale offensive under the command of Major-General Tariq Khan, codenamed Operation Sherdil (Lion heart), intending to regain control of Bajaur from the Taliban.<sup id="cite_ref-SAIR_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAIR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About 8,000 troops belonging to the FC and Army, backed by <a href="/wiki/AH-1_Cobra" class="mw-redirect" title="AH-1 Cobra">Cobra</a> <a href="/wiki/Attack_helicopter" title="Attack helicopter">attack helicopters</a> and fighter jets were deployed that attacked Taliban hideouts. To support the Army, the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force" title="Pakistan Air Force">Pakistan Air Force</a> responded with aggressive air campaign. Pakistani military sources revealed that the army was surprised by the resistance of the insurgents. Taliban used advanced tactics to fight prepared defense system.<sup id="cite_ref-IHT1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IHT1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the end of the year, the Army claimed that it had killed more than 1,000 militants, including the foreign commander of Al Qaeda, an <a href="/wiki/Egyptians" title="Egyptians">Egyptian</a> called Abu Saeed Al-Masri.<sup id="cite_ref-AFP1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFP1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Army suffered 20 casualties.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The military encouraged local tribes to rebel against the Taliban by raising the <i>lashkars</i> (tribal militias) to fight alongside the government forces. The <a href="/wiki/Salarzai" title="Salarzai">Salarzai</a> tribe reportedly counted 4,000 armed fighters, responded favorably to this initiative.<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ1_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7 October, the Salarzai elders announced that they had cleared their tribal territory of militants, and requested the deployment of government troops to consolidate the gains they had made.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to several sources, the <a href="/wiki/Islamabad_Marriott_Hotel_bombing" title="Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing">Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing</a> might have occurred in retaliation for the military offensive in Bajaur.<sup id="cite_ref-IHT1_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IHT1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 October, during a briefing to the <a href="/wiki/Majlis-e-Shoora" class="mw-redirect" title="Majlis-e-Shoora">Parliament</a>, the military announced that the operation killed 2,744 militants, including 321 foreigners, and caused 1,400 casualties to the militants.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 25 October, the Pakistan forces reportedly recaptured Taliban militants in Loi Sam village.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About 500 militants were reportedly killed in the Bajaur area on 25 October.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of 2008, security forces were stationed at Torghudai, Nawagai, Utmankhel, and Salarzai. By mid-2009, the security forces controlled the bulk of the Mamund and Chahrmang valleys as well. The last operation was launched in February 2010 with fresh reinforcements to mop up the last pockets of militants, including the notorious <a href="/wiki/Damadola" title="Damadola">Damadola</a> stronghold. Bajaur was ultimately declared clear in March 2010. When the operation was completed, a large number of militants surrendered before the army. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AH-1_Cobra_DF-ST-85-09827.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/AH-1_Cobra_DF-ST-85-09827.JPEG/220px-AH-1_Cobra_DF-ST-85-09827.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/AH-1_Cobra_DF-ST-85-09827.JPEG/330px-AH-1_Cobra_DF-ST-85-09827.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/AH-1_Cobra_DF-ST-85-09827.JPEG/440px-AH-1_Cobra_DF-ST-85-09827.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2840" data-file-height="1930" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army_Aviation_Corps" title="Pakistan Army Aviation Corps">Pakistan Army's Aviation Corps</a> used <a href="/wiki/Bell_AH-1_Cobra" title="Bell AH-1 Cobra">Cobra gunship attack</a> helicopters extensively to pacify high-altitude mountain ridges occupied by the militants.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Strategic_significance">Strategic significance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Bajaur&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Strategic significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this section to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2012</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The opinion of military leaders in the early stages of the battle asserted that it was a decisive confrontation of Pakistan's war against the Taliban. Military officials allegedly said the conflict "could decide the fate of other tribal areas" with Bajaur possibly being the most crucial militant stronghold outside of Waziristan. </p><p>The influx of Taliban fighters from the Kunar province across the border of Afghanistan was viewed as a further sign that dictated the nature of the fight by diverting resources away from fighting with <a href="/wiki/International_Security_Assistance_Force" title="International Security Assistance Force">International Security Assistance Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IHT1_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IHT1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Bajaur&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Type_69-II_Iraq.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Type_69-II_Iraq.jpg/220px-Type_69-II_Iraq.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Type_69-II_Iraq.jpg/330px-Type_69-II_Iraq.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Type_69-II_Iraq.jpg/440px-Type_69-II_Iraq.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2830" data-file-height="1915" /></a><figcaption>Pakistan Army used <a href="/wiki/Type_69_tank" title="Type 69 tank">Type 69 tanks</a> during Operation Sherdil in support of ground troops and <a href="/wiki/Frontier_Corps" title="Frontier Corps">Frontier Corps</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>On 28 February 2009,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the security forces defeated the Taliban and other Islamist militants in Bajaur, which was a strategically important region on the Afghan border. Major-General <a href="/wiki/Tariq_Khan_(general)" title="Tariq Khan (general)">Tariq Khan</a>, who was commanding the military operations in five of the seven agencies stated that the Army and the <a href="/wiki/Frontier_Corps" title="Frontier Corps">Frontier Corps</a> killed most militants in Bajaur, the smallest of the agencies but a major infiltration route into Afghanistan, after a six-month long offensive. The Pakistan Army killed over 1,800 militants. However, the forces suffered 30 deaths and four wounded. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leadership">Leadership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Bajaur&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Maj_Gen._Tariq_Khan">Maj Gen. Tariq Khan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Bajaur&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Maj Gen. Tariq Khan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gen. Tariq Khan served as the Inspector General of the Frontier Corps during Operation Sherdil. He is known as the architect of the Battle of Bajaur. He is primarily credited with transforming the Frontier Corps into a highly efficient and professional counter-terrorism force. He supervised all operations in Bajaur. His physical presence at the forward-most positions during critical stages of the battle was an inspiration for the junior leaders and a morale booster for the troops.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brig._Abid_Mumtaz">Brig. Abid Mumtaz</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Bajaur&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Brig. Abid Mumtaz"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Brigadier" title="Brigadier">Brigadier</a> Abid Mumtaz served as the officer commanding of Operation Sherdil in Bajaur. A commander noted for leading his troops from the front. He emerged an example of his dedication to service on 9 September 2008, when the leading forces under his command reached at <a href="/wiki/Rashakai" title="Rashakai">Rashakai</a> town. The militants disrupted the communication line at Nissarabad, and he chose to stay on the frontline. He personally led the frontline forces for 15 days and did not return to headquarters until communication line was restored. He was awarded<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (March 2020)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> for his gallant actions and is now serving as the Major General. Mumtaz also conducted Khyber 2 operation in Tirah Valley in 2015. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brig._Zafar-Ul-Haq.">Brig. Zafar-Ul-Haq.</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Bajaur&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Brig. Zafar-Ul-Haq."><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brigadier Zafar-ul-Haq replaced Brig Abid Mumtaz on 24 February 2010. He launched several operations to completely wipe out the Taliban's presence in Bajaur and expanded the security forces in each area of Bajaur. Brigadier Zafar-Ul-Haq pushed the Taliban away from the local areas and has ensured safety for the local people. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battalion_Commanders">Battalion Commanders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Bajaur&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Battalion Commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Battalion commanders who served in Operation Sherdil. </p> <ol><li>Lt Col Javed Baloch & Lt Col Munawar</li> <li>Lt Col Anjum Saleem, Lt Col Nadir Khan, Lt Col Rashid</li> <li>Lt Col Asad, Lt Col Ali, Lt Col Amjad</li></ol> <p>The dedication of combatant commanders helped the Bajaul Valley to end the terrorism.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Col._Nauman_Saeed">Col. Nauman Saeed</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Bajaur&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Col. Nauman Saeed"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">Colonel</a> Nauman Saeed served as the operation commandant in Bajaur, where he was posted in and was due to assume command on 14 August 2008. However, owing to extraordinary circumstances, he had to leave for Bajaur on 6 August 2008. Miscreants surrounded a party that was sent to establish a post in Loesam. Nauman led the link-up unit on 8 August 2008 after the previous day's failed link attempt. </p><p>The troops were ambushed at Tankhatta, where they retaliated and held their positions for over 8 hours against well-entrenched militants to facilitate previous infiltration of the party besieged at Loesam.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mi-17.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Mi-17.jpg/220px-Mi-17.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Mi-17.jpg/330px-Mi-17.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Mi-17.jpg/440px-Mi-17.jpg 2x" data-file-width="892" data-file-height="607" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-17" title="Mil Mi-17">Mi-17 helicopters</a> were deployed for the logistical support and evacuation of critically wounded soldiers to the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Military_Hospitals" title="Combined Military Hospitals">Combined Military Hospitals</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In another incident, the convoy of <a href="/wiki/Inspector_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Inspector General">Inspector-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Frontier_Corps" title="Frontier Corps">Frontier Corps</a> Major-General Tariq Khan was ambushed on 9 September 2009 at Nissarabad. Col. Nauman went back to the ambush site with a tank and a Quick Response Force to extricate the crew of a vehicle that was disabled by the militants fire. His tank received multiple hits by RPG-7s and his operator suffered a bullet injury. However, they extracted the stranded vehicle along with the soldiers. He was awarded by the government for his contribution to the operation.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Bajaur&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bajaur_Campaign" title="Bajaur Campaign">Bajaur Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Pakistani_Bombing_of_Batmalai" class="mw-redirect" title="1961 Pakistani Bombing of Batmalai">1961 Pakistani Bombing of Batmalai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorism_in_Pakistan" title="Terrorism in Pakistan">Terrorism in Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_in_North-West_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="War in North-West 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<li><a href="/wiki/Baitullah_Mehsud" title="Baitullah Mehsud">Baitullah Mehsud</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faqir_Mohammed" title="Faqir Mohammed">Faqir Mohammed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wali-ur-Rehman" title="Wali-ur-Rehman">Wali-ur-Rehman</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dadullah_(Pakistani_Taliban)" title="Dadullah (Pakistani Taliban)">Dadullah</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalid_Mehsud" title="Khalid Mehsud">Khalid Mehsud</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Dargai_bombing" title="2006 Dargai bombing">2006 Dargai bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Benazir_Bhutto" title="Assassination of Benazir Bhutto">Assassination of Benazir Bhutto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tariq_Azizuddin" title="Tariq Azizuddin">Kidnapping of Tariq Azizuddin</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Taliban_in_Pakistan_captures_convoy_bound_for_NATO_troops" class="extiw" title="n:Taliban in Pakistan captures convoy bound for NATO troops">Capture of NATO convoy</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Battle of Bajaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Wah_bombing" title="2008 Wah bombing">2008 Wah bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faisal_Shahzad" title="Faisal Shahzad">Faisal Shahzad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Sikh_beheadings_by_the_Taliban" title="2010 Sikh beheadings by the Taliban">2010 Sikh beheading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Faisalabad_bombing" title="2011 Faisalabad bombing">2011 Faisalabad bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PNS_Mehran_attack" title="PNS Mehran attack">PNS Mehran attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai#Murder_attempt" title="Malala Yousafzai">Assassination attempt on Malala Yousufzai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Dera_Ismail_Khan_bombing" title="2012 Dera Ismail Khan bombing">2012 Dera Ismail Khan bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Bacha_Khan_International_Airport_attack" title="2012 Bacha Khan International Airport attack">Bacha Khan Airport attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Dera_Ismail_Khan_prison_attack" title="2013 Dera Ismail Khan prison attack">Dera Ismail Khan prison attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaudhry_Aslam_Khan" title="Chaudhry Aslam Khan">Assassination of Chaudhry Aslam Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Bannu_bombing" title="2014 Bannu bombing">2014 Bannu bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Jinnah_International_Airport_attack" title="2014 Jinnah International Airport attack">Jinnah Airport attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Peshawar_school_massacre" title="2014 Peshawar school massacre">Peshawar school massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Chaman_suicide_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 Chaman suicide bombing">Chaman suicide bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Bannu_counterterrorism_centre_attack_and_siege" title="2022 Bannu counterterrorism centre attack and siege">Bannu CTD centre attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarband_police_station_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarband police station attack">Sarband police station attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Peshawar_mosque_bombing" title="2023 Peshawar mosque bombing">2023 Peshawar mosque bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Karachi_police_station_attack" title="2023 Karachi police station attack">Karachi police station attack</a></li></ul> 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