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The <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_military_and_paramilitary_personnel" title="List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel">sixth largest</a> military power in terms of active troops, Pakistan has an extensive history of overseas military presence, especially in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>, where it has maintained military contingents, missions and battalions in several states. As part of its <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Pakistan" title="Foreign relations of Pakistan">foreign policy</a> efforts to expand its military relations and influence in the region, Pakistan signed defence protocols during the 1970s with several Arab countries including <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a>, under which members of the armed forces of these countries were imparted professional training by Pakistani advisers and military trainers.<sup id="cite_ref-Pande_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pande-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Saudi Arabia signed a bilateral agreement with Pakistan on defense cooperation; during that time, there were 50,000 to 60,000 Pakistani military personnel serving abroad with the largest number of these, about 20,000, deployed in Saudi Arabia.<sup id="cite_ref-Pande_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pande-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <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=Pakistan_Armed_Forces_deployments&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Oil_boom" title="Oil boom">oil boom</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> during the 1970s and 1980s brought rapid economic growth and geostrategic importance to the region. During this period, many <a href="/wiki/Arab_states_of_the_Persian_Gulf" title="Arab states of the Persian Gulf">Gulf states</a> sought regional neighbour Pakistan's assistance in the formation of their military capabilities. A number of Pakistan Air Force, Army and Navy personnel were deputed to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq and Syria, primarily to train and establish local security forces as well as to provide technical assistance.<sup id="cite_ref-Kamran_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kamran-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sudan_Envoy_-_Compound_Tour_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Sudan_Envoy_-_Compound_Tour_%281%29.jpg/290px-Sudan_Envoy_-_Compound_Tour_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Sudan_Envoy_-_Compound_Tour_%281%29.jpg/435px-Sudan_Envoy_-_Compound_Tour_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Sudan_Envoy_-_Compound_Tour_%281%29.jpg/580px-Sudan_Envoy_-_Compound_Tour_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="680" /></a><figcaption>Pakistan Army providing security on behalf of the United Nations in Sudan.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_deployments">History of deployments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pakistan_Armed_Forces_deployments&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History of deployments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Africa">Africa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pakistan_Armed_Forces_deployments&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_of_Zimbabwe" title="Air Force of Zimbabwe">Air Force of Zimbabwe</a> (AFZ) underwent a series of restructuring in the early 1980s, following its reconstitution from the previously-existing <a href="/wiki/Rhodesian_Air_Force" title="Rhodesian Air Force">Rhodesian Air Force</a>. During this period, the AFZ sought Pakistani and foreign assistance to remain operational. Zimbabwean President <a href="/wiki/Robert_Mugabe" title="Robert Mugabe">Robert Mugabe</a> requested Pakistan to detach an officer to head the AFZ and serve as its commander. Subsequently, Air Vice-Marshal <a href="/wiki/Azim_Daudpota" title="Azim Daudpota">Azim Daudpota</a> was appointed Commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe, serving in the position from July 1983 to January 1986. He remains the first and only non-local commander of the AFZ.<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> A large number of other PAF officers were deployed in Zimbabwe as well, along with Daudpota.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kuwait">Kuwait</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pakistan_Armed_Forces_deployments&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Kuwait"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output 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">See also: <a href="/wiki/Kuwait%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Kuwait–Pakistan relations">Kuwait–Pakistan relations</a></div> <p>Defence cooperation between Pakistan and Kuwait dates back to the late 1960s. Officers from the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force" title="Pakistan Air Force">Air Force</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Navy" title="Pakistan Navy">Navy</a> have been deployed in Kuwait to provide training and instruction to Kuwaiti forces. In 1990, up to 700 personnel of the Pakistan Armed Forces were stationed in Kuwait. Pakistani officers served in technical and advisory roles in the <a href="/wiki/Kuwaiti_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuwaiti Army">Kuwaiti Army</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>. Pakistan was a member of the coalition forces against the 1990 <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Kuwait" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Kuwait">invasion of Kuwait</a> and Pakistani personnel took part in UN mine hunting operations in Kuwait.<sup id="cite_ref-Kamran_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kamran-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Qatar">Qatar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pakistan_Armed_Forces_deployments&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Qatar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Pakistan%E2%80%93Qatar_relations" title="Pakistan–Qatar relations">Pakistan–Qatar relations</a></div> <p>There are close to 650 Pakistani troops permanently stationed in <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</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> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2022 FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup 2022</a> held in Qatar, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a> on the appeal of Qatar deployed 4,500 infantry troops. Qatar had sought the help of security forces and police agencies from various countries, including France, Jordan, Turkey, Britain and the US, to ensure the safety of an estimated 1.2 million fans expected to attend the World Cup, which starts on 20 November 2022. However, Pakistan became the only country to send foot soldiers to Doha with 4,500 infantry troops arriving in Qatar. Pakistan contributed largest number of troops to Qatar, helping Emirate to ensure security of the World Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Saudi_Arabia">Saudi Arabia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pakistan_Armed_Forces_deployments&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Saudi Arabia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Pakistan%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_relations" title="Pakistan–Saudi Arabia relations">Pakistan–Saudi Arabia relations</a></div> <p>Saudi Arabia has historically remained Pakistan's closest defense partner in the Middle East, with both countries sharing extensive military and intelligence cooperation. Military relations between the two were expanded in 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-Kamran_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kamran-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former Saudi intelligence chief Prince <a href="/wiki/Turki_bin_Sultan" class="mw-redirect" title="Turki bin Sultan">Turki bin Sultan</a> described the level of cooperation as "probably one of the closest relationships in the world between any two countries"<sup id="cite_ref-Brookings_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brookings-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Pakistan's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Naeem Khan, stated that Pakistan considered Saudi Arabia's security as a "personal matter".<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> The <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force" title="Pakistan Air Force">Pakistan Air Force</a> has been in contact with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Saudi_Air_Force" title="Royal Saudi Air Force">Royal Saudi Air Force</a> (RSAF) since the early 1960s. Following grievances over British military cooperation in the 1960s, <a href="/wiki/Faisal_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Faisal of Saudi Arabia">King Faisal</a> turned to Pakistan's assistance for air force training and maintenance.<sup id="cite_ref-Kamran_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kamran-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1960s, Pakistan helped the RSAF build and pilot its first jet fighters.<sup id="cite_ref-Brookings_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brookings-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pakistan Air Force pilots flew RSAF <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Lightning" title="English Electric Lightning">Lightnings</a> in 1969 to repel <a href="/wiki/Al-Wadiah_War" title="Al-Wadiah War">South Yemeni incursions</a> on Saudi Arabia's southern border.<sup id="cite_ref-Brookings_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brookings-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many Pakistanis continue to serve in the <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Army">Saudi Army</a> and as combat pilots in the Saudi Air Force.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pakistan deployed troops in Saudi Arabia for "security duties" in the wake of the 1979 <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Revolution">Iranian Revolution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fault_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fault-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A protocol was signed between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on 14 December 1982 following the latter's request for military manpower assistance. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, up to 15,000 Pakistani troops were stationed in Saudi Arabia, to provide defense to the country.<sup id="cite_ref-Brookings_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brookings-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of them were part of a brigade combat force positioned near the Israeli-Jordanian-Saudi border.<sup id="cite_ref-Brookings_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brookings-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of the Gulf War in 1991, up to 13,000 troops and 6,000 advisers from Pakistan were posted in Saudi Arabia.<sup id="cite_ref-Kamran_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kamran-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the 1982 protocol, cooperation was widened to include military training, defense production and sharing, and joint exercises. Contingents of the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Armed_Forces" title="Pakistan Armed Forces">Pakistan Armed Forces</a> have frequently participated in joint military exercises inside Saudi Arabia in conjunction with the <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia">Saudi Armed Forces</a>. Pakistani military presence in the kingdom continues presently, providing <a href="/wiki/Riyadh" title="Riyadh">Riyadh</a> support against internal and external regional threats.<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> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Navy" title="Pakistan Navy">Pakistan Navy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Saudi_Navy" title="Royal Saudi Navy">Royal Saudi Navy</a> also share wide-ranging maritime cooperation, having conducted a series of joint naval exercises.<sup id="cite_ref-Kamran_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kamran-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Officers of the Royal Saudi Navy were provided training by the Pakistan Navy during the RSN's formative years.<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>As of 2018, Some 1,600 Pakistan army officers and troops are stationed in the Kingdom in accordance with a 1982 security protocol between the two sides. In February 2018, additional 1,000 troops were deployed.<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><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><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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Arab_Emirates">United Arab Emirates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pakistan_Armed_Forces_deployments&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: United Arab Emirates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Pakistan%E2%80%93United_Arab_Emirates_relations" title="Pakistan–United Arab Emirates relations">Pakistan–United Arab Emirates relations</a></div> <p>Defence relations between Pakistan and the UAE began shortly before the UAE's formation in 1971. Pakistani troops imparted training to members of the <a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi" title="Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a> defence forces as far back as 1968 upon the request of the founder of the UAE <a href="/wiki/Zayed_bin_Sultan_Al_Nahyan" title="Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan">Sheikh Zayed</a>, as the British were about to hand over command of the Gulf <a href="/wiki/Trucial_States" title="Trucial States">Trucial States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kamran_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kamran-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A protocol was signed in the mid 1970s, and defence cooperation continued for the succeeding decades. Both countries share geographical proximity and a longstanding history of bilateral relations. The <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a> established an armour training school in the UAE, and provided training to UAE commando battalions, as well as all armed and artillery corps officers.<sup id="cite_ref-Kamran_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kamran-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pakistani personnel also held prominent positions as advisers and trainers in the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force" title="United Arab Emirates Air Force">UAE Air Force</a> (UAEAF). The UAEAF is dubbed by Pakistani author <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shahid_Amin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shahid Amin (page does not exist)">Shahid Amin</a> to have been "an extension of the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force" title="Pakistan Air Force">Pakistan Air Force</a>" at one point.<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 first Chief of Air Staff of the UAE, appointed by Sheikh Zayed, was Air Cdre Ayaz Ahmed Khan, followed by Ghulam Haider, Jamal A. Khan and Feroz A. Khan, all of whom were Pakistan Air Force (PAF) officers.<sup id="cite_ref-Kamran_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kamran-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In total, the first five Chiefs of Air Staff of the UAE Air Force were Pakistanis.<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> The succeeding commanders were native officers, although <a href="/wiki/Group_captain" title="Group captain">group captain</a> ranked officers of the PAF continued serving as Deputy Chief of Air Staff.<sup id="cite_ref-Kamran_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kamran-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2004, the UAEAF had around 55 Pakistani flying instructors, and there were a few number of Pakistani personnel serving in the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Army" title="United Arab Emirates Army">UAE Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Navy" title="United Arab Emirates Navy">Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kamran_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kamran-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Officers of the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Navy" title="Pakistan Navy">Pakistan Navy</a> have served in the UAE while training the local naval force.<sup id="cite_ref-Kamran_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kamran-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="During_active_conflicts">During active conflicts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pakistan_Armed_Forces_deployments&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: During active conflicts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Six-Day_War" title="Six-Day War">Six-Day War</a>: During the Six-Day War, Pakistani <a href="/wiki/Flying_ace" title="Flying ace">flying ace</a> <a href="/wiki/Saiful_Azam" title="Saiful Azam">Saiful Azam</a> shot down two Israeli aircraft and was awarded Jordan's <a href="/wiki/List_of_military_decorations" title="List of military decorations">Order of Istiqlal</a> and Iraq's medal of bravery, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_medals_for_bravery" title="List of medals for bravery">Nut al-Shujat</a> as well as becoming the only Pilot with kills against two airforces (India and Israel) and highest shooter of Israeli aircraft to date.<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></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mogadishu_(1993)" title="Battle of Mogadishu (1993)">Battle of Mogadishu (1993)</a>: More commonly known as <i>Black Hawk Down</i>, a Pakistani soldier was killed and two were wounded in support of United States.<sup id="cite_ref-terror_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-terror-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_September_in_Jordan" class="mw-redirect" title="Black September in Jordan">Black September in Jordan</a>: Then Brigadier <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Zia-ul-Haq" title="Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq">Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq</a> (later Chief of Army Staff and President of Pakistan), played a key role in planning the offensives in this conflict in support of Jordan.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Gothic_Serpent" title="Operation Gothic Serpent">Operation Gothic Serpent</a>: One of the deadliest attack and encirclement of UN forces (also comprising Pakistan Army troops), later relieved by a heavy rescue convoy of US, Pakistani and Malaysian troops.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Mosque_Seizure" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Mosque Seizure">Grand Mosque Seizure</a>: it has been claimed by some sources that Pakistani <a href="/wiki/Special_Services_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Services Group">Special Services Group</a> were involved in recapturing the Grand Mosque from militants.<sup id="cite_ref-fault_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fault-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However multiple sources state that only French military advisors were involved.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Da_Lage_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Da_Lage-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Prouteau_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prouteau-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unified_Task_Force" title="Unified Task Force">Unified Task Force</a>: After the killing of several Pakistani peace keepers in the task force, the task force's mandate was changed to using 'all necessary measures' to deliver humanitarian aid resulting in mission success.<sup id="cite_ref-THE-FINAL-CALL_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THE-FINAL-CALL-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is regarded as a success.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_deployments">Current deployments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pakistan_Armed_Forces_deployments&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Current deployments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="UN_missions">UN missions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pakistan_Armed_Forces_deployments&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: UN missions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_peacekeeping_missions_involving_Pakistan" title="United Nations peacekeeping missions involving Pakistan">United Nations peacekeeping missions involving Pakistan</a></div> <p>A large number of Pakistan Armed Forces personnel are deployed overseas as part of the United Nations' peacekeeping missions. In 2010, an estimated 12,000 personnel were serving abroad, making Pakistan a large contributor of troops to the UN:<sup id="cite_ref-peacekeeping_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peacekeeping-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width="98%"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#FFE4C4"> <th width="10%"><b>Start of operation</b> </th> <th width="25%"><b>Name of Operation</b> </th> <th colspan="2;" width="20%"><b>Location</b> </th> <th width="20%"><b>Conflict</b> </th> <th width="40%"><b>Contribution</b> </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFE4C4"> <td>1999 </td> <td>United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (<a href="/wiki/MONUC" class="mw-redirect" title="MONUC">MONUC</a>) </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo"><img alt="Democratic Republic of the Congo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/31px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Congo" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Republic of Congo">Democratic Republic of Congo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Congo_War" title="Second Congo War">Second Congo War</a> </td> <td>3556 Troops.<sup id="cite_ref-ispr_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ispr-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFE4C4"> <td>2003 </td> <td>United Nations Mission in Liberia (<a href="/wiki/UNMIL" class="mw-redirect" title="UNMIL">UNMIL</a>) </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Liberia" title="Liberia"><img alt="Liberia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberia" title="Liberia">Liberia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Liberian_Civil_War" title="Second Liberian Civil War">Second Liberian Civil War</a> </td> <td>2741 Troops.<sup id="cite_ref-ispr_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ispr-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFE4C4"> <td>2004 </td> <td>United Nations Operation in Burundi <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Operation_in_Burundi" title="United Nations Operation in Burundi">ONUB</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Burundi" title="Burundi"><img alt="Burundi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Burundi.svg/23px-Flag_of_Burundi.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Burundi.svg/35px-Flag_of_Burundi.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Burundi.svg/46px-Flag_of_Burundi.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Burundi" title="Burundi">Burundi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Burundi_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Burundi Civil War">Burundi Civil War</a> </td> <td>1185 Troops.<sup id="cite_ref-ispr_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ispr-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFE4C4"> <td>2004 </td> <td>United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (<a href="/wiki/UNOCI" class="mw-redirect" title="UNOCI">UNOCI</a>) </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast" title="Ivory Coast"><img alt="Ivory Coast" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/23px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/35px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/45px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire" class="mw-redirect" title="Côte d'Ivoire">Côte d'Ivoire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Civil_war_in_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil war in Côte d'Ivoire">Civil war in Côte d'Ivoire</a> </td> <td>1145 Troops.<sup id="cite_ref-ispr_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ispr-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFE4C4"> <td>2005 </td> <td>United Nations Mission in the Sudan (<a href="/wiki/UNMIS" class="mw-redirect" title="UNMIS">UNMIS</a>) </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan"><img alt="Sudan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Sudanese_Civil_War" title="Second Sudanese Civil War">Second Sudanese Civil War</a> </td> <td>1542 Troops.<sup id="cite_ref-ispr_29-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ispr-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFE4C4"> <td> </td> <td>Staff/Observers </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>191 Observers.<sup id="cite_ref-ispr_29-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ispr-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>The total number of troops currently serving in peacekeeping missions is 10,173 (as of March 2007).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Notable_deployments_with_United_Nations">Notable deployments with United Nations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pakistan_Armed_Forces_deployments&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notable deployments with United Nations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Mission_in_Liberia" title="United Nations Mission in Liberia">United Nations Mission in Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Mission_in_South_Sudan" title="United Nations Mission in South Sudan">United Nations Mission in South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Mission_in_Sudan" title="United Nations Mission in Sudan">United Nations Mission in Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MONUSCO" title="MONUSCO">MONUSCO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Operation_in_Burundi" title="United Nations Operation in Burundi">United Nations Operation in Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Operation_in_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire" title="United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire">United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Protection_Force" title="United Nations Protection Force">United Nations Protection Force</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anti-piracy_operations">Anti-piracy operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pakistan_Armed_Forces_deployments&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Anti-piracy operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Navy" title="Pakistan Navy">Pakistan Navy</a> has been a major participant of <a href="/wiki/Combined_Task_Force_150" title="Combined Task Force 150">Combined Task Force 150</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a>, established to monitor, inspect, board, and stop suspect shipping associated with terrorism in the <a href="/wiki/Horn_of_Africa" title="Horn of Africa">Horn of Africa</a>. This task force comprising warships of <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a><sup id="cite_ref-FRENCH-TAKE-HELM-OF-CTF-150_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FRENCH-TAKE-HELM-OF-CTF-150-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> has also been commanded by a Pakistani Admiral.<sup id="cite_ref-PAKISTANI-ADMIRAL-TAKES-COMMAND-OF-REGIONAL-MARITIME-TASK-FORCE_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PAKISTANI-ADMIRAL-TAKES-COMMAND-OF-REGIONAL-MARITIME-TASK-FORCE-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pakistan Navy has also been most frequently rested with responsibility to command <a href="/wiki/Combined_Task_Force_150" title="Combined Task Force 150">Combined Task Force 150</a>. </p><p>On the announcement of Pakistan taking the command, several other nations have also expressed their interests in participating in Combined Task Force 150 in some way.<sup id="cite_ref-PAKISTANI-ADMIRAL-TAKES-COMMAND-OF-REGIONAL-MARITIME-TASK-FORCE_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PAKISTANI-ADMIRAL-TAKES-COMMAND-OF-REGIONAL-MARITIME-TASK-FORCE-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2024, amid <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea_crisis" title="Red Sea crisis">Red Sea Crisis</a> in which sea routes were disturbed for the cargo shipping, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Navy" title="Pakistan Navy">Pakistan Navy</a> deployed warships in order to secure sea lines of communication.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<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=Pakistan_Armed_Forces_deployments&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_peacekeeping" title="United Nations peacekeeping">United Nations peacekeeping</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pakistan_Armed_Forces_deployments&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Domestic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_coups_in_Pakistan" title="Military coups in Pakistan">Martial law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War" title="Bangladesh Liberation War">Civil unrest in Eastern Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Balochistan" title="Insurgency in Balochistan">Civil unrest in Southern Pakistan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970s_operation_in_Balochistan" title="1970s operation in Balochistan">1970s</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Taliban insurgency in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_wars_and_conflicts" title="Indo-Pakistani wars 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