2009 Khyber Pass offensive

2009 Khyber Pass offensive
Part of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Date 1 September – 30 November 2009 (2 months, 4 weeks and 1 day) Location Khyber Pass, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan Result Pakistani victory[1][2][3][4][5] NATO routes were secured Taliban forces were eliminated from the area
Belligerents
Pakistan	Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Commanders and leaders
Brig. Gen. Abid Mumtaz P/A Tariq Hayat	Mangal Bagh
Units involved
Pakistan Army 20th Mountaineering Brigade 57th Army Combat Brigade	Lashkar-e-Islam
Casualties and losses
2 soldiers killed	151+ Killed[6]

The 2009 Khyber Pass offensive was an offensive military campaign by Pakistani Army against Islamic militants from Lashkar-e-Islam in and near the Khyber Pass. The offensive was launched after a series of suicide bombings, including one at a police station where 17 cadets were killed. After two months, Pakistan Army defeated the militants and cleared the area from the militants.

Military offensives

Pakistan Army launched an offensive campaign against militants after series of suicide bombings. The Pakistan Army infantry troops quickly launched operation which concluded with destroyed 4 militant bases, killed 40 militants, and captured 43 militants, according to Pakistan Army. Human Rights organizations claim Pakistani security forces executed surrendering militants^{[citation needed]}, a claim which was denied by Pakistan. Outside a press briefing to journalists by local governor Tariq Hayat, a truck loaded with the bodies of militants and weapons seized from militants were displayed outside of the press briefing. Hayat gave no indication whether this would be a sustained offensive. Fighting continued, with large numbers of militants being killed or captured. 2 Pakistani soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit a land mine.

See also

• Khyber Pass
• Federally Administered Tribal Areas
• Operation Zarb-e-Azb
• Mohmand Offensive

References

1. Khan, Faisal. "Securing the Khyber: The Pakistani Army's Offensive in the Tirah Valley." Journal of South Asian Affairs, vol. 32, no. 1, 2009, pp. 16-32.
2. Rahman, Hamid. The Battle for the Khyber: Analyzing Pakistan's Counterinsurgency Operations in the FATA. Islamabad Defence Review, 2009.
3. Khattak, Daud. "Reclaiming Lost Ground: Pakistan's Waziristan Offensive and the Defeat of the Pakistani Taliban." Small Wars & Insurgencies, vol. 22, no. 3, 2011, pp. 441-462.
4. "Pakistan Retakes Khyber Pass." The New York Times, 16 July 2009, p. A6.
5. Burki, Shireen K. "The 2009 Pakistani Army Offensive in South Waziristan." Contemporary South Asia, vol. 19, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 193-208.
6. "Top Stories | Pakistan Observer Newspaper online edition". Archived from the original on 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2009-09-08.

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