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Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

March 16, 2004 · Federally Administered Tribal Areas

The Pakistani army has fought Pakistani Taliban and other militant groups in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the former tribal areas. The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people.

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George W. Bush belligerent leader Barack Obama belligerent leader Donald Trump belligerent leader Pervez Musharraf belligerent leader Asif Ali Zardari belligerent leader Mamnoon Hussain belligerent leader Arif Alvi belligerent leader Nawaz Sharif belligerent leader
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Yusuf Raza Gilani belligerent leader Imran Khan belligerent leader Raja Pervez Ashraf belligerent leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi belligerent leader Benazir Bhutto belligerent leader Shehbaz Sharif belligerent leader Ash Carter belligerent leader Chuck Hagel belligerent leader Leon Panetta belligerent leader Jim Mattis belligerent leader Robert Gates belligerent leader
Osama bin Laden belligerent leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi belligerent leader Khan Said military commander Maulana Fazlullah military commander Sufi Muhammad military commander Baitullah Mehsud military commander Mufti Noor Mehsud military commander Hakimullah Mehsud military commander

Strength and losses

Killed
32,838

Units

United States Army Special Forces 75th Ranger Regiment Punjab Regiment (Pakistan) United States Navy SEALs
Covert Action Division
X Corps (Pakistan) XI Corps (Pakistan) No. 11 Squadron PAF No. 15 Squadron PAF No. 27 Squadron PAF Special Service Group Special Service Group (Navy)

Battles and events 14

Also involved 2