✦ History

Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

March 16, 2004

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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Battles and events 14

March 16–23, 2004
Battle of Wana Pakistani victory Wana Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mufti Noor Mehsud
July 3–11, 2007
Siege of Lal Masjid Pakistani Government victory Lal Masjid Pervez Musharraf, Shaukat Aziz
October 7–10, 2007
Battle of Mirali Ceasefire Mir Ali
October 25 – December 8, 2007
First Battle of Swat Pakistani victory
August 7, 2008 – February 28, 2009
Battle of Bajaur Pakistani victory
April 26 – June 14, 2009
Operation Black Thunderstorm Swat District Asif Ali Zardari
June 19 – December 12, 2009
Operation Rah-e-Nijat Pakistani victory South Waziristan Asif Ali Zardari, Yusuf Raza Gilani, Baitullah Mehsud
July 15, 2009
Second Battle of Swat Pakistani victory Maulana Fazlullah
September 2009
Orakzai and Kurram offensive Pakistani victory Kurram District
June 15, 2014
Operation Zarb-e-Azb North Waziristan Nawaz Sharif, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abu Ali al-Anbari
March 27, 2016
2016 Lahore suicide bombing Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park
August 8, 2016
August 2016 Quetta attacks Quetta
January 30, 2023
2023 Peshawar mosque bombing Peshawar
March 16, 2024
Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes (2024–present)

Key commanders

Pakistan 20

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 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 Shaukat Aziz belligerent leader

Pakistani Taliban 10

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 Ayman al-Zawahiri military commander Abu Ali al-Anbari military commander