Battle of Bajaur

Battle of Bajaur (Operation Sherdil)

Part of the War in North-West Pakistan

Date

7 August 2008 – 28 February 2009
(6 months and 3 weeks)

Location

Bajaur, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan

Result

Decisive Pakistani victory

Successful capture of the city
Taliban Forces were eliminated from the city
Failure to kill or capture Taliban Commander Faqir Mohammed.
Destruction of Al-Qaeda's Command and Control hub.
Failure to kill local Al-Qaeda leader Saeed al-Masri

Belligerents

TTP,

Commanders and leaders

MG Tariq Khan
B.Gen. Abid Mumtaz
B.Gen. Zafar ul haq

Col Nauman Saeed

Faqir Mohammed

Abu Saeed Al-Masri

Units involved

Frontier Corps
26th Infantry Brigade

Strength

9,000–15,000

~4,000

Casualties and losses

97 killed
404 wounded
5 captured (Army)
176+ killed (tribesmen)

1,500 killed
2,000 wounded

150 civilians killed
2,000 wounded

Decisive Pakistani victory

Pakistan

MG Tariq Khan
B.Gen. Abid Mumtaz
B.Gen. Zafar ul haq

The Battle of Bajaur or Operation Sherdil was a military offensive in the Bajaur region of Pakistan launched by the Frontier Corps and supported by a Combat Brigade of the Pakistan Army. The Bajaur area had been under Taliban control since early 2007, and was said to be Al-Qaeda's main command and control hub for operations in Northeast Afghanistan, including Kunar province. Bajaur is now cleared of Taliban.

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