Battle of Mir Ali

Part of the War in North-West Pakistan

Date	7–10 October 2007 (3 days)
Location	Mir-Ali Town, North Waziristan Agency, Federally Administrated Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Result	Ceasefire and military stalemate

Belligerents

Units involved

9th Infantry Division
5th Army Aviation Wing
No. 16 Squadron Panthers

Strength

Unknown

Casualties and losses

47 killed
13 missing
20 wounded

175 killed
100 wounded

35 civilians killed

Mir Ali

Location within Pakistan

State of Pakistan

The Battle of Mir Ali was a bloody military engagement occurred between 7 October and 10 October 2007 and involved Taliban militants and Pakistani soldiers around the town of Mir Ali, Pakistan (North Waziristan), the second biggest town in the semi-autonomous region on the border with Afghanistan.

According to the Pakistani Armed Forces, the clashes broke out on 7 October after militants set off improvised explosive devices and conducted ambushes on a Pakistani convoy, near the town of Mir Ali. The subsequent engagements killed nearly 200 people. The army says the casualties were militants and soldiers but local people reported at least ten civilians were among the dead. Hundreds of people fled Mir Ali after more than 50 houses were damaged in the fighting.

After a number of attacks on military convoys, near Mir Ali, the Pakistan Army sent helicopter gunships and Pakistan Air Force jet fighters to target suspected militant positions in several villages around that region.

The military reported that 50 soldiers went missing in the area during the clashes, but that contact had been established with 37 soldiers. The other 13 remained missing.

On 9 October, according to the Pakistani Army, military aircraft struck "one or two places" near Mir Ali. There were unconfirmed reports that about 50 militants had been killed. But later reports from witnesses stated that 50 people were killed, and it was a mix of civilians and militants killed when a bazaar was hit.

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