Operation Khyber | |||||||
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Part of the War in North-West Pakistan and the War on Terror |
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Belligerents | |||||||
Pakistan | Insurgent groups | ||||||
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Pakistan |
Insurgent groups |
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Strength | |||||||
Pakistan Army Pakistan Air Force Paramilitary Forces CIA drone strikes |
Lashkar-e-Islam Jamaat-ul-Ahrar Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
unknown |
In Pakistani offensive: 280+ killed(as of 3rd January 2015) 400 surrendered |
Decisive Pakistani Victory
Pakistan
President
Mamnoon Hussain
Insurgent groups
Omar Khalid Khorasani
Mangal Bagh
Khyber is the code-name for a military offensive being conducted by Pakistan's military in the Khyber Agency in two phases Khyber-1 and Khyber-2.
Khyber Agency is among Pakistan’s seven semi-autonomous tribal districts near the Afghan border, rife with homegrown insurgents and foreign militants. Terrorist organisations including Al Qaeda also have a presence there. The plains of Bara hold strategic significance for militant groups as they connect the agency to the outskirts of Peshawar. The key area also straddles the NATO supply line into Afghanistan. The region has been long fought over by a mix of militant organisations, including the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Ansarul Islam and Mangal Bagh’s Lashkar-e-Islam.