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Operation Khyber-1

Operation Khyber
Part of the War in North-West Pakistan
and the War on Terror
Date October 2014 – July 2015
Location Khyber Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Status

Decisive Pakistani Victory

  • Area completely cleared,
    militants dismantled
  • Khyber returned to governmental control
  • Many militants killed or fled
Belligerents
Pakistan Pakistan Insurgent groups
Commanders and leaders

Pakistan
President
Mamnoon Hussain

Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif

Army Chief
Raheel Sharif

Chairman JCSC
Rashad Mahmood

DG ISI
Rizwan Akhtar

Air Chief
Tahir Rafique Butt

Naval Chief

Muhammad Zakaullah

Insurgent groups
Omar Khalid Khorasani
Mangal Bagh

Fazlullah
Strength
Pakistan Army
Pakistan Air Force
Paramilitary Forces
CIA drone strikes
Lashkar-e-Islam
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Casualties and losses
unknown In Pakistani offensive:
280+ killed(as of 3rd January 2015)
400 surrendered

Decisive Pakistani Victory

Pakistan
President
Mamnoon Hussain

Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif

Army Chief
Raheel Sharif

Chairman JCSC
Rashad Mahmood

DG ISI
Rizwan Akhtar

Air Chief
Tahir Rafique Butt

Naval Chief

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.


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