Operation Rah e Raast

Second Battle of Swat (Operation Rah-e-Rast)

Part of the War in North-West Pakistan

Swat NWFP.svg

Swat is the yellow colored region

Date

16 May – 15 July 2009
(1 month, 4 weeks and 1 day)

Location

Swat Valley, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province

Result

Decisive Pakistani victory

Swat returned to government control
Many Taliban commanders captured or killed

Belligerents

Pakistan Air Force

Lashkar-e-Islam

Commanders and leaders

ACM Rao Suleman

LTG Masood Aslam

AM Hifazat Khan

MGen. Haroon Aslam

MG Sajjad Ghani

BRIG Muhammad Habib Ur Rehman

Maulana Fazlullah
Abu Saeed †
Misbah ud-Din †
Sultan Khan †
Shah Dauran †
Maulana Shahid †
Qari Quraish †
Naseeb Rehman †
Muslim Khan (POW)
Sher Muhammad Qusab (POW) †
Abu Faraj †

Nisar Ahmed †

Units involved

19th Infantry Division
Special Service Group Airborne Division
No. 11th Squadron Arrows
No. 25 Squadron Night Strike Eagles
Frontier Corps
Local tribesmen

Strength

15,000 - 45,000 Regular, Infantry, FC Corps and Airborne Forces

2,500 (approx.)

Casualties and losses

168 killed, 454 wounded

2,088 killed

2 million civilians displaced

Decisive Pakistani victory

Maulana Fazlullah
Abu Saeed †
Misbah ud-Din †
Sultan Khan †
Shah Dauran †
Maulana Shahid †
Qari Quraish †
Naseeb Rehman †
Muslim Khan (POW)
Sher Muhammad Qusab (POW) †
Abu Faraj †

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