Operation Silence

Siege of Lal Masjid
Part of the War in North-West Pakistan; War on Terror
Date 3–11 July 2007 (1 week and 1 day) Location Lal Masjid, Islamabad, Pakistan Result Pakistani victory
Belligerents
Pakistan Pakistani Army Punjab Rangers Special Service Group	Islamic students Taliban
Commanders and leaders
Lt.Col. Haroon-ul-Islam †	Abdul Rashid † Abdul Aziz
Strength
60,000 soldiers and Rangers 164 SSG commandos	1,300 students 100+ militants
Casualties and losses
11 killed 44 wounded	84 killed 50 captured
14 civilians killed, 204 injured

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Stand off continues at radical mosque (Uniform: Punjab Rangers).

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Reactions to government action against mosque, security, voxpops (Uniform: Punjab Rangers).

Pakistan

Pakistani Army
Punjab Rangers

The Siege of Lal Masjid (Urdu: لال مسجد محاصرہ‎, code-named Operation Sunrise) was a confrontation in July 2007 between Islamic fundamentalist militants and the Government of Pakistan, led by President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. The focal points of the operation were the Lal Masjid ("Red Mosque") and the Jamia Hafsa madrasah complex in Islamabad, Pakistan.

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