Operation Zarb-e-Azb | ||||||||
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Part of the War in North-West Pakistan and the Global War on Terrorism |
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Belligerents | ||||||||
Formerly:
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
Pakistan Nawaz Sharif Commander of Operation Zarb-e-Azb Lieutenant-General Hidayat-ur-Rehman Major-General Zafar Khan |
Insurgent groups Adnan el-Shukrijumah † |
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi |
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Strength | ||||||||
Pakistan
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Several thousand | Several thousand | ||||||
Casualties and losses | ||||||||
587 killed 2,292 injured |
In Pakistani offensive: 9,450+ killed (9000 killed & 450 hanged during 2 years) 1000+ arrested |
4+ killed | ||||||
2 civilians killed, 1 injured 140 civilians (mostly children) killed in TTP retaliation 929,859 IDPs registered (as of 14 July 2014) |
Zarb-i-Azb: In patriotic video, ISPR salutes soldiers as saviours | |
Farhan Saeed pays tribute to Pakistan Army in latest music video |
Operation underway, most areas under Pakistani control.
Formerly:
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Pakistan
Nawaz Sharif
((Prime Minister)
Rashad Mahmood
((Chairman joint chiefs)
Raheel Sharif
((Chief of Army Staff)