Orakzai and Kurram offensive

Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham
Part of the War in North-West Pakistan
The Orakzai Agency highlighted in yellow
Date Battle phase: In Kurram, September 2009 - 3 June 2010. Battle phase: In Orakzai, March 2010 - 1 June 2010 Insurgency phase: June 2010 - present Location Kurram Agency and Orakzai Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan Result Battle phase: Pakistani victory
Belligerents
State of Pakistan  Pakistan Army  Pakistan Air Force	TTP TNSM
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Lt.Gen. Khalid Rabbani ACM Rao Suleman MG Tariq Khan	Hakimullah Mehsud † Waliur Rehman Mehsud † Taj Gul † Maulana Fazlullah Mangal Bagh †
Units involved
FC Corps 9th Infantry Division 315th Paratrooper Brigade 14th Regular Army Regiment No. 25 Squadron Night Strike Eagles No. 15 Squadron Black Cobras	N/A
Strength
Frontier Corps and Regular Army: 45,000 9t	Unknown
Casualties and losses
In Orakzai: 70 killed 213 wounded In Kurram: 18 killed	In Orakzai: 2,182-2,552 killed In Kurram: 250+ killed
333 insurgents captured At least 200,000 civilians displaced 3,100 civilians killed in Kurram by Taliban in recent Taliban occupation.

State of Pakistan

The Orakzai and Kurram offensive also known as Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham (English: I will teach you a lesson) is a Pakistani military operation against the Tehrik-i-Taliban in the Orakzai Agency and Kurram Agency area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas that began on 23 March 2010. It is part of the ongoing War in North-West Pakistan.

On 23 March 2010 the Pakistani army has launched a military operation to clear insurgents from Orakzai."This will finish in a couple of months. We'll take care of all of them. We're just waiting for the major operations — like Orakzai and North Waziristan — to finish, to spare us the troops to start changing our methodology. Instead of kinetic, concentrated operations, we start search and cordon and sting operations, for which actually you need more boots on the ground," said Tariq Khan. On 1 April 2010 security forces claimed to have taken complete control of the Lower Orakzai Agency. On 12 April security forces claimed to have extended their control over more areas of Orakzai Agency and were advancing to Upper Orakzai Agency. Militants began fleeing to parts of Tirah Valley which border Khyber Agency.

On 5 May operations in Lower Orakzai end with 5 thousand Pakistani families returned to the area with government provided transport and security to settle these refugees back into their homes. The offensive which started on 22 March ended with seven thousand troops seizing control of the area. About 400 militants were killed in Lower Orakzai and soldiers are now fighting in central Orakzai, according to the army.

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