Siege of Lal Masjid
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| Part of the War in North-West Pakistan; War on Terror | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Special Service Group
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 Islamic students Taliban
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Lt.Col. Haroon-ul-Islam † | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 60,000 soldiers and Rangers 164 SSG commandos |
1,300 students 100+ militants |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 11 killed 44 wounded |
84 killed 50 captured |
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| 14 civilians killed , 204 injured | |||||||
 Stand off continues at radical mosque (Uniform: Punjab Rangers).
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Reactions to government action against mosque, security, voxpops (Uniform: Punjab Rangers).
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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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