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Zarb-e-Azb

Operation Zarb-e-Azb
Part of the War in North-West Pakistan
and the Global War on Terrorism
Pakistan NWFP FATA NORTH WAZIRISTAN.svg
  • – North Waziristan
  • – FATA
  • – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Date Main phase: 15 June 2014 – 3 April 2016 (1 year, 9 months, 2 weeks and 5 days)
Clearance phase: 3 April 2016 – present (1 year, 3 weeks and 4 days)
Location Pakistan
Result

Operation underway, most areas under Pakistani control.

  • 96% of North Waziristan cleared
    (Till November 2016 as claimed by Pakistani Army)
Belligerents

Pakistan Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Insurgent groups

Formerly:

 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders

Pakistan

Pakistan Nawaz Sharif
(Prime Minister)
Pakistan Zubair Mahmood Hayat
((Chairman joint chiefs)
Pakistan Qamar Javed Bajwa
((Chief of Army Staff)

Commander of Operation Zarb-e-Azb

Pakistan Lieutenant-General Hidayat-ur-Rehman

Pakistan Major-General Zafar Khan

Insurgent groups
Maulana Fazlullah
Sheikh Khalid Haqqani
Sheharyar Mehsud
Adnan Rashid

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Usman Ghazi †
Adnan el-Shukrijumah †

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
(Leader of ISIL)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Alaa Afri †
(Deputy Leader of ISIL)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Hafiz Saeed Khan †(ISIL Emir of Afghanistan and Pakistan)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost (2014–2015)

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Usman Ghazi †
Strength

Pakistan

  • 20,000–30,000
 Several thousand Several thousand
Casualties and losses
492 killed
3,000+ injured 		In Pakistani offensive:
2000-3,500 killed (2000-3,500 killed & 450 hanged during 2 years)
1,111+ arrested		 46+ killed
2 civilians killed, 1 injured
140 civilians (mostly children) killed in TTP retaliation
929,859 IDPs registered (as of 14 July 2014)
External video
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.

Pakistan Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Insurgent groups

Formerly:

 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Pakistan

Pakistan Nawaz Sharif
(Prime Minister)
Pakistan Zubair Mahmood Hayat
((Chairman joint chiefs)
Pakistan Qamar Javed Bajwa
((Chief of Army Staff)


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