Second Battle of Swat
2009 conflict in Pakistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Second Battle of Swat also known as Operation Rah-e-Rast, began in May 2009 and involved the Pakistan Army and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants in a fight for control of the Swat district of Pakistan. The first Battle of Swat had ended with a peace agreement, that the government had signed with the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in February 2009.[17] However, by late April 2009 government troops and the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan began to clash once again, and in May the government launched a military offensive code-named Operation Black Thunderstorm throughout the Swat district and elsewhere to oppose the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan.[18]
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Second Battle of Swat (Operation Rah-e-Rast) | |||||||
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Part of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |||||||
Swat is the red colored region | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Pakistan |
Al Qaeda Lashkar-e-Islam | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
ACM Rao Suleman LTG Masood Aslam AM Hifazat Khan LTG Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad MGen. Haroon Aslam MG Sajjad Ghani BRIG Muhammad Habib Ur Rehman |
Maulana Fazlullah Abu Saeed † Misbah ud-Din † Sultan Khan †[8] Shah Dauran †[9] Maulana Shahid † Qari Quraish † Naseeb Rehman † Muslim Khan (POW) Sher Muhammad Qusab (POW) †[10] Abu Faraj †[11] Nisar Ahmed †[12] | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Local tribesmen |
Al Qaeda Lashkar-e-Islam | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
15,000–45,000 Regular Infantry, Frontier Corps and Airborne Forces | 2,500 (approx.) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
168 killed, 454 wounded[13] | 2,088 killed[13][14][15] | ||||||
2 million civilians displaced[16] |