Mohmand Offensive

Mohmand Offensive also known as Operation Brekhna (English: Thunder) is a Pakistani military operation against the Tehrik-i-Taliban in the Mohmand Agency area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas that began on 2009.^[1] It is part of the ongoing War in North-West Pakistan.

Start of Offensive

In late 2009 the Pakistani military had been engaged in a campaign to clear militants from the Mohmand Agency, with the commander of forces in the area claiming that 80 percent of militants had been cleared as of September 2009.^[1] The area, which borders Kunar Province, Afghanistan, had been the scene of violence prior to the attack as a result of spillover from neighbouring Afghanistan and other areas of Pakistan.^[1]

Chronology

2010

9 July. Main Article Mohmand Agency attack.
2 November. The Taliban fighters blew up a school for girls in Mohmand Agency.^[2]
3 November. At least 17 Pakistani Taliban insurgents were killed and 10 others injured, when the Pakistan Army, targeted and destroyed several militant hide-outs.^[1]
9 November. The Taliban fighters blew up a three school in Mohmand Agency.^[3]
14 November. At least 1 Pakistani soldier was killed after a landmine struck a Pakistan Army military vehicle within the Mohmand Agency, of north-western Pakistan.^[4]
15 November. The Taliban fighters blew up a primary school in Mohmand Agency. Since 2007, 67 schools were burned.^[5]
16 November. At least 6 Pakistani Taliban insurgents were killed and 19 others injured, when Pakistani Army helicopter gunships, targeted and destroyed militant positions within the Mohmand Agency, of north-western Pakistan.^[6]
6 December. Main Article December 2010 Mohmand Agency bombings.
11 December. At least 4 Pakistani Taliban insurgents were killed and 3 others injured, after insurgents were repelled in a checkpoint attack within the Mohmand Agency, of north-western Pakistan.^[7]
14 December. At least 2 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 6 others injured, after Pakistani Taliban insurgents launched an overnight attack on a security post within the Mohmand Agency, of north-western Pakistan.^[8]
23 December. At least 1 Pakistani citizen were killed and 3 others injured by a roadside bomb in Mohmand Agency.^[9]
24 December. At least 11 Pakistani soldiers and 24 Pakistani Taliban insurgents were killed, after some 150 insurgents launched a series of militant attacks against five Frontier Corps checkpoints within the Mohmand Agency, of north-western Pakistan.^[10]

2011

5 January. At least 39 Taliban insurgents were arrested by Pakistani army forces in Mohmand Agency.^[11]
14 January. At least 3 Pakistani citizen were killed and 1 other injured by a bomb explosion in Mohmand Agency.^[12]
20 February. At least 100 Taliban insurgents were killed in the past month in the Mohmand Аgency.^[13]

See also

• Orakzai and Kurram offensive
• War in North-West Pakistan

References