Mohmand Offensive

Mohmand Offensive
Part of the War in North-West Pakistan

Mohmand Agency is the yellow colored region
Date3 November 2009 - ongoing
(5 years, 5 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
LocationMohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Result Ongoing
Failure to kill or capture Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Belligerents

 Pakistan

 Pakistan Army		 Tehrik-i-Taliban
Commanders and leaders
LGen Masood Aslam Maulana Fazlullah
Units involved
XI Corps
Frontier Corps

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 in 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 criminals and terrorists from the Mohmand Agency, with the commander of forces in the area claiming that 80 percent of the area 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. A least 39 Taliban insurgents were arrested by Pakistani army forces in Mohmand Agency.[11]
15 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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "17 militants killed in Mohmand Agency". 2010-11-03. Retrieved date=2010-11-05. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ↑ http://tribune.com.pk/story/71280/girls-school-in-mohmand-blown-up/
  3. ↑ http://public.dawn.com/2010/11/09/three-schools-bombed-in-mohmand.html
  4. ↑ Thomson Reuters Foundation. "Thomson Reuters Foundation". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  5. ↑ http://www.dawn.com/2010/11/16/another-school-blown-up-in-mohmand.html
  6. ↑ Thomson Reuters Foundation. "Thomson Reuters Foundation". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  7. ↑ http://timeslahore.com/2010/12/11/nine-militants-killed-in-swat-mohmand-clashes/
  8. ↑ Thomson Reuters Foundation. "Thomson Reuters Foundation". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  9. ↑ http://www.dawn.com/2010/12/23/man-killed-3-injured-in-mohmand-blast.html
  10. ↑ "Taliban launch attacks along north Pakistan border". BBC News. 24 December 2010.
  11. ↑ http://www.dawn.com/2011/01/04/thirty-nine-suspected-militants-detained-after-mohmand-clash.html
  12. ↑ http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\01\14\story_14-1-2011_pg7_3
  13. ↑ http://www.dawn.com/2011/02/20/military-operation-kills-up-to-15-militants.html