2009 Khyber Pass offensive

2009 Khyber-pass offensive
	Part of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Date	1 September - 30 November 2009; (2 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Khyber Pass, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Result	Pakistani victory NATO routes were secured; Taliban forces were eliminated from the area;
Belligerents
Pakistan	Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Commanders and leaders
Brig. Gen. Abid Mumtaz; P/A Tariq Hayat	Mangal Bagh
Units involved
Pakistan Army 20th Mountaineering Brigade; 57th Army Combat Brigade;	Lashkar-e-Islam
Casualties and losses
2 soldiers killed	151+ Killed

The 2009 Khyber Pass offensive was an offensive military campaign by Pakistani Army against Islamic militants from Lashkar-e-Islam in and near the Khyber Pass. The offensive was launched after a series of suicide bombings, including one at a police station where 17 cadets were killed. After two months, Pakistan Army defeated the militants and cleared the area from the militants.

^ Khan, Faisal. "Securing the Khyber: The Pakistani Army's Offensive in the Tirah Valley." Journal of South Asian Affairs, vol. 32, no. 1, 2009, pp. 16-32.
^ Rahman, Hamid. The Battle for the Khyber: Analyzing Pakistan's Counterinsurgency Operations in the FATA. Islamabad Defence Review, 2009.
^ Khattak, Daud. "Reclaiming Lost Ground: Pakistan's Waziristan Offensive and the Defeat of the Pakistani Taliban." Small Wars & Insurgencies, vol. 22, no. 3, 2011, pp. 441-462.
^ "Pakistan Retakes Khyber Pass." The New York Times, 16 July 2009, p. A6.
^ Burki, Shireen K. "The 2009 Pakistani Army Offensive in South Waziristan." Contemporary South Asia, vol. 19, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 193-208.
^ "Top Stories | Pakistan Observer Newspaper online edition". Archived from the original on 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2009-09-08.

[1] Khan, Faisal. "Securing the Khyber: The Pakistani Army's Offensive in the Tirah Valley." Journal of South Asian Affairs, vol. 32, no. 1, 2009, pp. 16-32.

[2] Rahman, Hamid. The Battle for the Khyber: Analyzing Pakistan's Counterinsurgency Operations in the FATA. Islamabad Defence Review, 2009.

[3] Khattak, Daud. "Reclaiming Lost Ground: Pakistan's Waziristan Offensive and the Defeat of the Pakistani Taliban." Small Wars & Insurgencies, vol. 22, no. 3, 2011, pp. 441-462.

[4] "Pakistan Retakes Khyber Pass." The New York Times, 16 July 2009, p. A6.

[5] Burki, Shireen K. "The 2009 Pakistani Army Offensive in South Waziristan." Contemporary South Asia, vol. 19, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 193-208.

[6] "Top Stories | Pakistan Observer Newspaper online edition". Archived from the original on 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2009-09-08.

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