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Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad | |||||||
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Part of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Insurgency in Balochistan, the Sectarian violence in Pakistan, and the War on Terror | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Taliban-aligned groups
Supported by:
ISIL-aligned groups
Sectarian groups | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Pakistan
DG ISI DG ISPR
Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Former
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Al-Qaeda Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Balochistan Liberation Army Baloch Republican Army Baluch Liberation Front United Baloch Army Lashkar-e-Balochistan Balochistan Liberation United Front Lashkar-e-Islam
Jundallah (Pakistan) Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Jundallah (Iran) Jaish ul-Adl
Sipah-e-Sahaba | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
440+ soldiers killed[13][14] 1450+ Injured[15][16][17][18] |
7,000+ militants killed[19] | ||||||
940+ civilians killed[15] [16][17][14][13] |
Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad (Urdu: آپریشن رد الفساد; lit. 'Rejection of Strife') was a combined military operation by the Pakistani military in support of local law enforcement agencies to disarm and eliminate the terrorist sleeper cells across all states of Pakistan, started on 22 February 2017.[24] The operation aimed to eliminate the threat of terrorism, and consolidating the gains of Operation Zarb-e-Azb which was launched in 2014 as a joint military offensive. It was further aimed at ensuring the security of Pakistan's borders. The operation underwent active participation from the Pakistan Army, Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Police and other Warfare and Civil Armed Forces managed under the Government of Pakistan. More than 375,000 intelligence-based operations had been carried out as of 2021.[19] This operation has been mostly acknowledged after Operation Zarb e Azb.
Pakistan had faced the worst brunt of terrorism due to its proximity to the all-time unstable Afghanistan and radicalization injected into the region since the Soviet-Afghan War that started in 1979. Offering land to host global Jihadism in the 80s changed the social fabric, resulting in a massive onslaught of terrorism that Pakistan had gone through since then. The pinnacle of infusion of venom by the multi-headed serpent of radicalization and terrorism was the era of 2006-2014. Pakistan Army fought terrorism gallantry and became the only army in the world that defeated terrorism without external help through several military operations, the biggest such operation was "Operation Zarb-e-Azb" which was started in June 2014. This operation successfully eliminated terrorist hideouts, nurseries, and breeding grounds in urban as well as far-flung areas. However, Pakistan could not be left without placing a mechanism that could ensure continuity and sustainability in anti-terrorism efforts to consolidate the gains achieved through Operation Zarb-e-Azb. The change of command was crucial and after the retirement of Raheel Sharif it was understood that the long-lasting success of Operation Zarb-e-Azb was depending upon a leadership that could manage the rehabilitation of internally displaced people in the former Federally Administrative Tribal Areas (FATA areas), Swat Valley and all other Afghan bordering areas.
The operation entailed the conduct of Broad Spectrum Security (Counter Terrorism) operations by Rangers in Punjab, continuation of ongoing operations across the country and focus on more effective border security management.[25] Countrywide disarmament and explosive control were also given as additional objectives of the operation. The National Action Plan was pursued as the hallmark of this operation.[26]
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