Operation Black Thunderstorm | |||||||
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Part of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |||||||
Pakistani forces hoist the flag of Pakistan at the highest point of the Valley after the operation | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Pakistan |
TTP TNSM | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Asif Ali Zardari Hifazat Khan Ijaz Awan Haroon Aslam Sajjad Ghani Tariq Khan |
Maulana Fazlullah Sufi Muhammad (POW) Maulana Ameer Izzat (POW) †[8] Syed Wahab (POW)[8] Maulana Muhammad Alam (POW) †[8] | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Pro-government tribes[10] |
TTP TNSM | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
30,000 - 45,000 Regular and Airborne Forces 500+ SSG Division | 5,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
50 killed 100 wounded |
1,475 killed (23 foreign militants) 114 captured | ||||||
3.4 million civilians displaced |
Operation Black Thunderstorm[11] was a military operation that commenced on April 26, 2009, conducted by the Pakistan Army, with the aim of retaking Buner, Lower Dir, Swat and Shangla districts from the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan after the militants took control of them since the start of the year.[12]
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