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Operation Azm-e-Istehkam

Jihadist groups

Baloch Separatist groups

Strength Unknown UnknownCasualties and losses

459 killed
Unknown injured

(As of December 2024)

498 killed

(As of December 2024) 338 civilians killed

Operation Azm-e-Istehkam (Urdu: آپریشن عزم استحکام) is a counter-insurgency operation launched by the government of Pakistan in June 2024. The operation was approved by prime minister Shehbaz Sharif. The operation will include not only military action, but also socio-economic uplift to deter extremism.

Etymology

Azm-e-Istehkam translates into "Commitment for Stability" or "Resolve for Stability". Azm (عزم) means "commitment" or "resolve", while Istehkam (استحکام) means "stability" in Urdu. The phrase Azm-e-Istehkam has been chosen by the government to emphasize onto the non-kinetic parameters of the operation aimed at socio-economic upliftment to counter extremism.

Background

Pakistan has been facing a looming Islamist insurgency in North-Western parts of the country since 2001 that came to haunt Pakistani state in an aftermath of 9/11 attacks. The al-Qaeda terrorists fled Afghanistan seek refuge in the bordering Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. The insurgency blew up in 2004 when tensions rooted in the Pakistan Army's search for al-Qaeda fighters in Pakistan's mountainous Waziristan area escalated into armed resistance. Pakistan's actions were presented as its contribution to the U.S. War on terror.

The situation in erstwhile FATA further complicated with the emergence of Tehreek-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Local Pakistani jihadi fighters that had previously fought Soviets, with support from Central Asian militant groups along with Arab fighters of al-Qaeda, in 2007 formed TTP.

The TTP emerged as one of the most lethal groups with the goal to overthrow Government of Pakistan in Islamabad and replace it with a Taliban-style government.

History of Pakistan's previous military campaigns

Responding to the threat posed by the Islamists, Pakistan Army under command of General Kayani's tenure started to turn the tide in its war against terrorism. In order to contain the militants General Kayani launched series of military campaigns to recapture areas fallen in the hands of militants from 2007 to 2013 beginning with Operation Rah-e-Haq. The campaign that launched by Kayani ended with success of Operation Zarb-e-Azb in late 2016. Pakistan Army under the Kayani Doctrine was able to capture six tribal agencies and four settled districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa including Swat and South Waziristan, which were two strongholds of TTP.

The last operation Zarb-e-Azb was conducted by the Kayani's successor General Raheel Sharif to purge last remaining agency of North Waziristan from the clutches of TTP. Thus, Pakistan Armed Forces successfully recaptured seven tribal agencies of FATA and four districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa by conducting a bloody armed campaign from 2007 to 2016.

Military campaign by Pakistan Armed forces since 2002
# Campaign Date location Results
Operation al-Mizan 2002-2006 North Waziristan Stalemate between Islamic militants and Government of Pakistan
Operation Rah-e-Haq 25 October 2007– 8 December 2007 Swat Valley and Shangla Pakistani victory
Operation Zalzala January 2008-May 2008 Spinkai, South Waziristan Pakistani victory
  • Following the operation, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) offered a truce and peace negotiations resulting in a suspension of violence.
  • In spite of the victory in the operation, on 21 May 2008 Pakistan signed a peace agreement with the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
  • Short-lived peace in South Waziristan.
Operation Sirat-e-Mustaqeem 28 June 2008 – 9 July 2008 Bara Pakistani victory
  • Pakistan Army gained control of strategic town of Bara on the outskirts of Peshawar.
  • The Peshawar was secured from the threat of militant takeover.
  • Destruction of LeI command and training centers.
Operation Sherdil 7 August 2008 – 28 February 2009 Bajaur Agency Pakistani victory
Operation Black Thunderstorm 26 April 2009 – 14 June 2009 Pakistani victory
Operation Rah-e-Rast 16 May 2009 – 15 July 2009 Swat Decisive Pakistani victory
  • Sub-Operation of Black Thunderstorm specifically targeted to flush out militants from Swat
  • Swat returned to government control
  • Multiple Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan commanders captured or killed
  • Ensured long term peace in Swat
Operation Rah-e-Nijat 19 June 2009 – 12 December 2009 South Waziristan Agency Pakistani victory
2009 Khyber Pass Offensive 1 September 2009 – 30 September 2009 Khyber Agency Pakistani victory
Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham September 2009-21 January 2011 Pakistani victory
Operation Brekhna 3 November 2009 – 20 December 2012 Mohmand Agency Pakistani victory
  • Mohmand Agency fell back into the government control
  • Leadership of TTP fled to Afghanistan
  • Failure to kill or capture Ayman al-Zawahiri
  • Enduring peace in Mohmand
Operation Koh-e-Sufaid 4 July 2011 – 18 August 2011 Kurram Agency Pakistani victory
Operation Rah-e-Shahadat 5 April 2013 – 30 June 2013 Tirah Valley Pakistani victory
  • Militants flushed out from Tirah Valley
  • Headquarters of Lashkar-e-Islam destroyed
  • TTP and LeI leadership fled across Afghanistan
  • Militants continued to pose threat to Khyber Agency from across the border.
Operation Zarb-e-Azb 12 June 2014 – 22 February 2017 North-Waziristan Agency Pakistani victory
Operation Khyber 7 October 2014 – 21 August 2017 Khyber Agency Pakistani victory
Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad 22 February 2017- November 2022 Across Pakistan Pakistani tactical victory

Strategic failure

  • Unlike previous military campaign operation was not aimed at regaining lost territory but to purge Pakistan of sleeper cells that escaped across country
  • 375,000 intelligence-based operations conducted as of 2021
  • Afghanistan-Pakistan border barrier erected with 1000 military forts to man the border.
  • According to Delhi-based South Asian Terrorism Portal (SATP) 2019 was post peaceful year for Pakistan since the time of start of insurgency in 2004, the suicide attacks in Pakistan in 2019 was decreased to 8 from record high of 85 in 2009.
  • The seven tribal agencies of FATA merged into Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa for effective governance in 2018.
  • Resurgence of New wave of terrorism since fall of Kabul in 2021
Operation Azm-e-Istehkam 22 June 2024- Till date Across Pakistan and Afghanistan Ongoing

With help of military campaigns Pakistan Army was able to push back TTP into Afghanistan from where it continues to launch terrorist attacks on Pakistan. By 2014, the casualty rates from terrorism in the country as a whole dropped by 40% as compared to 2011–2013, with even greater drops noted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa despite a large massacre of schoolchildren by TTP terrorists in the province in December 2014. The reduction in hostilities eventually changed the conflict from a war to a relatively low-level conflict. However, massacre of schoolchildren in Peshawar and continues sense of insecurity forced Pakistani political leadership to draft National Action Plan.

National Action Plan 2014 and Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad 2017

On 24 December 2014, the Parliament of Pakistan approved a 20-point National Action Plan to counter terrorism and extremism, that had been chalked out by the National Counter Terrorism Authority. The decision was taken following a terrorist attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar. The plan was envisaged to undertake non-kinetic and kinetic measures to fight terrorism and extremism.

In line with National Action Plan, Pakistan launched Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad under its commander COAS Qamar Javed Bajwa. This operation was launched in order clean-off militants that escaped across country due to army's earlier campaigns in FATA. The operation was aimed at consolidating efforts of previous military campaigns.

Radd-ul-Fasaad vowed to tackle cross border militancy, purge sleeper cells in Urban Pakistan, flush of remnants militants escaped across country, and pursuit National Action Plan.The operation entailed the conduct of Broad Spectrum Security (Counter Terrorism) operations by Rangers in Punjab and Sindh, and by the Frontier Corps in Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and focus on more effective border security management. 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.

Radd-ul-Fasaad resulted in major successes in counter-terrorism.

As a result of Radd-ul-Fasaad, TTP suffered huge losses and divided into various splinter groups that weakened its operational capabilities. According to Delhi-based South Asian Terrorism Portal (SATP) 2019 was post peaceful year for Pakistan since the time of start of insurgency in 2004. According to SATP, The suicide attacks in Pakistan in 2019 was decreased to 8 from record high of 85 in 2009. By 2021, More than 375,000 operations have been carried out against terrorists, including over 150,000 in Sindh, 3,4000 in Punjab, more than 80,000 in Balochistan and over 92,000 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Operation was a tactical victory for Pakistan as country saw consolidation of gains of Operation Zarb-e-Azb by further denting the terrorist capability to carry out activities against Pakistan which was visible in drastic drop in suicide and IED attacks. Yet it deemed as a strategic failure due to failure of operation to achieve objectives of National Action Plan. The country failed to foster durable peace, specially after Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021. The political change in Afghanistan triggered new wave of terrorism in Pakistan. Since 2022 Pakistan has seen a visible uptick in terrorism-related incidents.

Resurgence in Insurgency since August 2021

After 2019, country saw slow implementation on the National Action Plan specially on its primary aim of combating extremism. Resultantly since fall of Kabul in August 2021, Pakistan is confronted with renewed threat of terrorism as TTP has been injected with fresh dose of strength due to the victory of Taliban in Afghanistan. The fresh recruits, easy access to US made weapons, and a sanctuary under the shadow of Afghan Taliban have once again bolstered the TTP to again target Pakistan. In 2023, Pakistan saw an increase in terror incidents, especially in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after the banned militant group Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan terminated its ceasefire with the government in November 2022.

In 2022 After failure of negotiations, the TTP and the government announced a ceasefire in June 2022. However, in November 2022, the TTP renounced the ceasefire and called for nationwide attacks against Pakistan.

2022 Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan

Surge in terrorism led Pakistan to strike on TTP safe havens present on Afghan soil. On 16 April 2022, the Pakistani military conducted predawn airstrikes on multiple targets in Afghanistan's Spera District of Khost and Shultan District of Kunar provinces. Afghan officials said the attacks killed at least 47 civilians and injured 23 others. Initial reports described the attacks as either rocket strikes or aerial strikes carried out by a number of aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force, and Afghan officials claimed the operation was carried out by Pakistani military helicopters and jets. Pakistani officials initially denied Pakistan carried out the airstrikes, but Pakistani security officials later claimed the airstrikes involved drone strikes from inside Pakistani airspace, and that no aircraft were deployed. Some reports said the Pakistani airstrikes also targeted parts of Paktika Province. According to the Pakistani media and some Afghan media outlets, the attacks targeted militants belonging to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

2022 Pakistani airstrikes marked the first instance of foreign country launching attack on Afghanistan after establishment of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and withdrawal of US from Afghanistan.

2024 Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan

On 18 March 2024, in response to the attack from Afghanistan, Pakistan Air Force carried out two intelligence based airstrikes on Afghanistan's eastern border provinces of Khost and Paktika. The Afghan government claim that Pakistan killed five women and three children. Pakistan denies this, claiming that it killed terrorists instead while targeting the Hafiz Gul Bahadur militant group, a splinter organization of the Pakistani Taliban, and that it had successfully killed Sehra alias Janan, a high-value target commander. Another commander, Abdullah Mehsud, was claimed to have been killed, but later released a video refuting the claim. It was also reported that Mehsud's house was targeted in which his wife and a minor son was killed. Pakistan went on to blame the Pakistani Taliban and its splinter militias for the deaths of hundreds of Pakistani civilians, and claimed that they used Afghanistan as a base and that they had support from within the Taliban.

2024 Pakistani airstrikes marks the third instance of foreign country launching attack on Afghanistan after establishment of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and withdrawal of US from Afghanistan followed by 2022 Pakistani Airstrikes and 2022 US Drone attack in Kabul

Given the deteriorating law and order situation in North-West Pakistan, on 7 April 2023, Pakistan's National Security Committee under leadership of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif decided to launch a new military operation to root out militants posing threats to its western regions. The meeting was also attended by the Pakistan's new military leadership COAS Asim Munir and CJCSC Sahir Shamshad Mirza.

On 22 June 2024, Pakistan's Apex Committee on National Action Plan approved a new operation codenamed as Azb-e-Istehkam (Resolve for Stability) that is meant to address slow implementation of National Action Plan specially by addressing its vow of healing extremism across Pakistan.

Approval and launch

On 22 June 2024, the operation was approved during a meeting of the Apex Committee on National Action Plan in Islamabad. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and attended by key federal cabinet members, chief ministers from all provinces including Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, provincial chief secretaries, services chiefs, and others.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif clarified on 25 June 2024 that "Operation would not be large scale operation.Sharif said Operation Azm-e-Istehkam is being “misunderstood” and compared to previous military operations such as Operation Zarb-e-Azb and Operation Rah-e-Nijat. He said militants in these operations were killed for creating “no-go areas” in the country and for challenging the writ of the state, adding that they caused massive displacement of the population. There are currently no such no-go areas in the country as the ability of terrorist organizations to carry out large-scale organized operations inside Pakistan has been decisively defeated by past armed operations. Therefore, no large-scale military operation which would require population displacement is being contemplated.Its objective is to instill a new spirit and drive in the ongoing implementation of the revised National Action Plan, which was launched after a national consensus in the political arena. Operation Azm-e-Istekam is a multi-domain, multi-agency and national vision to bring about sustainable peace and stability in the country.

Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on 28 June 2024 added that Pakistan may carry out cross border strikes inside Afghanistan on terrorist bases enjoying safe havens on Afghan soil.

Goals

The Operation is primarily aimed at speeding-up implementation of the Pakistan's National Action Plan (NAP) which was conceived in an aftermath of politico-military consensus in 2014 to combat extremism and terrorism within Pakistan. According to PMO statement, following objectives has been laid down in line with NAP.

The main objective of the operation is to end extremism and terrorism decisively and comprehensively. The operation aims to coordinate and coordinate efforts on multiple fronts to counter these threats, while intensifying efforts to curb terrorist activities through regional cooperation in the political and diplomatic arenas.

Timeline

June 2024

22 June

23 June

24 June

  • Balochistan Liberation Army carried out an attack on a military base in Kalat allegedly claiming to have killed twelve soldiers, however official reports acknowledged the deaths of two Frontier Corps soldiers.
  • Three militants were also killed in the attack.

25 June

  • Military related handles on X released a footage of drone strike on Masjilis-e-Askari Karwan of terrorists belonging to Hafiz Gul Bahadur group of Tehreek Taliban Pakistan in the Darga Peerpal area of Bannu District. Reportedly, three terrorists were claimed to be neutralized.
  • A policeman was wounded in an attack on a police post in Orakzai District.
  • Two militants were killed and three were wounded in an operation in Sra Derga area of Bannu District.
  • Seven were injured when threw grenades on the security forces vehicles in North Waziristan.
  • Three civilians were wounded in a militant attack near a police patrol.
  • A girls school was torched in Mansehra District by militants.

26 June

27 June

  • On 27 June, in Tank District, military raids on insurgent bases killed ten militants and a military operation in Bagh, Khyber District resulted in the deaths of seven militants and five Pakistani soldiers.
  • The house of Aslam Khan a tribal leader in the Lakki Marwat District was attacked by militants but caused no casualties. Moreover, a police station in Peshawar was attacked by militant rockets causing no casualties.
  • Seven were injured on an attack on Frontier Corps vehicle in Quetta.

28 June

  • Pakistani ambassador to the United States, requested military aid including modern weaponry to aid in Operation Azm-e-Istehkam as well as addressing the need for strengthening of military ties between the two countries for fighting terrorism diplomatic comeback in Kabul.
  • Rahat Khan, an influential person in Swabi was killed by unknown militants.
  • Thirteen labourers were abducted from Tank District by militants, nine were rescued by a police operation.

29 June

30 June

July 2024

1 July

  • Three people were killed in a roadside bombing in Turbat District, Balochistan. Along with two members of security forces were killed in a rocket attack on their post in Jamrud, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
  • Seven militants were killed in a military operation in Tirah including Pakistani Taliban commanders, Najeeb Abdul Ur Rehman and Ishfaq Muavia and two more militants were killed in a separate engagement in Lakki Marwat.
  • A traffic Policeman was killed by militants in Peshawar.
  • A person allegedly a militant was captured during a raid in Awaran District.
  • Three civilians were killed and one injured in an attack in Turbat.

2 July

3 July

4 July

  • In Khaplu, Gilgit Baltistan another Pakistani Taliban commander Shah Faisal who was responsible for multiple terrorist attacks in the region was killed in a military operation.
  • Clashes were eventually extinguished after hours of fighting which left two civilians and four soldiers of Gilgit Baltistan Scouts wounded.

5 July

6 July

7 July

8 July

9 July

10 July

11 July

12 July

13 July

14 July

  • A local journalist was killed by militants in Nowshera District.
  • In Kalat District military carried out an offensive advancing rapidly in multiple areas such as Harboi, Iskalkoo, Chuto, Chashma, Maimonki, Aab-e-Dok, and also in the surroundings of Kalat District.

15 July

  • The Pakistani Taliban launched two coordinated attacks on the military cantonment in Bannu. A militant attacked the base with a vehicle loaded with explosives while another exploded a suicide vest outside the perimeter of the base. Eight soldiers and ten militants were killed and about 141 people including 7 civilians were wounded in the attacks. At least eight civilians were amongst the injured. Several houses and buildings were damaged. The attack caused significant casualties but was unsuccessful in its main aim to penetrate and capture the garrison.
  • Jaish E Fursaan E Muhammadi, a faction within the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility. Military helicopters were dispatched to the region and ground troops were also deployed in the region.
  • A military operation is being conducted in the area by Pakistan Army. The Special Service Group was also deployed in the area.
  • Moreover, two children were killed in North Waziristan in a landmine blast.

16 July

  • Five civilians (two children and two female health operatives) were killed in a militant attack on a health facility in Dera Ismail Khan. The military then engaged the militants, killing three of them. Two soldiers died in the skirmishes.
  • Militants attacked a Police checkpoint in Bannu District but the attack was thwarted by a police counterattack.

17 July

  • Four alleged separatists were detained from Awaran District by security forces personnel.

18 July

19 July

20 July

21 July

22 July

  • Militants destroyed a government run girls school in North Waziristan completely razing its seven classrooms however, no casualties were reported.
  • Moreover, three Policemen were wounded in a bomb blast near their vehicle in Khyber District.
  • A civilian driver was killed and two wounded in militant attacks in Harnai District.
  • A soldier was killed and another was wounded in a Balochistan Liberation Front attack on their convoy.

23 July

24 July

  • In Hoshab, Balochistan, Pakistan Army conducted an intelligence based operation killing one militant while wounding two others. Their weapons and ammunition were also confiscated and a further clearance operation was carried out.
  • A gas pipeline from Sui to Karachi was damaged by Baloch Republican Guards in Kashmore District.
  • A Frontier Corps soldier was killed in Orakzai District during a militant raid on a security post.
  • Two policemen were injured in a militant attack on a security post in Swat District, the militants managed to flee.

25 July

  • Seventeen surrendered Pakistani Taliban militants initially set free by the government in exchange for their surrender were rearrested in Bannu by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police as a part of a new campaign to spare no militants, their vehicles, weapons and ammunition were seized.
  • A counter terrorism unit of police was attacked in Mohmand District, the clash resulted in the deaths of one policeman and a militant.
  • Two police officers were targeted in Dera Ismail Khan by militants but evaded their attack.
  • Four people allegedly separatists were detained by security forces in Quetta.
  • Security Forces attacked a vehicle in Kech District and detained its occupants who were allegedly separatists.
  • Balochistan Liberation Front attacked a military camp in Awaran District.
  • Three civilians were killed by Baloch Raji Aajoi Sangar in Panjgur District on the allegations of being state collaborators.

26 July

27 July

28 July

29 July

30 July

31 July

  • An attack on a Balochistan Levies post in Milizai area of Pishin resulted in the deaths of two levies personnel. Another attack on the same post just after eight hours wounded a policeman.
  • Moreover, an attack on Charwazgai check post in Khyber District claimed the lives of two policemen as well as wounding another, a civilian security guard at a nearby gas station was also wounded.
  • A private security was hijacked by militants who stole more than 50 million PKR.
  • Three people including a retired security personnel and his two relatives were killed in North Waziristan by militants.

August 2024

1 August

2 August

3 August

4 August

  • A tribal jirga in Lakki Marwat asked the military to launch a comprehensive campaign to flush out all militants from the territory of the district as the militants were reported to become a serious threat to local security.

5 August

6 August

7 August

8 August

  • A Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army leader was captured by Counter Terrorism Department while attempting to carry out a bomb blast on a train travelling from Punjab to Sindh, explosives and other such materials were also apprehended.
  • Two militants escaped from the custody of Counter Terrorism Department in Mohmand District after being allegedly tortured and made way to Afghanistan.
  • Militants attacked security company vehicle in Dera Ismail Khan and looted PKR 8 million from it.
  • Two hand grenade explosions were reported at Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University in Quetta during pre-independence day celebrations.
  • A police station was attacked in Nasirabad District by militants, no casualties were reported.

9 August

  • In Tirah, militants attacked three Pakistan Army positions along the border with Afghanistan, a heavy gun battle ensued between the security forces and militants of Hafiz Gul Bahadur group resulting in the confirmed deaths of four soldiers.
  • Pakistan Army (local sources reported six military fatalities) personnel and four militants, about twelve soldiers were also wounded, the militants also claimed to have destroyed an Armoured Personnel Carrier and a military excavator, moreover artillery shells were also launched in the area.
  • In Bannu a police SHO and two other officers were wounded in a militant attack on a police patrol, a civilian was killed and two civilians were wounded.
  • A policeman was also killed by militants in a separate incident in Bannu.

10 August

11 August

  • A dead body was recovered from Tank District.
  • Frontsman of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan survived an assassination attempt.
  • An Oil and Gas Company employee survived an abduction attempt by militants in Lakki Marwat District.
  • Four soldiers including an officer were injured in a militant attack in North Waziristan.
  • The vehicle of a SHO was attacked by militants but caused no casualties.
  • Militants carried out three rockets attacks in Turbat.

12 August

  • Three Afghan civilians were killed in cross border skirmishes between Afghan Taliban and Pakistan Army, three Pakistani troops were also wounded in the skirmishes.
  • Four Frontier Corps personnel were killed and 27 others were wounded in militant attacks on their posts in South Waziristan, a search operation was launched against the perpetrators.
  • A local tribal elder was killed and another one was wounded in an Improvised Explosive Device attack in Bajaur.
  • Two militants were killed by security forces in Panjgur.
  • A Frontier Corps soldier was killed by militants in Bannu District while off-duty.
  • A surrendered militant was assassinated in Kurram District.
  • The Deputy Commissioner of Panjgur District, Zakir Baloch, was killed and Municipal Committee Chairman, Abdul Malik Baloch was injured in a militant attack on their vehicle.

13 August

  • A policeman was killed and another wounded in a grenade attack on a police checkpost in Lower Dir, with police retaliation forcing the militants to flee.
  • Militants also carried out an attack on a check post at Shangla’s tourist destination Yakhtangay but was thwarted by strong police retaliation.
  • A child was killed and 12 wounded, in militant attacks at a hotel and a bridge near Quetta Railways station.
  • A check post in Quetta was also attacked by militants but caused no casualties.
  • Militants also attacked a post in Noshki district, causing no casualties. *In Khyber district, police claimed having repulsed two militant attacks, one on a police post and another near a protest camp by effectively engaging the militants.
  • A tribal elder was killed and another was severely wounded in a militant attack in Bajaur District.
  • Balochistan Liberation Army carried out a bomb blast at Sariab Mill Girls College in Quetta during preparations for independence day celebration.
  • Nawab Ghaus Bakhsh School in Quetta was also targeted with a bomb blast on August 13 in an explosion during preparations for independence day celebration.
  • Militants attacked a post in Panjgur District but no casualties were reported.
  • A bomb blast took place at Bugti Stadium in Kharan District causing no casualties. Six militants and four soldiers were killed in an engagement in South Waziristan. *Two militants involved in the killing of the Panjgur DC were killed in Panjgur District.
  • Two people were killed and three wounded in militant attacks on civilian houses in Quetta.
  • A skirmish took place between Frontier Corps and separatists in Kharan District.
  • A girls’ high school on Munir Mengal Road in Quetta was attacked by militants.

14 August

  • In South Waziristan, a checkpost and a police station were attacked by militants but the militants were repulsed after an intense battle, the checkpost wasn't damaged but a civilian house was hit by a Mortar shell.
  • An alleged separatist was in Kech District during a raid.
  • A bomb blast occurred at a military checkpoint in Nushki District; no casualties were reported. Unknown militants attacked a military camp in Kech District using heavy weaponry causing significant material damage.
  • A singer was detained in Quetta by security forces over allegations of being a separatist. A man was killed by militants in Kech District.
  • Two alleged separatists were detained from Kharan District by security forces.
  • Balochistan Liberation Front attacked seven military posts and a military camp in Awaran District killing six soldiers and wounding eleven more and also two checkpoints and military camp in Kech District killing three soldiers and wounding seven, militant casualties were unclear.

15 August

  • A huge police contingent including special operatives and Armoured Personnel Carriers was deployed in Dadu District against heavily armed militants who had previously killed a policeman, police operations were carried out in Mondar, Ismail Ja Bhan, Keti Jatoi and surrounding villages.
  • Seven militants were killed and five others were wounded in an intelligence based military operation carried out in Kurram District, their weapons and ammunition amongst other items were seized and a subsequent clearance operation was launched in the area.
  • A large militant contingent, of around fifty to sixty militants attacked Lakhani police post at the border of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but the police launched its own counterattack forcing the militants to retreat.
  • A policeman was wounded in a militant attack in Lower Dir.
  • A pro-government "death squad" member was killed by unknown militants in Balochistan and a civilian was killed by the "death squad" group in Kech District.
  • Baloch Liberation Army attacked a military post in Kalat District wounding three Pakistan Army soldiers.

16 August

  • Five people including two policemen were wounded in an Improvised Explosive Device explosion in Peshawar.
  • Two Shia civilians were wounded in a militant attack on their bus in Dera Ismail Khan, the bus went out of control further injuring three civilians.
  • A police station was attacked by militants in Nasirabad District, no casualties were reported. A military post was attacked by militants in Turbat.
  • Five dead bodies ridden with bullets were recovered from Chagai District.
  • Three militants were killed and another one wounded in a military operation in North Waziristan.

17 August

18 August

  • Two soldiers were killed and three were wounded in a militant attack on their convoy in Dera Ismail Khan while a policeman was killed and three others wounded in another militant attack in Lakki Marwat.
  • A Tablighi Jamat affiliated businessman was killed by militants in Bajaur District.
  • A traffic policeman was killed by militants in Bajaur District.
  • Two Police personnel including an SHO were killed in a militant attack in Lakki Marwat.

19 August

20 August

  • Security Forces were attacked by militants in Nushki District damaging a military vehicle.
  • Three militants were killed in an operation conducted by the Counter Terrorism Department in Dera Ismail Khan, weapons and ammunition were seized.
  • Two civilians were killed in a blast targeting military vehicles in Balochistan.
  • Two militants were killed in a skirmish between militants and military forces in Panjgur District.

21 August

  • Two factions of Pakistani Taliban clashed over a financial dispute after looting of a cash transporting security vehicle, killing five militants.
  • A tribal elder was killed by militants in Bannu District.
  • Militants attacked a construction company and destroyed equipment in Kech District.

22 August

  • Bandits of Kutch attacked a police convoy in Rahim Yar Khan killing eleven policemen and wounding seven more.
  • Two children were killed and six people wounded in an attack on a school bus in Attock.
  • Large scale military operations were being carried out in Mastung and Bolan District including both ground offensive and aerial assault by gunships.

23 August

  • Three people including a security forces personnel were wounded in a militant attack outside a mosque in Bajaur District.

24 August

25 August

  • 23 civilians were killed after being offloaded from their vehicles and their IDs being checked by Balochistan Liberation Army militants, the reason for twbir killing was described as belonging to the Punjabi ethnic group.
  • Several engagements tool place between law enforcement and militants in Balochistan leading to the deaths of at least twelve militants.
  • Militant attacks in Kalat District lead to eleven deaths including law enforcement.
  • Militants attacked a police station in Pasni, wounding policemen and destroying three vehicles.
  • A police station in Suntsar was ransacked with the militants capturing weaponry.
  • A Balochistan Levies station was attacked in Khadkocha with the personnel being taken captive.
  • Multiple other engagements tool place in Kalat, four Levies personnel, a policeman, two civilians and a tribal leader were amongst those killed. Assistant commissioner of Kalat was wounded and four Levies personnel were wounded.
  • Many engagements occurred at the Quetta-Karachi highway with the traffic being blocked. Levies and police stations in Mastung, Sibi, Panjgur, Mastung, Turbat, Bela, and Quetta were also attacked by militants.
  • A railway track linking Pakistan and Iran was destroyed near Mastung.
  • 6 people were killed by militants in Bolan.
  • The total death toll of the militant attacks in Balochistan was reported to be 26 civilians, 14 law enforcement personnel and 21 militants, later the toll was reported to be 73–74 with only the civilian casualties being revised.
  • A Sindhi man was killed by Balochistan Liberation Army.

26 August

  • Balochistan Liberation Army claimed that the attacks on the previous day, names as Operation Fidayeen Herof had killed 120 soldiers and they had briefly captured a military camp in Las Bela, the blockades on high way were lifted. Fidayeen Unit, Majeed Brigade, Special Tactics Operations Unit took part in this "operation". However, most Pakistani and international sources state that only 14 Pakistani servicemen were killed.
  • Inter Services Public Relations released a statement about having killed 25 militants including a commander in a campaign in Khyber District since 20 August, meanwhile 4 soldiers were killed.
  • The bullet ridden dead bodies were discovered in Nasirabad District.

27 August

28 August

29 August

30 August

  • As a result of attacks against civilians and servicemen by the Balochistan Liberation Army which left over 70 dead, the Pakistani army ramped up operations and neutralised 5 BLA insurgents.
  • Two alleged separatists were captured by security forces from Kech District.

31 August

  • The Pakistani military intensified IBOs in the Tirah valley, killing 37 insurgents, including their ringleader, Abu Dhar, alias Saddam. The IBOs were carried out by the Special Service Group, and Pakistani casualties were said to be kept to a minimum.
  • Three militants were killed and four soldiers were injured in an operation in South Waziristan.
  • Two bomb disposal unit personnel were wounded in a militant attack in South Waziristan.
  • Two soldiers were wounded in a militant attack on a helipad in Miranshah.

September 2024

1 September

  • A bomb blast in Bajaur led to the death of one person and wounding of two others.
  • Two people were wounded in a bomb blast in Quetta.
  • Two Policemen were injuredin Mianwali during a militant attack.

2 September

  • Three soldiers of the Frontier Constabulary and four private security guards were returned as a result of negotiations with militants.
  • Militants destroyed a government school in Buner and then as a police vehicle reach the area it was targeted in an IED attack but caused no casualties.

3 September

  • A police officer was killed by militants in Quetta.

4 September

6 September

7 September

8 September

  • A soldier of the Frontier Corps was killed and three more wounded in a militant ambush in Kurram District.
  • A policeman was killed and his cousin was wounded in a militant attack in Lakki Marwat.
  • A policeman and his brother were killed in another militant attack in Lakki Marwat.
  • A bomb blast near a tribal leader's vehicle in South Waziristan led to the death of his son and injuries to four including the leader.
  • A policeman was killed in a militant attack on a patrol vehicle in Panjgur District.

9 September

  • An explosion went off targeting a polio vaccination team wounding three healthcare workers, its responsibility was claimed by ISIS-K.
  • Militants threw a suicide vest when asked to stop at a post in Peshawar.

10 September

  • A bomb blast took place in Wana wounding six policemen and seven civilians but the main target of the explosion, the VC, survived the attack.
  • A suicide vest laden with 7 kg explosives was discovered in Peshawar.

11 September

  • A polio vaccination worker and a policeman were killed in a militant attack in Bajaur District.
  • Five people were wounded in a bomb blast in Kech District.
  • One soldier was killed in am IED attack in Bajaur District.
  • The police station in Quetta was attacked by a grenade during a violent sectarian protest against alleged blasphemy.
  • Three militants were killed in an operation while three soldiers were also killed and eleven more wounded in Kurram District.
  • Two civilians and a Frontier Corps soldier were killed in a militant attack in South Waziristan.

12 September

  • A policeman's personal guesthouse was bombed by militants in Lakki Marwat.

13 September

14 September

  • Counter Terrorism Department conducted 71 operations throughout Punjab capturing nine militants as well as recovering explosives, two grenades, 26 detonators, 73 ft fuse wire, ammunition, guns, mobile phones, and cash.
  • An alleged separatist was captured from Gwadar.
  • Five people, including three civilians and two Levies personnel were killed and three personnel were wounded in a clash over the "illegal" abduction of an alleged separatist.
  • Four soldiers were killed and three were injured in a Balochistan Liberation Front assault on the main military HQ in Awaran District.
  • Three dead bodies of Pakistani Taliban were found in Dera Ismail Khan.
  • Two policemen were killed in a remote controlled explosion near Quetta.

15 September

16 September

18 September

19 September

20 September

21 September

22 September

23 September

24 September

  • An alleged Baloch separatist was captured from Sargodha.
  • A police post was attacked by militants near Peshawar but a large police contingent was deployed and retaliated inflicting losses on the insurgents forcing them to retreat.
  • A militant was killed and six more wounded while two soldiers were wounded in an operation in North Waziristan.
  • A militant was killed and two escaped in a joint operation in Lakki Marwat District.
  • A civilian was killed and three wounded in a mortar attack on a house during an engagement between militants and soldiers.
  • One Pakistani Taliban commander was killed in an operation in Lakki Marwat District.
  • A nephew of a Police officer was killed when militants attacked the family of a SHO in Tank District.
  • A DSP of police was attacked by IEDs but his vehicle escaped in Dera Ismail Khan District.
  • Two militants were killed and two policemen wounded when militants attacked a Police van in Swat District.

25 September

  • A Police post in Bajaur District was attacked by militants using small arms and rockets but no casualties were reported.
  • "Aman Lashkars", the pro government militias formerly used against insurgents were reformed and reinstated in Lakki Marwat District.
  • Two Policemen and ten civilians were wounded in an explosion targeting a police Vehicle in Quetta.
  • Two soldiers were wounded in an attack by Afghan Taliban in Mohmand District.
  • Four alleged separatists were captured from Kharan District in a joint raid by paramilitary forces along with Inter Services Intelligence using twenty vehicles.
  • Insurgents attacked a post in Khyber District with two explosions being reported at the site.

26 September

  • A cop was killed and two other policemen were wounded in an insurgent attack in Bajaur District.
  • A soldier was killed by a militant sniper in South Waziristan.
  • Military forces conducted an operation in North Waziristan killing eight insurgents and wounding one.
  • Two people including a child were killed amd 23 others including 15 Policemen were wounded in an explosion targeting a police station in Swabi.

27 September

  • A police vehicle escorting a polio vaccination team was attacked in Tank District with the vehicle sustaining damage.

28 September

  • A construction company camp was attacked by separatists who destroyed equipment.
  • A politician of Balochistan National Party was killed by insurgents in Quetta.
  • An explosion in Bajaur District wounded three policemen and damaged their vehicle, the responsibility was claimed by ISIS-K.

29 September

30 September

  • A Policeman was wounded in a militant attack on a police post in Swat District.
  • A tribal elder was killed by militants in Khuzdar District.
  • Two soldiers were wounded in a BLA attack on a military post in Kech District.
  • The Baloch Liberation Army – Azad confirmed the death of its six militants in Harnai District as a result of an airstrike.
  • Two soldiers were killed and three wounded in a Baloch Liberation Army rocket and heavy weaponry attack on the military garrison in Kech District.
  • Militants attacked a police station in Swat District. However the locals came to the defense of the police personnel and the combined contingent of police and locals repelled the militants.

October

1 October

  • A local Government official was killed by militants in Lakki Marwat District.
  • Two soldiers were wounded in a grenade attack on a check post in Turbat.

2 October

  • A child and a militant were killed and a civilian wounded in an engagement between police and insurgents in Tank District.
  • A customs enforcement inspector and his driver were abducted by militants from North Waziristan.
  • An alleged separatist was captured from Turbat.

3 October

  • A policeman was wounded in a militant attack near the SITE Superhighway of Karachi.
  • The vehicle of Deputy Commissioner of Shirani District was attacked by separatists but she remained unscathed.

4 October

5 October

6 October

7 October

  • A large scale military operation was initiated in Mastung District involving the use of aviation.

8 October

9 October

10 October

11 October

12 October

  • A large scale operation was conducted in Kech District involving large number of infantry supported by helicopters.
  • A militant was killed in South Waziristan.
  • Two persons were wounded in a grenade attack in Sibi District.

13 October

14 October

15 October

16 October

17 October

18 October

  • A Levies troop was killed and two wounded in an attack on a post in Kalat District.

19 October

20 October

21 October

22 October

23 October

  • Two people were wounded in a grenade attack at the Irrigation office in Khuzdar.
  • The vehicle of an SHO in Lakki Marwat District was attacked causing no casualties but some damage.

24 October

25 October

  • An under training Army Lieutenant was killed two others wounded in a militant attack on a mosque during prayer.
  • A combined post of the Police and Frontier Corps was attacked by militants in Bajaur District, the attack was repulsed with no casualties.
  • A Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) affiliate, Haji Sharifullah, was killed by militants in Bannu District.
  • A Policeman was killed in a militant attack on a post in Khyber District.
  • An SHO and a jail guard were killed and a civilian wounded in an attack on SHO's vehicle in Bannu District.
  • The SHO of Wana station in South Waziristan was wounded in an IED attack.
  • Two militants were killed during an unsuccessful attempt to attack a police van in Bannu District.
  • Two soldiers were killed and three wounded and two militants were also killed during a skirmish at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

26 October

27 October

  • A military convoy was targeted in Tank District using remote controlled explosives but caused no damages.
  • A policeman was killed in Bannu District on his way to a mosque.
  • Two militants were killed and three wounded in a military operation in Khyber District.
  • Two militants were killed in an operation in North Waziristan.
  • An alleged separatist was captured from Mustang District and weapons, ammunition, and equipment were captured as well.

28 October

29 October

  • A polio vaccination team was attacked by insurgents in Kohat District but the team was able to escape following police retaliation.
  • A militant was killed and another captured in military operation in Zhob District.
  • The houses of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan associates involved in the assassination of DSB official were seized in Lakki Marwat District.
  • Two militants and a policeman were killed and another policeman was wounded in an attack on a polio vaccination team in Orakzai District.

30 October

  • Eight militants and three soldiers were killed while seven militants were wounded in an operation in Bannu District.

31 October

  • Two soldiers were killed in a grenade attack on a checkpost in Khyber District.

November

1 November

  • Nine people including five school children were killed and 29 others wounded in an explosion targeting a Police van near the Civil Hospital and Girls School Chowk in Mastung.
  • Ten alleged separatists were detained from the National University of Modern Language in Rawalpindi.

2 November

3 November

4 November

  • An alleged separatist was captured from Kech District.
  • 10 soldiers were killed and four others wounded while two Baloch Liberation Army separatists were also killed in a clash in Nushki District.
  • An insurgent was killed in a military operation in Nushki District, weapons and ammunition were seized.
  • An insurgent was killed in a military operation in North Waziristan.
  • Five insurgents were killed and three others wounded during an infiltration attempt across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in South Waziristan.
  • The house of the president of the Bajaur Welfare Association was attacked by insurgents using grenades.
  • Three people including a Counter Terrorism Department were killed in an insurgent attack in South Waziristan.

5 November

6 November

7 November

  • Five insurgents and four soldiers were killed during a clash in South Waziristan.

8 November

9 November

  • 26 people were killed and 50+ wounded in a suicide blast at the Quetta Railway Station.

10 November

11 November

12 November

  • A suspect, allegedly involved in the 2023 Peshawar Police Lines Mosque Blast that caused 84 fatalities, was captured.
  • Four alleged separatists was captured from Kech District.

13 November

  • A Policeman was killed by insurgents in Peshawar outside his home.
  • Four separatists, including a “high-value target” were killed in a military operation in Kech District.
  • Baloch insurgents reportedly blocked Jafri Kaur, Khwari Checkpoint and Chai, along the Coastal Highway between Ormara and Pasni, multiple vehicles transporting minerals were set alight.
  • In Ormara, separatists attacked a Levies Force post and a Coast Guard camp seizing weapons and equipment as well as inflicting casualties.
  • Separatists blocked roads and attacked vehicles carrying minerals Mastung, Turbat, Kharan, Gwarkop, Hoshap, Dera Bugti, Mashkay, Bolan, Buleda, Zamuran, Hironk, Panjgur, Barkhan, Awaran, Dukki, Kohlu, Tump and Gwadar.

14 November

15 November

16 November

17 November

  • A JUI-F leader was killed and five others wounded in a blast near a mosque in South Waziristan.
  • Six insurgents and one soldier were killed during an attack on a military base in Tirah.
  • Insurgents carried out a grenade attack on a cooking center in Orangi and opened indiscriminate fire

18 November

  • A public school in South Waziristan was damaged by insurgents using RPGs.
  • Nine insurgents and eight soldiers were killed during clashes in Tirah, seven soldiers and six insurgents were also wounded.
  • Seven Policemen were abducted in an ambush in Bannu District, their weapons and equipment was also seized but the policemen were released the next day.
  • An alleged separatist was captured from Panjgur District.
  • Two civilians were killed by militants in Khyber District.

19 November

  • A large-scale military operation was conducted in Nushki District with around 10 APCs being deployed.
  • A civilian was killed and two wounded during shelling in South Waziristan.
  • A journalist was wounded in an attack in Karachi.
  • Four people including a tribal elder were killed and two women injured in an attack in Bannu District.
  • A leader of Balochistan National Party was killed in Khuzdar District.
  • Twelve soldiers and six insurgents were killed in an attack on a checkpost in Bannu District and 10 other soldiers were wounded, the attack included a suicide attack as well.

20 November

  • A military convoy was ambushed in Mastung District including an IED attack followed by rocket fire.
  • The Swat Division president of Pakistan Zindabad Movement was killed by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.
  • Three seminary students were wounded in a blast at in a religious seminary in Turbat.

21 November

22 November

23 November

  • A Policeman and a civilian were killed in two IED attacks in Bajaur District claimed by ISIS-K.
  • Three insurgents were killed during a CTD operation in Rawalpindi.
  • Two insurgents were killed during a military operation in Khyber District.

24 November

25 November

  • 10 soldiers were killed and six wounded in two IED attacks by BLA in Kalat District.
  • Seven people including five policemen were wounded in a militant attack on a Police checkpoint in Dera Ismail Khan District.

26 November

  • An alleged separatist was captured from Kalat District.
  • An alleged separatist was wounded, captured and later died in Turbat.
  • A bomb disposal unit personnel was filled and two more wounded as a result of IED attack in South Waziristan.
  • Three insurgents were killed during an infiltration attempt across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in North Waziristan.
  • Two soldiers were wounded in a BLF attack on a military patrol in Kech District.
  • Two security guards were wounded in a bomb blast near the vehicle of a Commander Nazir Group affiliate.

27 November

28 November

  • Two alleged separatists including a policeman were captured from Karachi.
  • One Bomb Disposal Squad personnel was killed and two wounded during a blast on duty in Turbat.
  • Three soldiers were killed and two wounded in a BLF ambush of a convoy in Kech District.
  • Two alleged separatists were captured from Gwadar District.
  • Two people were wounded in a grenade attack on a gas station in Jaffarabad District.
  • Separatists attacked and blocked a highway in Nushki District and captured a Levies checkpoint along with the weaponry in it.

29 November

30 November

December

1 December

  • A Captain was killed and two soldiers wounded in an engagement between Mohamand and Khyber Districts.
  • A Police officer was killed and two wounded in an attack in Khyber District.
  • Five insurgents and a soldier were killed while nine insurgents were wounded in a military operation in Bannu District.
  • Four insurgents were killed and two Policemen wounded in a skirmish in Mianwali District.
  • The paternal cousin of the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ali Amin Gandapur was assassinated by insurgents in Dera Ismail Khan District.
  • CTD Punjab claimed to have captured 34 militants during 242 operations across multiple cities.
  • Three insurgents and a soldier were killed and two insurgents were also captured during a military operation in Khyber District.

2 December

  • Three children died as a result of a stray mortar explosion.
  • An alleged separatist was captured from Kech District.
  • Three alleged separatists was captured from Dera Bugti District.
  • A major separatists attack was thwarted in Gwadar by military forces who conducted a raid and captured weaponry and explosives.
  • Two military personnel were wounded in an attack on a military base in Nushki.

3 December

  • Two dead bodies of alleged persons were discovered in Balochistan.

4 December

5 December

  • A CTD personnel was wounded in an insurgent attack in Khuzdar.
  • An alleged separatist was captured from Gwadar.
  • Two insurgents were killed during a military operation in South Waziristan District.

7 December

  • Six people were killed and five border guards wounded in a major attack by 35 insurgents on a border post in Hangu-North Waziristan border region.
  • Six insurgents were killed and eight wounded in a military operation in Tank District.
  • 22 insurgents and six soldiers were killed in three engagements across KP.
  • Two alleged separatists are captured from Balochistan.

8 December

  • A soldier was killed by Sniper Tactical Team of BLF in Awaran District.
  • 13 insurgents were killed and several more wounded in coordinated military strikes near the border in North Waziristan.
  • An alleged separatist was captured during a raid in Nasirabad District.
  • An alleged separatist was captured from Hub District.
  • A soldier was assassinated by insurgents in Karachi.

9 December

  • Two people were killed in an explosion targeting Civil Hospital of Qilla Abdullah.
  • Two alleged separatists were captured from Mastung District.
  • Two soldiers were killed and four wounded in a BLA rocket and heavy arms attack in Kohlu District.
  • Two insurgents and one policeman were killed in an engagement in Bannu District.
  • Two insurgents were killed and one was captured during a military operation in Dera Ismail Khan District.
  • Two separatists were killed as a result of an accidental detonation while installing an explosive in Chaman.

10 December

  • 15 separatists and one soldier were killed during a military operation in Zhob District.
  • BLF attacked and destroyed several gas tankers in Washuk District.
  • Three alleged separatists were captured during a raid in Turbat.

11 December

  • Four insurgents were killed during a military operation (IBO) in North Waziristan.
  • Three insurgents and a soldier were killed during an engagement in North Waziristan.
  • Two soldiers were killed while three wounded in a BLA ambush in Gwadar District.

12 December

13 December

  • A politician of the National Party was killed by militants in Balochistan.
  • Two policemen were wounded in a small arms attack on a check post in Khyber District.

15 December

  • Two insurgents including a high ranking commander were killed and four soldiers were wounded in a military operation in Tirah.

16 December

17 December

  • Three soldiers were killed and three wounded in an IED attack on a military vehicle working for security of a polio vaccination team in Dera Ismail Khan District.
  • Two insurgents were killed in an attack on a polio vaccination team in Dera Ghazi Khan District.
  • Two insurgents were killed in a military operation in North Waziristan District with weapons and ammunition being captured.
  • Two insurgents were killed in a military operation in Mohmand District with weapons and ammunition being captured.

18 December

  • A civilian was killed and another wounded in an IED attack in Kohlu District.
  • Seven insurgents were killed in a military operation in North Waziristan District with weapons and ammunition being captured.

19 December

  • BLA assassinated two alleged military informants, one in Quetta and another in Nushki.

20 December

  • 16 soldiers and eight insurgents were killed during a nighttime raid on a military post in South Waziristan.
  • Four insurgents and a soldier was killed during an across the Pak-Afghan border in Khyber District.
  • Eight soldiers and a Major were killed and several more personnel were wounded in a Separatist ambush in Kharan District.
  • A separatist was killed and three soldiers were wounded in a military operation in Kharan District.
  • Two local Lashkar militiamen were wounded while supporting the military forces in repelling an insurgent attack in Bajaur District.

23 December

24 December

  • Two civilians were wounded in a grenade attack on a barber shop in Quetta.

25 December

26 December

  • Afghanistan and Pakistani forces heavily skirmished on the Dande Pattan-Kurram Border but no casualties or damages were reported.
  • Five insurgents and an Army Major were killed and eight insurgents were wounded in a military operation in North Waziristan District while six more insurgents were killed and an additional eight insurgents were wounded in an operation in South Waziristan District.
  • Two insurgents were killed in a military operation in Bannu District.

27 December

  • Two soldiers were killed and Eleven were wounded in clashes in Bajaur District.

28 December

  • A Frontier Constabulary soldier was killed and Eleven were wounded during skirmishes with Afghan forces while fifteen afghan soldiers were also killed in skirmishes.
  • An attack on an FC post was foiled in South Waziristan.
  • Two soldiers and "large number" of insurgents were killed in clashes in Bajaur District.
  • Two soldiers were wounded in a BLF ambush in Kech District.
  • Two insurgents were killed in a clash with Patrol police in Bannu.

29 December

  • A suicide bomber exploded his vehicle in Tank District wounding three FC personnel.
  • An alleged separatist was captured from Hub District.
  • Seven insurgents were killed in an attack on the Purtagai post in South Waziristan.
  • Three coast guards were wounded in an IED attack and one more in a vehicle bombing in Gwadar District.
  • Three insurgents and a soldier were killed and 25 soldiers were wounded in a border raid in South Waziristan.

30 December

  • BLF claimed to have killed three soldiers in a siege of their positions in Kech District.
  • Five soldiers were killed in a BLA IED attack in Kech District.
  • Five soldiers were killed in an ambush by BLF in Awaran District.
  • Pakistani Taliban published a video of capturing a border post in Bajaur District, with military sources claiming that the post had been abandoned and soldiers had already been relocated to a newly built more fortified position.
  • BLA attacked soldiers and local pro-government tribal militiamen while they were conducting an operation in Mastung District.
  • Two people were killed by Separatists in Ziarat District.

31 December

  • A child was killed and four people wounded in a blast at the Benazir Income Support Programme office in South Waziristan District.
  • A policeman and a civilian were killed while two civilians were wounded in an attack on a police Post in Dera Ismail Khan District.
  • Five Policemen were wounded in a roadside explosion in Bannu District targeting a police Vehicle.

January 2025

1 January 2025

  • One person was wounded in an IED attack on Oil and Gas Development Corporation Limited Company’s vehicle in Killa Saifullah District.
  • A soldier was killed and another wounded in an IED attack in North Waziristan District.
  • The MPA of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly, Anwar Zaib Khan claimed that afghan forces had captured 15 security check posts in Bajaur district.
  • Insurgents infiltrated the house of a military officer and blew up his room in Lakki Marwat District.

2 January

3 January

4 January

  • A joint clean-up operation was launched in the mountains of Karak District against insurgents.
  • CTD captured two insurgents from the Jamshoro District.
  • Eleven Frontier Corps personnel were killed in a suicide attack on a convoy in Turbat.
  • The Deputy Commissioner of Kurram District, Javed Allah Mehsud and two security personnel were wounded in a relief convoy going to Parachinar.

5 January

6 January

  • A young girl was killed and several civilians were wounded in an alleged accidental fire by military on passenger vehicles in Chagai District.
  • Two policemen were killed by insurgents in Lakki Marwat District.
  • Two soldiers were wounded in an insurgent attack on Bannu Airport, which was forced to halt it's operation.
  • Five soldiers were killed and several wounded in an IED attack on a military convoy in Kech District.
  • The Assistant Commissioner of Zehri survived an IED attack.
  • Three players were wounded as a result of a rocket attack by Afghan forces during a football match in North Waziristan District.

7 January

  • A Levies personnel was killed by separatists in Panjgur District.
  • Afghan forces conducted a mortar attack on Mohmand District.
  • Two insurgents were killed in three airstrikes targeting insurgent hideouts in Hassankhel area of Peshawar District.
  • Eight insurgents were killed in a military operation in Mohmand District and eight more insurgents were killed in a separate operation in Peshawar District.
  • A civilian was killed and a policeman was wounded in a Separatist attack in Quetta.
  • Two insurgents involved in the attack on Kurram DC were captured.
  • Three soldiers and three insurgents were killed in an engagement at an insurgent holdout in Karak District.

8 January

  • Infantry patrolling Kech District was targeted by a bomb attack causing fatalities.
  • A CTD personnel was killed by insurgents in North Waziristan District.
  • Baloch Republican Guards attacked a military checkpoint in Sibi District with small and heavy weaponry.
  • Four alleged separatists were captured from Kech District.
  • A soldier was killed and another wounded in an insurgent attack in Dera Ismail Khan District.
  • BLA launched an attack on Zehri capturing it for a short while before being forced to retreat after destroying multiple Government buildings.
  • Bomb Disposal Unit neutralised a 25 kg bomb in Tank District
  • A key henchman of Dani Pathan was captured from Lyari.
  • Two alleged separatists were captured from Kech District.
  • Two alleged separatists were captured from Kharan District.

9 January

  • Separatists blocked highway in Kachhi District, seized weaponry from Levies personnel and destroyed machinery at a cement factory.
  • 17 civilian construction workers were abducted by Pakistani Taliban in Lakki Marwat District.
  • Three alleged separatists were captured from Khuzdar District.
  • Three TTP insurgents were killed during a joint operation by the CTD and Police.

10 January

  • An Afghan Taliban soldier was killed and two others wounded when a Pakistani mortar hit an afghan bunker during skirmishes between both sides.
  • Five insurgents were killed during a military operation in Dera Ismail Khan.
  • Three civilians were wounded in an IED attack targeting a Frontier Corps truck in Chaman.

11 January

  • A soldier was killed in an IED attack on a military water tanker in North Waziristan District.
  • Four insurgents were killed in a military operation in North Waziristan District.
  • A pro government ‘death squads’ militiaman was killed was shot dead and another wounded in an attempted dual assassination in Balochistan.
  • A soldier was killed by a BLF sniper attack outside a military outpost in Kech District.
  • Separatists attacked three cargo trucks in Nushki District, destroying one and damaging two.
  • Two soldiers were wounded in a BLA ambush in Mastung District.
  • An Afghan Taliban was killed in a raid in Zhob District.
  • Six insurgents and two soldiers were killed in a clash in North Waziristan District.
  • Separatists attacked a pro government ‘death squads’ camp in Kohlu District.

12 January

13 January

14 January

  • A soldier was killed and another wounded in a BLF raid in Awaran District.
  • Four soldiers were killed and two more were wounded in a BLF attack on a military post protecting FWO personnel in Awaran District and also struck FWO headquarters.
  • Four insurgents were killed in a military operation in North Waziristan.
  • A Baloch separatist group pledged allegiance to TTP.

15 January

  • 23 insurgents were captured by CTD during raids throughout Punjab.
  • A baloch separatist group from Mastung District pledged allegiance to TTP.
  • An alleged separatist was captured from Quetta.
  • Seven personnel including an officer and their vehicle destroyed in a high intensity IED attack in Kech District.
  • Two alleged separatists were captured during raids in Balochistan.

16 January

17 January

  • BLF attacked a Police post in Turbat seizing weaponry and destroying the post.
  • BLF snipers killed a soldier in Kech District.
  • Five insurgents were killed in a military operation in Tirah.
  • Two soldiers were wounded in a BLF attack on a military checkpost in Kech District

18 January

  • Separatists attacked a Levies checkpoint in Kachhi District seizing weapons and supplies.

19 January

  • BLA killed an alleged government spy in Turbat.
  • Separatists attacked Turbat University taking the guardian Police personnel hostage and seizing six weapons.
  • Five insurgents were killed in an attempted infiltration attempt across the border in Zhob District.
  • Two soldiers were killed in an IED attack on a military vehicle in Kech District.

20 January

  • A sanitisation operation was initiated in four UCs of Kurram District.
  • A worker of the Oil and Gas Development Corporation Limited was killed and another wounded in an IED attack on their vehicle in Qila Saifullah District.
  • 22 rehabilitated insurgents were handed over to the Lakki Marwat Qaumi Jirga.
  • Two Policemen were killed and three wounded in an IED attack on their vehicle in Kashmore.
  • Two insurgents were killed and a soldier wounded in a clash in Dera Ismail Khan District.

22 January

  • A civilian was wounded in an insurgent attack in Bajaur District.
  • A Shia mosque was damaged in an insurgent bombing and gun attack in Dera Ismail Khan District.
  • The Kurram operation ended with the government forces capturing insurgent positions and weapon caches.
  • Two policemen were wounded in a grenade attack on their post in Peshawar.
  • Separatists destroyed three mineral carrying vehicles in Nushki District.
  • Separatists destroyed a Levies post and confiscated weaponry in Panjgur District.

23 January

  • An off duty FC trooper was assassinated in Lakki Marwat District.
  • A social media activist was kidnapped from Quetta.
  • Insurgents captured four policemen from South Waziristan District.
  • Six insurgents were killed during an attempted infiltration across the border in Zhob District.
  • Separatists attacked a joint Police and customs post in Gwadar District seizing weaponry and vehicles.

24 January

  • Four BLA separatists including two ‘commanders’ surrendered to authorities in Quetta.

25 January

  • 18 insurgents were killed and six others wounded in a military operation in Lakki Marwat District.
  • Six insurgents were killed in a military operation in Karak District.
  • Four insurgents including two commanders were killed and two more wounded in a military operation in Waziristan.
  • The body of a Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission worker was recovered from Lakki Marwat District.

26 January

  • A civilian was killed by soldiers in Washuk District.
  • A bus was struck by a high intensity IED near Khuzdar killing two intelligence personnel.
  • A JUI-F politician was assassinated in Peshawar.
  • An alleged separatist was captured from Turbat.
  • An insurgent attack on a border post was repulsed by military forces in North Waziristan.

International reaction

According to ThePrint, the anti-terrorist operation was carried out under pressure from China, as the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has been hit by terrorist attacks many times before. Pakistan announced its new counterterrorism plan soon after Shehbaz Sharif returned from a five-day visit to China.

Although Pakistan urges the US to provide modern small arms, a spokesperson of the US State Department said "We support Pakistan's efforts to combat terrorism and ensure the safety and security of its citizens in a manner that promotes the rule of law and protection of human rights." Starting from 3 July, the American and Pakistani troops started two-week-long counterterrorism exercises in Pabbi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Notes

  1. ^ the casualties of other militants are unknown like other BLA and BLF attacks as BLA and BLF don't disclose their casualties
  2. ^ Three on 9 August, and an officer on 11 August from injuries sustained during the combat
  3. ^ Casualties were reported by BLF which did not disclose its own losses
  4. ^ Most Pakistani and international sources reported that 14 soldiers were killed and 21 militants were killed

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