Operation Dabanal

Operation Dabanal
Part of Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict
Date1977 to 1997
Location
Bangladesh
Territorial
changes
Chittagong Hill Tracts

Operation Dabanal, translation Operation Wildfire, was a counterinsurgency operation carried out by Bangladesh Army in the Chittagong Hill Tracts from 1977 to 1997. During the operation, an estimated 30 to 80 thousand security personnel were deployed to the region.