Operation Khyber

Operation Khyber
	Part of Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; and the War on terror
	; Khyber Agency is the yellow colored region
Date	7 October 2014 – 21 August 2017
Location	Khyber Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Result	Pakistani victory Area cleared of militants; militant bases dismantled; Khyber returned to government control;
Belligerents
Pakistan	Lashkar-e-Islam; Jamaat-ul-Ahrar; Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province
Commanders and leaders
President; Mamnoon Hussain Prime Minister; Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (2017); Nawaz Sharif (2014–2017) Army Chief; Qamar Javed Bajwa (2016–2017); Raheel Sharif (2014–2016) Chairman JCSC; Zubair Hayat (2016–2017); Rashad Mahmood (2014–16) DG ISI; Naveed Mukhtar; (2016–2017); Rizwan Akhtar; (2014–2016) Air Chief; Tahir Rafique Butt Naval Chief; Muhammad Zakaullah	Mangal Bagh †; Mullah Fazlullah †; Omar Khalid Khorasani †
Units involved
Pakistan Army 21st Artillery Division; Pakistan Air Force; Frontier Corps	Unknown
Casualties and losses
During Operation:; 4 killed (as of 3 January 2015); 11 injured	In Pakistani offensive:; 280+ killed (as of 3 January 2015); 400 surrendered

Khyber was the code-name for a 2014–2017 military offensive conducted by Pakistan's military in the Khyber Agency in four phases; Khyber-1, Khyber-2, Khyber-3 and Khyber-4.

Khyber Agency was among Pakistan's seven semi-autonomous tribal districts near the Afghan border, rife with insurgents and militants. Terrorist organisations including Al Qaeda and ISIS have had presence there. The plains of Bara held strategic significance for militant groups as they connect the agency to the outskirts of Peshawar. The key area also straddled the NATO supply line into Afghanistan. The region has been long fought over by a mix of militant organisations, including the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Ansar ul Islam and Mangal Bagh's Lashkar-e-Islam.