Battle of Bajaur
| Battle of Bajaur (Operation Sherdil) | |||||||
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| Part of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |||||||
Bajaur is the yellow colored region | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Pakistan |
TTP Al-Qaeda TNSM | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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MG Tariq Khan B.Gen. Abid Mumtaz B.Gen. Zafar ul haq Col Nauman Saeed |
Faqir Mohammed Abu Saeed Al-Masri | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| FCKP (N) |
TTP Al-Qaeda TNSM | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 9,000–15,000 | ~4,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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30 killed and 4 wounded (Pakistan army) |
1,500 killed and 2,000 wounded (Militants) | ||||||
The Battle of Bajaur (English: Operation Lion Heart), also known as Operation Sherdil, was a military campaign in the Bajaur region of Pakistan. It was conducted on 7 August 2008 by the Frontier Corps and Infantry Brigade of Pakistan army. The operation was primarily launched to end the political movement of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. Bajaur area was administered by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan until 2007, and it remained Al-Qaeda's central command and control for carrying out activities in Northeast Afghanistan and Kunar province. Recent reports indicate that ongoing conflict has newly displaced an estimate of 7,000 people between 3 and 4 March in Nurgal district.