Operation al-Mizan

Operation al-Mizan (English: Operation Justice) was a series of strategic military campaigns conducted by the Pakistan Army and United States special operations forces from 2002 to 2006. It continued for five years in various phases, several other operations including the Operation Carlosa II. Al-Mizan was the first major operation of Pakistani troops to combat foreign militant outfits in North Waziristan of North-West Frontier Province. An estimate of 70,000 to 80,000 troops were deployed in affected areas.

The operation was conducted when Pakistani and NATO forces were severely targeted by militants crossing the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in the aftermath of the United States invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. The most militancy-affected areas were Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) before the operation was initiated.