Orakzai and Kurram offensive

Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham
Part of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The Orakzai Agency highlighted in yellow
DateBattle phase:

(in Kurram) September 2009 – June 2010
(in Orakzai) March 2010 – June 2010


Insurgency phase: June 2010 – January 2011
Location
Result Pakistani victory
Belligerents
Pakistan TTP
TNSM
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
Lt. Gen. Khalid Rabbani
ACM Rao Suleman
MG Tariq Khan
Hakimullah Mehsud 
Waliur Rehman Mehsud 
Taj Gul 
Maulana Fazlullah
Mangal Bagh 
Units involved

Civil Armed Forces

 Pakistan Army

  • 9th Infantry Division
  • 315th Paratrooper Brigade
  • 14th Regular Army Regiment

 Pakistan Air Force

Unknown
Strength
Frontier Corps and Regular Army: 45,000 Unknown
Casualties and losses

In Orakzai:

  • 70 killed
  • 213 wounded

In Kurram:

  • 18 killed

In Orakzai:

  • 2,182–2,552 killed

In Kurram:

  • 250+ killed

333 insurgents captured

At least 200,000 civilians displaced

3,100 civilians killed in Kurram by Taliban

The Orakzai and Kurram offensive, also known as Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham (Pashto: خوښ با دی شم; lit.'I will teach you a lesson') was a Pakistani military operation against the Tehrik-i-Taliban in the Orakzai and Kurram agencies of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan that began on 23 March 2010. It was part of the War in North-West Pakistan.