Back معركة باجور Arabic Bataille de Bajaur French Bitwa o Bajaur Polish جنگ باجوڑ PNB جنگ باجوڑ Urdu Trận Bajaur Vietnamese
| 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 | |||||||
 MG Tariq Khan[1] B.Gen. Abid Mumtaz[1] 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[1] | ~4,000[1] | ||||||
| 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.[2][3] Recent reports indicate that ongoing conflict has newly displaced an estimate of 7,000 people between 3 and 4 March in Nurgal district.[4]
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- ^ Gall, Carlotta (14 July 2008). "9 Americans Die in Afghan Attack". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
- ^ "Afghanistan: Update on the situation in Kunar Province - Flash Update (09 March 2020)". ReliefWeb. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.