Operation Azm-e-Istehkam | |||||||
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Part of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Insurgency in Balochistan, Counter-Terrorism in Pakistan and the War on Terror | |||||||
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700,000 security personnel including intelligence and law-enforcement personnel[citation needed] | Unknown | ||||||
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Operation Azm-e-Istehkam (Urdu: آپریشن عزم استحکام) is a counter-insurgency operation launched by the government of Pakistan in June 2024.[1] The operation was approved by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.[2] The operation will not only include military action, but socio-economic uplift to deter extremism.[3]