Battle of Mirali
32°35′N 70°09′E / 32.59°N 70.15°E / 32.59; 70.15
State of Pakistan
Pakistan Army
Pakistan Air Force
Tehrik-e-Taliban5th Army Aviation Wing
No. 16 Squadron Panthers
20 wounded
100 wounded
Mirali
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Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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- Wana
- Sunrise
- Mirali
- Rah-e-Haq
- Earthquake
- Righteous Path
- Sherdil
- Angur Ada
- Black Thunderstorm
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- Janbaz
- Khyber Pass
- Rah-e-Nijat
- Khwakh Ba De Sham
- Mohmand
- Neptune Spear
- Koh-e-Sufaid
- Zarb-e-Azb
- Khyber
- Ghazi
- Radd-ul-Fasaad
- Bannu Siege
- American airstrikes
- Damadola
- Chenagai
- Dande Darpakhel
- Miramshah
- Baghar China
- Laghman
- Shrawangai Nazarkhel
- Datta Khel
- Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan:
- Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes (since 2003)
- Pakistan–United States skirmishes (2008–2012)
- 2009 refugee crisis in Pakistan
The Battle of Mirali was a bloody military engagement occurred between 7 October and 10 October 2007 and involved Taliban militants and Pakistani soldiers around the town of Mirali, Pakistan (North Waziristan), the second biggest town in the semi-autonomous region on the border with Afghanistan.
Timeline of the battle
According to the Pakistani Armed Forces, the clashes broke out on 7 October after militants set off improvised explosive devices and conducted ambushes on a Pakistani convoy, near the town of Mirali. The subsequent engagements killed nearly 200 people. The army says the casualties were militants and soldiers but local people reported at least ten civilians were among the dead. Hundreds of people fled Mirali after more than 50 houses were damaged in the fighting.[1][2]
After a number of attacks on military convoys, near Mirali, the Pakistan Army sent helicopter gunships and Pakistan Air Force jet fighters to target suspected militant positions in several villages around that region.[citation needed]
On 9 October, according to the Pakistani Army, military aircraft struck "one or two places" near Mirali. There were confirmed reports that about 50 militants had been killed.[citation needed]
Truce
On 15 October, Pakistani soldiers and tribal fighters in the northwestern province of North Waziristan agreed to a truce, and the Pakistani forces lifted the curfew over the area.[3] This truce was over by the end of the month.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Al Jazeera English - News - Scores Killed In Pakistan Battles Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Al Jazeera English - News - Scores Killed In Waziristan Clashes Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Aamir Latif (16 October 2007). "Curfew lifted in northwest Pakistan". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
- ^ "Pakistani truce collapses". News.com.au. 1 November 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2007. [dead link]
External links
- Pakistani border death toll rises (BBC)
