2015 Camp Badaber attack

2015 Camp Badaber attack
Part of the War in North-West Pakistan
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Location	Badaber, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Coordinates	33°57′21″N 71°34′31″E / 33.9557°N 71.5754°E / 33.9557; 71.5754
Date	18 September 2015; 9 years ago (2015-09-18) (Pakistan Standard Time)
Target	Pakistan Air Force Camp Badaber
Attack type	Mass shooting
Deaths	39 (14 militants, 25 security personnel)
Injured	25
Perpetrator	Tehrik-i-Taliban
No. of participants	14
Motive	Retaliation for Operation Zarb-e-Azb

The 2015 Camp Badaber attack occurred on 18 September 2015, when 14 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants attempted to storm Camp Badaber, a Pakistan Air Force base located in Badaber, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The attack killed 25–29 security personnel, including Captain Asfandyar Bukhari of the Pakistan Army, who was responding to the attack as part of a quick-reaction force.^[1] All 14 militants were killed in combat with Pakistani forces, according to claims by security officials.^[2][3] The attack, claimed by the TTP to be in retaliation for the Pakistan Armed Forces' Operation Zarb-e-Azb, was the first of its kind in its intensity, and the well-armed TTP militants engaged Pakistani forces at Camp Badaber in a protracted battle that resulted in heavier losses than those inflicted in previous attacks on military installations.^[4] PAF Camp Badaber is located about 48 kilometres (30 mi) east of the Afghanistan–Pakistan border.^{[citation needed]}