Second Battle of Swat

Second Battle of Swat (Operation Rah-e-Rast)
Part of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Swat is the red colored region
Date16 May – 15 July 2009
(1 month, 4 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Result

Pakistani victory[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Belligerents

 Pakistan

TTP

Al-Qaeda
Lashkar-e-Islam
Commanders and leaders
ACM Rao Suleman
LTG Masood Aslam
AM Hifazat Khan
LTG Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad
MGen. Haroon Aslam
MG Sajjad Ghani
BRIG Muhammad Habib Ur Rehman
Maulana Fazlullah
Abu Saeed 
Misbah ud-Din 
Sultan Khan [8]
Shah Dauran  [9]
Maulana Shahid  
Qari Quraish 
Naseeb Rehman 
Muslim Khan (POW)
Sher Muhammad Qusab (POW[10]
Abu Faraj [11]
Nisar Ahmed [12]
Units involved

 Pakistan Army

 Pakistan Air Force

FCKP(N)


Local tribesmen

TTP

Al-Qaeda
Lashkar-e-Islam
Strength
15,000–45,000 Regular Infantry, Frontier Corps and Airborne Forces 2,500 (approx.)
Casualties and losses
168 killed, 454 wounded[13] 2,088 killed[13][14][15]
2 million civilians displaced[16]

The Second Battle of Swat also known as Operation Rah-e-Rast, began in May 2009 and involved the Pakistan Army and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants in a fight for control of the Swat district of Pakistan. The first Battle of Swat had ended with a peace agreement, that the government had signed with the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in February 2009.[17] However, by late April 2009 government troops and the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan began to clash once again, and in May the government launched a military offensive code-named Operation Black Thunderstorm throughout the Swat district and elsewhere to oppose the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan.[18]

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  8. ^ "Daily Express Urdu Newspaper | Latest Pakistan News | Breaking News".
  9. ^ Rezaul H Laskar, Islamabad (June 25, 2009). "Kayani Visits S Waziristan: Fazlullah's Deputy Killed in Swat". Outlook India. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
  10. ^ "The Associated Press: Captured Pakistan Taliban commander dies in jail". Google News. Archived from the original on October 1, 2009.
  11. ^ Bill Roggio (December 5, 2009). "Captured Taliban commander killed in combat in Swat". Threat Matrix (Blog).
  12. ^ "VOA News - Pakistan Army: Taliban Commander Killed in Swat". www.voanews.com. Archived from the original on October 13, 2009.
  13. ^ a b table of casualties at end of this page. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2009-11-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ^ Ghulam Farooq (September 2, 2009). "105 Taliban surrender, 15 killed in Swat clashes". Daily Times (Pakistan).
  15. ^ "More Pakistani Taliban surrender - TTP Swat chief with 60 militants surrender". Caymanmama.com - Pakistan News News. 2009-08-22.
  16. ^ http://www.ansa.it/ansalatina/notizie/rubriche/mundo/20090622183634901774.html [dead link]
  17. ^ Zahid Hussain in Islamabad (May 5, 2009). "Pakistan troops clash with Taleban as Swat Valley truce breaks down". The Times. London. Archived from the original on May 17, 2009.
  18. ^ Isambard Wilkinson (in Islamabad) (24 May 2009). "Pakistani troops gain upper hand in key Swat town". Daily Telegraph (London).