Operation Khyber

Operation Khyber
Part of Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
and the War on terror

Khyber Agency is the yellow colored region
Date7 October 2014 – 21 August 2017
Location
Result

Pakistani victory

  • Area cleared of militants; militant bases dismantled[3]
  • Khyber returned to government control
Belligerents
 Pakistan

Lashkar-e-Islam[1]
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan[1]


Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province[2]
Commanders and leaders

President
Mamnoon Hussain

Prime Minister
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (2017)
Nawaz Sharif (2014–2017)

Army Chief
Qamar Javed Bajwa (2016–2017)
Raheel Sharif (2014–2016)

Chairman JCSC
Zubair Hayat (2016–2017)
Rashad Mahmood (2014–16)

DG ISI
Naveed Mukhtar
(2016–2017)
Rizwan Akhtar
(2014–2016)

Air Chief
Tahir Rafique Butt

Naval Chief
Muhammad Zakaullah
Mangal Bagh 
Mullah Fazlullah 
Omar Khalid Khorasani 
Units involved

 Pakistan Army

  • 21st Artillery Division

 Pakistan Air Force

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Frontier Corps[4][5]
Unknown
Casualties and losses
During Operation:
4 killed[6] (as of 3 January 2015)
11 injured[6]
In Pakistani offensive:
280+ killed[6] (as of 3 January 2015)
400 surrendered[6]

Khyber was the code-name for a 2014–2017 military offensive conducted by Pakistan's military in the Khyber Agency in four phases; Khyber-1, Khyber-2, Khyber-3 and Khyber-4.

Khyber Agency was among Pakistan's seven semi-autonomous tribal districts near the Afghan border, rife with insurgents and militants. Terrorist organisations including Al Qaeda and ISIS have had presence there. The plains of Bara held strategic significance for militant groups as they connect the agency to the outskirts of Peshawar. The key area also straddled the NATO supply line into Afghanistan. The region has been long fought over by a mix of militant organisations, including the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Ansar ul Islam and Mangal Bagh's Lashkar-e-Islam.

  1. ^ a b Zahir Shah Sherazi (25 November 2014). "Mullah Fazlullah escapes drone strike near Pak-Afghan border: sources". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  2. ^ Madeeha Anwar (28 July 2017). "Afghanistan Criticizes Pakistan's Anti-IS Operations". Voice of America. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Military operation in Khyber ends successfully". 3 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Dunya News: Pakistan:-Khyber Agency: Six killed in US drone strike ..." 14 February 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Khyber Agency: Drone strike kills ten suspected militants in Nazyan – Pakistan – Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  6. ^ a b c d "Tirah blitz leaves 31 suspected militants dead". The Express Tribune. 3 January 2015. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.