Indian Air Base at Pathankot under attack by gunmen.

[Immanuel]

Good assessment spectre.

You're right that some traitors on our side were in involved.
Remember Ranjith?? The spy who was arrested from Bhatinda airfirce station few days back?

True. There's already a debate going on about it , whether youngsters should be given security of Air Force stations. The peripheral security of the Air Force station is DSC's (defence security corps) responsibility. We lost 6 DSC soldiers, most of them in their 50s.
Garuds are nothing but QRTs (quick reaction teams) and this was Garuds first outing. I am assuming they need more operational experience- peace keeping in Congo and accompanying others in J&K isn't enough. Albeit, NSG did a fine job.

@Abingdonboy @PARIKRAMA @SrNair @rockstarIN

Its a common mis-conception but Garuds aren't QRT they are a proper SF meant for ops behind enemy lines, Their key roles are to infil, bust enemy radars, air defneces, lase targets, raid airfields etc. A few recuits who complete basic training are intially given duties of Base security and search and rescue but once advance training is imparted, they are are sent out to FOBs when they can be rapidly deployed in small teams into enemy territory rather quickly, they are the IAF's clandestine dagger that strikes first clearing the pathway for IAF's aircraft.

Base security is more of a secondary role. Moreso, they have been taking part in missions for quite some time and this iahrdly the first they were under heavy fire. They have for many years now have been extracting police and paramil forces under heavy fire from maoists. Most of their Ops quite like the Marcos and Paras go un-noticed. Morcos too is quite active in J&K. Garuds have plenty of operational experience. Actually the fallen Garud was instrumental in preventing these nut jbs from getting further into the base, he is being seen as the savior. These pigs came heavily armed and their initial contact included a volley of grandes, heavy automatic fire.

Remember Myanmar operation?
Para SF carried out the ops without any casualities on their side.
Remember a similar attack on army camp in Samaba sector(way back in 2013)??
The result was similar- no casualities after Para SF Landed and mission wrapped up in under 4 hours.

In this case, the para SF guys were a better option(IMO!) as they regularly train inside the bases. Afaik SAG of NSG never participate in activities outside their comfort zone, unlike Para SF.
Para SF is battle hardened and deal with terrorism in the valley. Albeit, para SF alone would not have been successful, they needed some infantry reinforcements.

Para SF isn't the magical pill for every operation. They are the Army' elite and they are best used for what they are mandated for i.e special operations & missions behind enemy lines.

SAG is more than capable in handling such missions they are after-all coming from the infantry.

Actually, all this needs to be re-orged into specific role based forces. SRG which is busy protection useless VIPs should be re-trained as the premier last line of defence for critical assets in the nation. They along with the DSC (which also needs to retrained and re-equipped should be the key forces to guard and defend all key installations in the nation).

SRG should have deputees from the commando wings of BSF/CRPF/ITBP/COBRA/CISF/RPF/State Police SWAT/SOGs etc (paramilitary/police). These guys already have plenty of training and thus with further refinement can be the ideal last line of defence with every key small installations like FOBs deploying a platoon size force of around 38 and larger installtion like Major AF/IN/IA base deploying around a company size forec of around 120. The same installtions should deploy their own DSC force with company size force of 120 at smaller installtions and key startegic bases deploying a battallion size force of around 800 troops. Each DSC platoon should have a QRT section and commando section. They need to equipped with .50 cal HMG, AGLs, Anti material rifles, NVGs, advanced base protection sensors etc.

SAG on the other hand should only have deputees on rotation from the Para SF, Marcos/ Garuds/ SFF, high time SAG along side the RR become the daily bread and butter COIN & Anti terror force. While RR should only take in deputees from the regular Army to keep the Infantry well trained and on their feet. SAG shoudl be exclusive for regular SF units & keep the forces active and ensure under one unit these forces can build on common practiceses. They can also launch joint cross border raids when needed.

Of these elite warriors from the 3 branches at the SAG, we can pick out a few Phantoms along side deputees from the SG for Tier-1 Ops i.e mostly clandestine warfare.

 

[Levina]

Indeed, and that operation proves the utility of PARA (SF) ie external special operations.
Apples and oranges @Levina this base had a 24km circumference spread across 2000 acres with both dense vegetation and urban areas. Addtionally the base housed thousands of personel including famillies and foreign trainees.

If this attack had become a hostage rescue operation (as it could well have done) you'd have been happy the NSG were on the scene.

Hostage taking situation?
You have forgotten that Para SF had successfully saved 6 foreign hostages,taken hostage by Harkat-ul-Mujahideen in Kashmir(1995), and they returned home with a kill.
Btw I did mention reinforcements. Right?
They could not have combed the entire area alone, they would have needed some battalion to back them up.
Under ideal conditions the periphery should have been secured by some units (read it elsewhere).
I am a little partial to Para SF after all my friend is one of them, you know it. Lol

 

[Anees]

Its unbelievable that Worlds 3rd largest army (India) suffered a lot to captures/kill 4 terrorists
After that seek the sympathy from whole world againt this own made coward terrorist attack

یہ سب ايک پلان کے تخت ہوا ہے، کيونکہ بےايمانی، جھوٹ، ڈرامے بازی، اور مکاری بھارت کی عادت ہے پاکستان کے خِلاف۔

World No 01 Spy and Largest 7 biggest army ....
Putting 1 finger on others see other 4 finger pointing you ...


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1 2006 Jan. 13 Bajour 18
Main article: Damadola airstrike
The official number of dead was 18, including eight men, five women and five children, but other reports indicate that as many as 25 people were killed. Fourteen of the dead were said to be from the same family.[1]
1 25 Landmine Dera Bugti District,Balochistan <6' 5 A bus ran over a landmine.[2]
2 Feb. 5 Suicidal Kolpur, Kachi District, Balochistan 13 18 A blast on board a Lahore-bound bus en route from Quetta. Among the dead were three army personnel. No groups claimed of responsibility for the attack.[3]
3 9 Sectarian Pakistan andAfghanistan 36 100 Sectarian violence marred the holiest day of the Shiite calendar. The violence erupted with a suspected suicide attack on Shiites in Hangu, in the northwestern part of the country, as they celebrated Day of Ashura.[4]
4 March 2 Suicidal near the USConsulate inKarachi 4 A powerful car bomb attack in the high security zone. Among the killed was a killed was a US diplomat, a day before President George W. Bush was to reach Pakistan.[5]
5 10 Landmine Dera Bugti District,Balochistan <26 Mostly women and children were killed in after their bus hit a landmine. Both tribal rebels and security forces planted land mines in the area.[6]
6 April 11 Suicidal Nishtar Park,Karachi 57 <80
Main article: Nishtar Park bombing
A bomb explosion at a religious gathering celebrating the birthday of Prophet Muhammad. Among the dead were Sunni scholars.[7][8]
7 June 12 Suicidal Hotel in Quetta <5 17 [9]
8 15 Gun attack Karachi 5 0 Unidentified gunmen killed a senior prison official Amanullah Khan Niazi and four others.[10]
9 16 Gun attack Khoga Chiri village in Orakzai Agency 4 Two female teachers and two children were shot dead.[11]
10 July 14 Suicidal Abbas Town 2 Allama Hassan Turabi, a Shiite religious scholar and chief of Tehrik-e-Jafaria Pakistan, and his 12-year-old nephew were killed in a suicide attack near his residence. The suicide bomber was later identified as Abdul Karim, a Bangladeshi-speaking, resident of a shantytown in the central city area of Karachi.[12]
11 Aug. 26 Battle Balochistan <36 Tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed in a battle between tribal militants and government forces. At least five soldiers and at least 30 rebels are thought to have died too.[13]
12 26-31 Riots Marriott hotel,Islamabad 6 Dozens Akbar Bugti's killing sparked five days of rioting and the arrest of 700 people.[14]
13 Sept. 8 Bomb Rakhni bazaar area of Barkhan District,Balochistan| <6 17 [15]
14 Oct. 6 Sectarian Orakzai Agency 17 5 Fighting between Sunni and Shia Muslims over a dispute over ownership of the shrine to 18th Century figure Syed Amir Anwar Shah shrine.[16]
15 20 Bomb Peshawar 6 21 The attack happened in a busy shopping district.[17]
2 Oct. 30 Chenagai, Bajour 80
Main article: Chenagai airstrike
Between 70 and 80 were killed, when a madrassa school was hit by four to five missiles. The school was filled with local students who had resumed studies after the Eid ul-Fitr holiday.[18]
16 Nov. 8 Suicidal Dargai 42 20 All the victims were from the Pakistani Army. The attack was apparently retaliation for the Chenagai airstrike which killed 80 people in the sameBajaur region in the previous month.[19]
17 2007 Jan. 15 Bomb Jalozai refugee camp 4 5 The powerful blast destroyed a mud-house.[20]
18 26 Suicidal Marriott hotel,Islamabad 2 5 The bomber and a security guard were killed in the blast.[21]
19 27 Suicidal Shiite mosque inPeshawar 42 60 Among the victims were Chief of Peshawar City Police Malik Saad. About 2,000 Shiite Muslims were in and around the mosque, police said.[22]
20 Feb. 6 Suicidal Miranshah, North Waziristan 5 A suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a parking area outsideIslamabad International Airport.[23]
21 17 Suicidal Inside a courtroom in Quetta,Balochistan 15 24 A suicide bomber blew himself up.[24]
22 20 Assassination Gujranwala 1 'Punjab Minister for social welfare Zil-e-Huma Usman was shot and killed. Her assassin, Mohammed Sarwar, was reported to have been motivated by her refusal to abide by the Islamic code of dress and a dislike for the involvement of women in political affairs.[25]
23 March 19-22 Clashes Waziristan region 135 Clashes between pro-government forces under Maulvi Nazir and Al-Qaeda remnants. A ceasefire is declared after four days of fighting enforced by officials from both sides.[26]
24 April 10-11 Sectarian different areas of the Kurram Agency 35 'Scores' 'Heavy fighting between rival Shia and Sunni[27]
3 26 Saidgi village inNorth Waziristan 4 [28]
25 28 Assassination attempt Place? 23 27 Aftab Ahmad Sherpao, who is the Interior minister that killed 28 people inCharsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was the target. This time again an attempt on a high-ranking officer of Pakistani government was unsuccessful.[29]
26 May 12 Riots Karachi 50 Hundreds
Main article: 2007 Karachi riots
Party workers of opposing parties; MQM, ANP and PPP clash. The riots started when rival political rallies take the same route amid lawyers protests for restoration of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as the Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
27 15 Suicidal The Marhaba hotel,Peshawar <24 30 The hotel is popular with Afghans in Peshawar, where militants opposed to government support for the United States, peviously have launched attacks.[30]
28 June 2 Roadside bomb Dara Khwar, Bajaur Agency 5 'A tribal chief, a political tehsildar and a journalist were killed.[31]
29 8 Bomb Hub, Balochistan 3 7 A bomb exploded on a bus. The coach was heading from Lasbela toKarachi.[32]
4 19 Datakhel area ofNorth Waziristan <22 10 A missile hit a cluster of compounds.[33]
5 23 18 artillery shells and six missiles Mangrotai area of the North Waziristan 11 10 The ordnance, fired from Afghanistan, hit residential compounds and a hotel. The dead included two children and a woman.[34]
1 July 3-11 Confrontation Lal Masjid,Islamabad 95 44
Main article: Siege of Lal Masjid
A confrontation between Islamic militants and the government of Pakistan, centered around the Lal Masjid ("Red Mosque") and Jamia Hafsa madrasah complex in Islamabad.
30 6 Assassination attempt Rawalpindi President General Pervez Musharraf escaped yet another attempt on his life when around 36 rounds fired at his aircraft from a submachine gun.[35]In another incident, four Pakistan Army troops, including a major and a lieutenant, were killed in an improvised explosive device attack on a military convoy in Dir District – a stronghold of the Jamaat-e-Islami and the banned Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi.[36]
31 8 Gun attack Near Peshawar 3 1 Unidentified gunmen killed three Chinese workers and wounded another in what Pakistani officials said was a terrorist attack apparently linked to thebloody siege of militants at an Islamabad mosque.[37]
32 12 Suicidal (2), blast
& Rocket attack Three tribal regions and Swat District,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 7 28 Three police officers among the dead. [38]
33 14 Suicidal Miranshah, North Waziristan 23 27 A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed car into a convoy carrying paramilitary troops in one of the deadliest attacks on the security forces inNorth Waziristan.[39]
34 15 Suicidal and bombs Throughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 49 Hundreds 11 security personnel and six civilians were killed and 47 others injured in Matta, Swat District, when suicide bombers smashed two cars packed with explosives into an army convoy, and 25 people were killed and 61 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Dera Ismail Khan police recruitment center. It was apparently retaliations for the Lal Masjidoperation.[40]
35 17 Suicidal Outside the venue of the district bar council convention in Islamabad| 17 50 A suicide bomber blew himself up killing mostly PPP political workers waiting for the arrival of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who was to address a lawyers convention.[41]
36 19 Suicidal & bombs Kohat, Hub andHangu <40 28 More than 40 people were killed in three separate bomb attacks. 1) A bomb was detonated in a mosque used by military personnel in the north-western town of Kohat, killing at least 11 people. 2) 26 people died and 50 were injured in the southern town of Hub, Lasbela District, Balochistan, in an attack apparently targeting Chinese workers. 3) At least seven people were killed and more than 20 injured in a suicide car bombing at a police academy in the north-western town of Hangu.[42]
37 24 Rocket attack Bannu 9 40 Unidentified militants fired a barrage of rockets on the civilian population.[43]
38 27 Suicidal Muzaffar hotel inAabpara,Islamabad <13 28 The attack happened after hundreds of stone-throwing protesters clashed with police as the capital's Red Mosque reopened for the first time since the bloody army raid.[44] The same day Raziq Bugti, former guerrilla commander turned spokesman for the Balochistan government, was shot dead by assailants in Quetta.[45]
39 Aug. 2 Suicidal Sargodha 2 Police shot dead a suspected suicide bomber after the man failed to detonate the explosives he was wearing. The man, who entered a police training center, killed a policeman before he was gunned down.[46]
40 4 Suicidal Parachinar, Kurram Agency 9 43 The attack happened at a busy bus station.[47]
2 J 7 -Feb. 28, 2009 Battle Bajaur <2023 4000
Main article: Battle of Bajaur
A military offensive launched by Pakistani troops against Taliban tribal forces. The Bajaur area had been under Taliban control since early 2007, and was said to be Al-Qaeda's main command and control hub for operations in Northeast Afghanistan.[48] including Kunar province.[49] On February 28, 2009, the Pakistan Army finally defeated the Taliban and other Islamist militants in Bajaur.[50]
41 26 Suicidal Machaar area ofShangla District 4 2 All victims were police officers.[51]
42 Sept. 4 Suicidal (2) Rawalpindicantonment 25 66
Main article: September 2007 bombings in Rawalpindi
The attacks happened during morning rush hour. The first blast took place near Qasim Market where a Defence Ministry bus carrying around 38 civilians and uniformed officials was hit, killing 18 people. Five minutes later, a second blast took place near RA Bazaar, behind General Headquarters. The blast was caused by explosives fixed to a motorcycle, which blew up killing seven people on the spot.[52]
43 11 Suicidal Bannu Adda, Dera Ismail Khan district 17 16 A 15-year-old suicide bomber blew himself up in a passenger van.[53] The same day Omar Ayub Khan's protocol officer, Liaquat Hussain, was found shot dead near the Northern Bypass in Karachi.[54]
44 13 Suicidal army officers’ mess in Tarbela Ghazi,Haripur nearTarbela Dam 20 11 All the victims were off-duty commandos from Pakistan Army's special forces unit SSG's Karar Company.[55]
45 15 Assassination Peshawar 2 Unidentified assailants shot dead Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam leader andWafaqul Madaris Vice Chairman Maulana Hassan Jan. Hassan, a former MNA, also issued a fatwa against suicide attacks, and he along with a group of Pakistani clerics traveled to Afghanistan in 2001 to convinceMullah Omar that he should expel Osama Bin Laden from Afghanistan to avoid American attacks.[56]
46 Oct. 1 Suicidal Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa <16 29 A suicide bomber disguised in a woman’s burqa blew himself up at a busy police checkpost. Four police officers among the dead.[57]
3 7-10 Battle Near Mir Ali, North Waziristan 257 120
Main article: Battle of Mir Ali
Clashes broke out after militants set off improvised explosive devices and conducted ambushes on a Pakistani convoy. 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 Mir Ali after more than 50 houses were damaged in the fighting.[58][59]
47 12 Execution Mohmand 25 35 Taliban publicly behead six "criminals" and lashed three others in the name of Sharia.[60]
48 18 Suicidal Karachi 139 450
Main article: 2007 Karachi bombing
Attack on Benazir Bhutto convoy killed over 139 in Karachi and left more than 450 injured in one of the most deadliest terrorist attacks in Pakistan. Former PM Benazir Bhutto was returning after 8 years of self-imposed exile when the bomber struck the convoy. Karachi Bombs in Pictures
49 20 Bomb Dera Bugti,Balochistan <8 28 A powerful bomb planted in a pickup vehicle.[61]
4 25- Dec.8 Battle Swat 438
Main article: First Battle of Swat
The Pakistani Army and Islamic militants fought for control of the Swat District. The battle was won by the Pakistani army, but Taliban militants slowly re-entered Swat over the coming months and started engaging security forces in battles that lasted throughout 2008. By early February 2009, the Taliban had managed to regain control of most of Swat and at least 80 percent of the district was under their control.[62]
50 25 Suicidal Swat District <20 35 A blast aimed at a vehicle carrying Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel kills 18 troops.[63]
51 30 Suicidal A police checkpoint in the high security zone of Rawalpindi 7 31 Less than a kilometer from President General Pervez Musharraf’s camp office. 3 policeofficers among the dead. The blast splattered check post of General Tariq Majid, current Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff'sresidence.[64]
52 Nov. 1 Suicidal Faisalabad Road, near Sargodha 7 28 A suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a PAF bus. Seven officers of the Pakistan Air Force stationed at Mushaf Airbase among the dead. It is significant that after this event a state of emergency was imposed on the country.[65]
6 2 North Waziristan. 5 The attack happened in a Madrasah[66]
53 9 Suicidal Peshawar 3 2 A suicide bomber killed at least three people and injured two others when he detonated explosives at the house of Federal Political Affairs Minister and PML-Q provincial president Amir Muqam. The minister was unhurt, but a cousin of his was injured. The three dead were policemen guarding the house.[67]
54 17-19 Sectarian Parachinar, Kurram Agency 94 168 Three days of in-fighting between rival Sunni and Shia sects. Only by the fourth day, the army gained control of the area and a ceasefire was maintained in the area.[68]
55 24 Suicidal (2) Rawalpindi 30 1) A suicide bomber rammed his car into a 72-seater bus parked in front ofOjhri Camp on Murree Road carrying Inter-Services Intelligence officials to work, killing 28 officials and a bystander. 2) A second suicide bomber attempted to enter the General Headquarters (GHQ). Upon being asked for identification at the GHQ’s check post, he blew himself up, resulting in the deaths of one security official and a bystander.[69]
56 Dec. 9 Suicidal Near Matta, Swat District 10 Three policeofficers and seven civilians, including two children, perished in a car bombing.[70]
57 10 Suicidal Near Minhas Airbase, Kamra 0 7 Attack on the school bus carrying children during the morning rush injuring seven of them. It was a PAF employees bus. It was a second major attack on the Pakistan Air Force after the Sargodha attack.[71]
58 13 Suicidal (2) Quetta 7 35 Two suicide bombings near an army checkpost Three personnel from the Pakistan Army among the dead.[72]
59 15 Suicidal Nowshera 5 11 Explosives-laden bicycle rammed into a military checkpost. First-ever suicide attack in the city of Nowshera. The attack occurred at a checkpoint near the gate of an army school.[73]
60 17 Suicidal [restitive city of]Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 12 5 The victims were members of the army’s local football team.[74]
61 21 Suicidal Jamia Masjid Sherpao, inCharsadda District 57 100 'On the eve of Eid ul-Adha, a suicide bomb blast again targeted Aftab Ahmad Sherpao. Aftab Sherpao survived the blast, but his younger son Mustafa Khan Sherpao, was injured.[75]
62 23 Suicidal Near Mingora 7 23 A suicide bomber targeted an army convoy. One soldier among the dead.[76]
63 27 Assassination Liaquat Bagh,Rawalpindi 21 Many
Main article: Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting and suicide bombing. The site is notorious as the place where former Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan was also assassinated in October 1951.
64 28 Violence Nationwide 33 Violence ensues all over Pakistan following the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. The situation grew so bad that Sindh Rangers were given orders to shoot-at-sight. Four policeofficers among the dead.[77]
65 28 Roadside bomb in Swat District. 9 Among the dead are former PML-Q minister Miangul Asfandyar Amir zeb, who was the grandson of the former ruler of the Swat (princely state).[78]
66 2008 Jan. 10 Suicidal Lahore High Court,Lahore 24 73 Policemen deliberately targeted outside Lahore High Court before the scheduled lawyer's protest against the government in provincial capital ofLahore. This attack was first of its kind in Lahore since the start of War on Terrorism.[79]
67 14 Bomb Karachi 10 50 The bomb was planted on a bicycle and it went off during wee hours in a vegetable market.[80]
5 15-16 Gun attack South Waziristan <30
Main article: Sararogha Fort raid
Several dozen Islamic militants overran a paramilitary fort in South Waziristan, Pakistan, killing or kidnapping many troops.[81] The capture of Sararogha Fort represented the first time the militants managed to isolate and capture a strongly defended government position since October 2007, when they seized several isolated police stations and small military posts inSwat valley[82]
68 17 Suicidal Mirza Qasim BaigImambargah in Mohalla Janghi, Kohati, Peshawar 12 25 [83]
7 Jan. 29 North Waziristan 1 Abu Laith al-Libi killed.
69 Febr. 4 Suicidal Army Medical College, near the General Headquarters inRawalpindi 10 27 A suicide bomber crashed his bike into an armed forces bus carrying students and officials.[84]
70 9 Bomb Charsadda in the north-western Pakistan. 25 35
Main article: 2008 Charsadda bombing
A powerful explosion hit an opposition election rally in The attack targetedANP, a secular party, one of whose leaders, Fazal-ur-Rehman Atakhail, was assassinated February 7 in Karachi triggering widespread protests.[85]
71 11 Suicidal Miranshah, North Waziristan 12 25 A suicide attack on a public meeting in left at least eight people dead and a dozen wounded, including a candidate for the National Assembly. It was the second attack on ANP's election gathering in two days.[86]
72 16 Suicidal Parachinar, Kurram Agency in northwestern Pakistan. 47 150
Main article: 2008 Parachinar bombing
An explosive-laden vehicle is rammed into the election meeting of Pakistan Peoples Party, the party of the slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. It was the fourth such attack on PPP's political workers within a year; two of them targeting the former PPP leader Benazir Bhutto.[87]
73 18 Violence Nationwide 24 200 Election-related on the eve of Pakistani general election, Aaj TVreported.'[88]
74 22 Roadside bomb near the town of Matta, Swat District,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 13 ~12 An army spokesman said the bomb had been detonated by remote control. Women and children were among the casualties.[89]
75 25 Suicidal Near Army General Headquarters inRawalpindi. 8 20 The Pakistan Army's top medic Lt Gen Mushtaq Baig was killed, along with the driver and security guard, when a suicide attack ripped apart the vehicle he was traveling in at 2:45pm local time. Gen Baig was the highest-ranking officer to be killed in Pakistan since the 9/11 attacks.[90]
8 28 South Waziristan '13
77 29 Suicidal Mingora, Swat District 38 75 The attack happened during the funeral of a senior police officer who had been killed hours earlier in Lakki Marwat in the southern part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The police DSP was killed along with three other policemen when their vehicle was hit in a roadside bomb earlier in the day.[91]
78 March 2 Suicidal Darra Adam Khel, a few miles south ofPeshawar 42 58 A bomber struck the meeting of tribal elders and local officials. The town of Darra was the center of violent clashes earlier in January when the militants took over the Kohat Tunnel that connected Peshawar with Kohat. After the onslaught of security forces to take back the tunnel, the fighting resulted in the deaths of 13 troops and 70 militants.[92]
79 4 Suicidal parking area of thePakistan Navy War College, Lahore. 8 24 Two suicide bombers blew themselves up. It was the first time a Pakistani naval institution was targeted by the militants (Army has been targeted at least eight times outside the war zone and Air Force twice) since the ongoing War on Terrorism in Pakistan in general and post-Lal Masjid siegein particular.[93]
80 11 Suicidal Lahore 24 200 Two suicide bombings. One of the attacks ripped apart Federal Investigation Agency building killing 21, including 16 policemen. The other one hit the posh locality of Model Town, exploding close to Bilawal House, associated with PPP leaders Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari.[94]
81 15 Bomb A restaurant inIslamabad 1 10 A bomb was hurled over a wall surrounding the restaurant. Four of the 12 people wounded in the bombing were U.S. FBI agents. In addition to wounding the agents, the explosion killed a Turkish woman and wounded a fifth American, three Pakistanis, a person from the United Kingdom and someone from Japan.[95]
9 16 South Waziristan 9 9 3 bombs dropped by a United States aircraft killed nine people and wounded nine others in the tribal area. The bombs hit a mud compound in Wana, killing an Arab of Middle Eastern origin, two men from Turkmenistan and six Pakistanis from outside the tribal area. However, the attack missed its target, a senior Al Qaeda official.[96]
82 April 9 Riots Karachi 9 Many Riots after two groups of lawyers scuffle that begin after PML-Q leaders, former CM Sindh Arbab Ghulam Rahim and former federal minister Sher Afgan Niazi are maltreated ahead of government formation in the provinces of Sindh and Punjab.[97]
83 17 Clashes Khyber Agency 20 dozens Clashes between two belligerent factions.[98]
84 May 6 Suicidal Bannu 4 [99]
85 18 Bomb The Army's Punjab Regimental Centermarket in the city ofMardan 13 20 This was the second attack in Mardan in a month after a car bomb on April 25 killed three and injured 26 people.[100]
86 19 Remote-controlled bomb Mamond tehsil of Bajaur Agency. 4 2 A blast outside a mosque.[101]
10 21 South Waziristan 6
87 26 Sectarian violence Dera Ismail Khan 7 5 [102]
88 June 2 Suicidal Islamabad 6
Main article: 2008 Danish embassy bombing
The Danish embassy in Islamabad is attacked with a car bomb killing six people. A post purportedly from Al-Qaeda's Mustafa Abu al-Yazid appears on the Internet a day after the attack claiming responsibility. The statement mentions the publication of "insulting drawings" and the refusal to "apologize for publishing them" referring to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy.[103]
89 9 Remote-controlled bomb Dera Ismail Khan 4 Sufi Muhammad, leader of the TNSM, survived. Four policemen got injured.[104]
11 10 South Waziristan 19
Main article: Gora Prai airstrike
10 Pakistani Para Military Soldiers and 1 Regular Army Major killed,
8 Taliban militants killed[105]

90 26 Bomb Dera Ismail Khan 4 2 A blast inside a Shia mosque.[106]
91 July 6 Suicidal Islamabad 19
Main article: 2008 Lal Masjid bombing
Attack targeting policemen deployed at a rally observing the first year anniversary of an army raid on the Islamabad’s Lal Masjid[107]
92 7 Bombs Karachi <37 A string of small explosions, apparently from bombs, wounded at least 37 people, rattling Pakistan a day after a deadly suicide attack in capital of Pakistan.[108]
12 28 South Waziristan 6 Midhat Mursi and 5 other Al-Qaeda operatives killed.
93 Aug. 2 Remote-controlled bomb Mingora, Swat 8 At least eight police and security workers were killed when a remote-controlled bomb exploded near their vehicle.[109]
94 Aug. 4 Fighting Swat Valley 136 After a week of fighting between the security forces and pro-Taliban militants, the casualties included at least 94 militants, 14 soldiers and around 28 civilians.[110]
95 9 Gun attack Kingargalai, Buner District 8 Militants stormed a police post killing eight policemen.[111]
96 12 Bomb A major road near the center ofPeshawar 13 11 A bomb targeting a Pakistani Air Force bus carrying personnel from a military base killed 13 people and wounded 11 others on Tuesday. Taliban forces reportedly took responsibility. The attack was seen as retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes in Bajaur Agency, a militant stronghold near the border with Afghanistan. Five of the dead were air force personnel and the eight others were bystanders.[112]
97 13 Suicidal Lahore 8 20 Two policemen were killed and over 20, including 12 policemen, were injured after an alleged suicide bomber blew himself up near a police station in Lahore on the eve of Independence Day celebrations.[113]
98 13 Explosions, handgrenate attacks Hub, Uthal,Panjgur, Kharanand Turbat towns inBalochistan 6 19 Four policemen were injured in explosions, there was a hand-grenade attack in Panjgur and shooting incidents in Balochistan,[114] while leader of the banned outfit Amr Bil Maroof Wa Nahi Anil Munkar Haji Namdar was shot dead when he was delivering sermon in Bara tehsil.[115] Haji Namdar had earlier escaped a suicide attack on 1 May 2008 in which 17 people were injured.[116]
99 7-18 Sectarian Kurram Agency 287 372 Clashes mainly between the Toori and Bangash tribes, but which involved other local tribes, in 12 consecutive days of fighting. In the later incidents, pro-Taliban militants were involved too, after which the local tribesmen asked the government to flush out the militants.[117]
100 19 Suicidal District Headquarters Hospital in Dera Ismail Khan 32 55 Seven policemen and two health officials were among the killed. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.[118]
101 21 Suicidal Pakistan Ordnance Factories, Wah Cantt 70 67
Main article: 2008 Wah bombing
2 suicidebombers blew themselves up outside the gates of the state run factories. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.[119]
13 23 South Waziristan 10
102 23 Suicidal Charbagh Tehsil, Swat valley 20
Main article: 23 August 2008 Swat Valley bombing
An explosive-laden car rams into a police station. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistanclaimed responsibility for the attack.[120]
103 25 Rocket attack Swat valley 10 Attack targeting the house of a local member of provincial assembly (MPA). As a result of the attack, ANP MPA Waqar Ahmed's brother and other family members were killed. [121]
104 26 Bomb Model Town area on the outskirts ofIslamabad 8 20 A bomb explosion at a roadside restaurant.[122]
105 28 Bomb Bannu area,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 9 15 An attack targeting a police van. [123]
14 31 South Waziristan 10
15 Sept. 3 South Waziristan 23
Main article: Angoor Ada raid
16 4 North Waziristan 4
17 5 North Waziristan 5
106 6 Suicidal 20 km fromPeshawar 30 70
Main article: September 2008 Peshawar bombing
Attack against a paramilitary checkpoint. The attack came during the voting to elect Asif Ali Zardari as the President of Pakistan and the marking of Defence Day.[124]
18 8 North Waziristan 23
Main article: Daande Darpkhel airstrike
107 10 grenade-and-gun attack Maskanai area of Lower Dir District,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 25 50 In a mosque[125]
19 12 North Waziristan 12
Main article: Miranshah airstrike
20 15 South Waziristan
Main article: Pakistan-U.S. Standoff 15 September 2008
21 17 South Waziristan 5
Main article: Baghar Cheena airstrike
108 19 Bomb Quetta 5 8 Islamic religious school run by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam[126]
109 20 Suicidal Islamabad 57 266
Main article: Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing
22 21 North Waziristan
Main article: Lowara Mandi Repel
110 22 Suicidal Swat 9 A checkpost [127]
23 25 Tanai region
Main article: Tanai border repel
111 26 Bomb Near city ofBahawalpur 3 15 Bomb on railway track derails passenger train.[128]
24 Oct. 1 "Border-area" 6
112 2 Suicidal Walibagh,Charsadda 6 [129]
113 6 Suicidal Bhakkar, Punjab 20 60 [130]
25 9 Tappi, North Waziristan 8 [131]
114 9 Suicidal Islamabad 8 8 Main Police Headquarters List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan since 2001#2008[132]
115 10 Suicidal Adazai, OrakzaiAgency 110 200
Main article: 10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing
[133][134]
116 13 Suicidal Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 5 [135]
26 16 Taparghai, South Waziristan 1 [136]
117 16 Suicidal Mingora, Swat 4 [137]
118 19 Suicidal Dera Bugti district,Balochistan 3 6 [138]
27 22 Taparghai, South Waziristan 4 [139]
28 26 South Waziristan 20 [140]
119 26 Suicidal Ghalaanai,Mohmand Agency 11 5 [141]
120 27 Suicidal Ghalaanai, Quetta 2 12 Near the District Court Complex[142]
121 31 Suicidal Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 8 20 [143]
122 Nov. 2 Suicidal Wana, South Waziristan 8 Security checkpost[144]
123 4 Suicidal Hangu District 7 6 Security checkpost[145]
124 6 Suicidal Bajaur Agency 22 45 At a Salarzai jirga[146]
125 11 Suicidal Qayyum Stadium inPeshawar 4 13 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani had just left the venue and senior provincial minister Bashir Bilour was on his way out. [147]
126 12 Suicidal Charsadda District 7 15 Explosives-filled bus into the gates of a school[148]
29 14 Miranshah, North Waziristan 12 [149]
127 17 Suicidal Khawazakhelaarea, Swat >3 [150]
128 19 Assassination Islamabad 2 Former head of the army’s elite commando force Special Service Group, Maj-Gen (R) Ameer Faisal Alavi, who commanded the SSG during the first major assault on militants in South Waziristan in 2004 and his driver gunned down.[151]
129 20 Suicidal Mamoond tehsil ofBajaur Agency >9 4 [152]
130 21 Suicidal Dera Ismail Khan 7 17 During the funeral of a cleric near the bus stand.[153]
30 22 North Waziristan 5 [154]
131 28 Suicidal Peshawar-Bannu Road in Domel area of Bannu 9 16 Explosive-laden rams a police vehicle. 4 police officers among the dead.[155]
132 Dec. 1 Suicidal 7 kilometers north-east of Mingora 10 49 Explosive-laden truck near the Sangota security post.[156]
133 5 Bombs Peshwar andOrakzai 27 50
Main article: 5 December 2008 Peshawar bombing
Two bombs exploded in crowded markets.[157]
31 22 South Waziristan <8 Two vehicles hit at different locations. Most of those on board killed.[158]
32 22 Kari Khel, 8 km frmWana, South Waziristan 7 [159]
134 28 Suicidal Buner District 36 16 Near a polling station in a government school, believed to have been carried out to disrupt the by-election for a National Assembly seat.[160]
33 2009 Jan. 1 3 2 senior Al-Qaeda leaders Usama al-Kini & Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedankilled' [161]
135 4 Suicidal Government Polytechnic College, Multan Road in Dera Ismail Khan. 7 25 3 police officers and 2 journalist among the dead. Most of the injured policemen.[162]
136 10 Gunbattle Hangu 27 Several Rival sects fight for 2 days[163]
34 23 Waziristan 14 [164]
137 26 Bomb Dera Ismail Khan 5 Several Bomb attached to a bicycle went off on a busy main road.[165]
138 26 Assassination Quetta 1 Several Hussain Ali Yousafi, chairman of the Hazara Democratic Party, was shot dead by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi[166]
139 Feb. 3 Hand grenade attack Mohallah Joginwalain Dera Ismail Khan 1 18 At a Sunni mosque. [167]
140 5 Suicidal Al Hussainia Mosque, Dera Ghazi Khan 32 A crowd of Shia worshippers shortly before a religious gathering.[168]
141 7 Gunbattle Mianwali in Punjab, near Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 7 All killed were policeofficers at a checkpoint.[169]
142 11 Remote controlled bomb Dalazak Road inPeshawar 1 11 Bomb fitted to motorbike parked near the residence of Awami National Party (ANP) provincial lawmaker Alam Zeb Khan. This was the sixth such attack on ANP in less than a year.[170]
35 Feb. 14 Makeen in South Waziristan <30 [171]
36 16 Waziristan 14
143 17 Bomb Bazidkhel-suburb near Peshawar 3 Several Outside the home of a government official. He survived but several people were hurt.[172]
144 20 Suicidal Dera Ismail Khan 30 157 A funeral of Shia leader Sher Zaman – who was gunned down a day earlier. A curfew was imposed in Dera Ismail Khan oand the army called in to quell riots immediately. Witnesses said police ‘ran off’ when gunfire broke out after the blast.[173]
37 March 1 Sararogha village in South Waziristan 14 [174]
145 2 Suicidal Pishin District,Balochistan 4 12 At a girls’ religious school.[175]
146 3 Gunattack Gaddafi Stadium inLahore. 8 6
Main article: 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team
6 policeofficers killed when a convoy carrying Sri Lankan cricketers and officials in two buses was fired upon by 12 gunmen.[176]
147 5 Handgrenade Ameer Hamza mosque, Dera Ismail Khan 1 19 [177]
148 5 4 Bombs Peshawar 0 0
The mausoleum of the most-revered mystic poet of the Pakhtun landRahman Baba blown up.[178]

149 7 Bomb Peshawar 8 5 Seven policeoficers killed. In a separate incident, a roadside bomb killed three civilians and wounded four troops in the town of Darra Adam Khel.[179]
150 11 Assassination Namak Mandi,Peshawar 6 4 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister and Awami National Party leaderBashir Bilour survived the firing, grenade attack and suicide blast. This was the second assassination attempt on Bilour in less than six months and seventh suicide attack on ANP in little over a year.[180]
38 12 Berju in Kurram Agency 24 [181]
39 15 Jani Khel in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 4 [182]
151 16 Suicidal Busiest busstand, (Pirwadhai) ofRawalpindi 14 17 [183]
152 18 Gun attack University of Malakand,Chakdara, Lower Dir District 5 4' 3 police officers among the dead when over 100 unidentified armed men attacked a police vehicle at the entrance.[184]
153 23 Suicidal Islamabad 1 3 A security official killed and three others injured outside a police Special Branch office.[185]
40 25 Makin area of South Waziristan 7 2 vehicles by two missiles[186]
41 26 Essokhel area in North Waziristan 4 [187]
154 26 Suicidal Near Jandola, South Waziristan 10 25 At a restaurant targeting opponents of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chiefBaitullah Mehsud[188]
155 27 Suicidal Peshawar-TorkhamHighway in Jamrud,Khyber Agency 75 100
Main article: 2009 Jamrud mosque bombing
At a mosque at during the Friday congregation. Intelligence sources put the number of dead at 86 but officials of the political administration were conservative by putting the death toll at 50.[189]
156 30 Gun & grenade attack Manawan Police Training School inLahore near theborder with India 9 93
Main article: 2009 Lahore police academy attacks
At least eight police recruits killed by 10 terrorists. Security forces regained control of the facility in an operation that lasted for more than eight hours.[190]
42 April 1 Orakzai Agency 14 [191]
157 4 Suicidal Margalla Road,Islamabad <10 12
Main article: 2009 Islamabad Frontier Corps post attack
A camp of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) attacked. At least eight FC personnel killed.[192]
158 5 Suicidal an Imambargah inChakwal 22 60
Main article: 2009 Chakwal mosque bombing
At the gates of a Shia mosque where some 1,200 people were attending a religious gathering.[193]
159 6 Killing Shinkiari area ofMansehra District 4 3 Police found bullet-riddled bodies of four local aid workers, including three women, in on Monday.[194]
43 8 Gangi Khel in South Waziristan 4 [195]
160 15 Suicidal Charsadda, nearPeshawar. 9 5 A security attacked killing nine policeofficers and injuring five others. [196]
161 18 Suicidal Doaba area ofHangu 22 15 A checkpoint killing five security personnel. [197]
44 19 South Waziristan <3 5 [198]
162 26 Tragedy Lower Dir District 12 12 children were killed after playing with a bomb they mistook for a football.[199]
45 29 Kanni Garam village in South Waziristan 6 [200]
163 29 Targeted killings Karachi 34 40 Unidentified gunmen in a matter of hours in different parts of the city. In the month-long incidents of violence until April 28, the police record showed that 16 people had been shot dead and 54 wounded in different incidents of targeted killings. The statistics further showed that of the total number of people, 43 people belonged to the Pakhtun community while seven happened to be Urdu-speaking people.[201]
164 May 5 Suicidal Peshawar-Bara road 12 km west ofPeshawarCantonment 7 48 An explosives-laden car rammed into a pick-up near a checkpost[202]
46 9 Sararogha, South Waziristan 6 strike in kills 6 militants.[203]
165 May 11 Suicidal Outskirts of Darra Adam Khel 8 27 Explosives-laden vehicle near an FC checkpost.[204]
47 12 Sra Khawra village in South Waziristan 8 [205]
'48 16 Sarkai Naki village,North Waziristan 25 [206]
166 16 Bombs Peshawar 13 34 A powerful car-bomb in the Barisco area killed 12 people and wounded 31 others, including schoolchildren and women, while a low intensity device ripped through a garments store in the packed Gora Bazaar in Peshawar Saddar, killing a minor girl and injuring three others.[207]
167 21 Suicidal Frontier Corps (FC) fort, Jandola area,Tank District 9 25 Five security personnel were among the dead.[208]
168 22 Car bomb Cinema Road,Peshawar 10 75 The attack happened outside a cinema.[209]
Total 6545 9872
6 April 26- Battle
(ongoing) Buner, Lower Dir,Swat and Shangladistricts ~800(Army claim) 102
Main article: Operation Black Thunderstorm
Operation Black Thunderstorm is an ongoing operation that commenced on April 26, conducted by the Pakistani Army, with the aim of retaking Buner, Lower Dir, Swat and Shangla districts from the Taliban after the militants took control of them since the start of the year
TOTAL May 25 7364 10074

 

[Levina]

Morcos too is quite active in J&K.

Marcos? Yes I know.
Those guys crossed the Pakistani posts during kargil war for a special operation(nature of which is not known to public).
But Garud is the youngest military force in India.
I still think Para SF could have performed better.

@rockstarIN has more details on Garuds.

 

[Abingdonboy]

Actually, all this needs to be re-orged into specific role based forces. SRG which is busy protection useless VIPs should be re-trained as the premier last line of defence for critical assets in the nation. They along with the DSC (which also needs to retrained and re-equipped should be the key forces to guard and defend all key installations in the nation).

SRG needs to be disbanded entirely. In fact this is my prediction within the decade- the NSG are actively winding down their VIP protection duties.

@Immanuel the widespread reform you outline is rather needless IMHO, forming the SOCOM will address most of these issues. Why the MoD is sitting on this proposal I don't know.

Hostage taking situation?
You have forgotten that Para SF had successfully saved 6 foreign hostages,taken hostage by Harkat-ul-Mujahideen in Kashmir(1995), and they returned home with a kill.

Be that as it may, there is no force in India better prepared for hostage rescue operations than the NSG.

 

[rockstarIN]

Marcos? Yes I know.
Those guys crossed the Pakistani posts during kargil war for a special operation(nature of which is not known to public).
But Garud is the youngest military force in India.
I still think Para SF could have performed better.

@rockstarIN has more details on Garuds.

Regarding Garud deployment in Pathakot, what I read..

There were 12 Garud commandos in Pathankot (very less number..even in peace time)
8 were tasked to guard the assets whereas 4 were asked to engage the terrorists
The four including the martyred commando and his buddy fought those 4 terrorists first.
They fought valiantly even after hit multiple bullets for an hour till the reinforcement(NSG? who already were in the station?) arrived.

So why those 4 had to engage alone? If that was the case, Para SF should have been there to assist.

Or there is a rift or non coordination, who wanna engage both NSG and Garuds wants to fight?

@Abingdonboy @MilSpec

 

[Abingdonboy]

Regarding Garud deployment in Pathakot, what I read..

There were 12 Garud commandos in Pathankot (very less number..even in peace time)
8 were tasked to guard the assets whereas 4 were asked to engage the terrorists
The four including the martyred commando and his buddy fought those 4 terrorists first.
They fought valiantly even after hit multiple bullets for an hour till the reinforcement(NSG? who already were in the station?) arrived.

So why those 4 had to engage alone? If that was the case, Para SF should have been there to assist.

Or there is a rift or non coordination, who wanna engage both NSG and Garuds wants to fight?

@Abingdonboy @MilSpec

1) There were many more than 12 Garuds at the base (a few teams had even been brought in in light of the elevated threat perception to this base)
2)Army SF were also present at the airbase
3) The NSG engaged the terorists within minuets of their detection so this 1 hour figure doesn't add up. It could be 1 hour before they were avacuated.
4) The "rift" is illogical but one the media wants to play up- NSG and Garuds cross-train and the SAG guys are from the military anyway. Who is going to be playing this inter-service rivlary game when there are gunshots sounding off in an Indian airbase? This just isn't the case amongst professionals.

 

[rockstarIN]

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1) There were many more than 12 Garuds at the base (a few teams had even been brought in in light of the elevated threat perception to this base)
2)Army SF were also present at the airbase
3) The NSG engaged the terorists within minuets of their detection so this 1 hour figure doesn't add up. It could be 1 hour before they were avacuated.
4) The "rift" is illogical but one the media wants to play up- NSG and Garuds cross-train and the SAG guys are from the military anyway. Who is going to be playing this inter-service rivlary game when there are gunshots sounding off in an Indian airbase? This just isn't the case amongst professionals.

There were widespread reporting that Shailesh Ghar engaged the terrorists for nearly an hour even after hitting 4 bullets.

 

[Abingdonboy]

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There were widespread reporting that Shailesh Ghar engaged the terrorists for nearly an hour even after hitting 4 bullets.

Indeed but that doesn't mean his unit were not reinforced. There are a number of accounts in Indian CT ops where soldiers have refused MEDEVAC whilst operations were ongoing.

 

[Immanuel]

SRG needs to be disbanded entirely. In fact this is my prediction within the decade- the NSG are actively winding down their VIP protection duties.

@Immanuel the widespread reform you outline is rather needless IMHO, forming the SOCOM will address most of these issues. Why the MoD is sitting on this proposal I don't know.

Be that as it may, there is no force in India better prepared for hostage rescue operations than the NSG.

Well SOCOM as they plan to have it requires each service to provide troops under one command to go after common strategic objectives while each service maintains its elite units for their own independent ops outside a unified command.

Actually this makes sense since all SF units needn't be under a SOCOM, this is only detrimental to the nature of SF ops. India actually needs to move towards a Israeli system of having many small elite units for very specific missions.

Hence I actually think an extensive reform is needed. SAG/SRG are ideal platforms for this. SAG can have a rotation of platoons from the Garuds, Marcos, Para-SF and SFF.

The nature of the Unified Command should be to go after targets of strategic important & provide common services across the 3 services. We need to have clear Tiering of forces

The way I see it:

Unified Command

SFF/SAG need to be in the Combined command with platoons of Marcos/Garuds/Para-SF rotating into the SAG for 6 months stints under the unified command. This way a few platoons at a time from each force continues to gain operational experience under the SAG.

SFF: They are trained in everything from Jungle warfare, mountain warfare to Amphibious Ops, being all-rounders, they are ideal for specific tasks, I believe they need to be better utilized, re-tasked and re-equipped. Being a intel based force woking closely with RAW, they need to the bread and butter of the Unified Command. SFF should draw men from all the 3 services. Each Battalion under the unified command should have dedicated companies for Desert, Jungle, Mountain, Marine warfare & Intel based Clandestine warfare.

SFF Vikas Group: 3 Battallions: Tier-2 The Go-To force for specific common force objectives such as going after ammo dumps, ordnance factories, fuel supplies etc. Such objectives serve all 3 services. Each battallion deployed with one of the 3 services. Similar to the 75th Ranger regiment in terms of capability, they are elite shock troops. 1 Battllion rotated to SAG every 6 months

SFF Archer Group: 2 Battallions: Tier-2: The Go-To force for assasination ops behind enemy lines, targeting of enemy military/political/jihadi leadership, capturing HVTs, gathering strategic and tactical HUMINT etc. Strictly Cladestine Ops. 3 Companies rotated to SAG every 6 months

SFF Victor Group: 1 Battallion: Tier-2: A unified Combat Rescue Service, serving all the 3 services and the paramilitary. 5 companies, 1 company for each service, their main role is to rescue pilots, civilians, hostages, dignitaries during combat from behind enemy lines or from potential hostile territories. Trained in under water insertion, HAHO, HALO, covert ingress, rescue and recovery. Small teams deployed on all key ships, air bases for rapid deployment, their motto being saving lives. 2 Companies rotated to SAG every 6 months.

SFF Special Group: 1 Battallion: Tier-1. A service for Special Covert Ops of Strategic Signifcance such as recon of nuke sites, raiding nuke facilities etc. They are specilists in recon, carrying out daring raids along with their Army/Navy/AF counter parts, They have know how on detecting/disabling WMD, gather intel on enemy sensitive movements such missile launchers, nuke subs etc. 2 Companies rotated to SAG every 6 months.

SAG(NSG): A platform like DELTA or ST6 which puts together a few companies/battallions on rotation from the above & below mentioned units on deputation/forward deployment for 6 months at a time for active COIN/ Anti Terror ops in Kashmir or rapid emegencies domestic or foreign for operational experience so as to keep the proverbial edge of the sword honed and sharp. (Deputees from SFF/Para-SF/Garuds/Marcos/SG). SAG as part of unified command will also under take ops during war-time which include going after strategic objectives with each specific deputee force providing the same mandated services under SAG i.e an Archer Troop under the SAG would undertake a mission to assasinate an HVT while Victor troop provides CSAR support on stand-by for the Archer operatives under SAG. etc. Best operatives (observed during COIN/Anti terror ops, grueling training drills etc) of the 6 month deployment go on to play an additional 6 month stint at the Phantom Group

Phantom Group (NSG): A platform which puts together the best of SAG for the toughest of missions.

Forces Indepedent of Unified Command

Garuds: Tier-1: 3 Battallions: For Airforce specific Covert Ops of Strategic Signifcance such a recon of air bases, raiding airforce nuke facilities, DEAD, etc. 1 Battallion of Garuds rotated to SAG every 6 months

Marcos: Tier-1: 3 Battallions: For Naval Covert Ops of Strategic Signifcance such a recon of sub pens, raiding naval facilities, sabotage of ships, working with the SG to accomplish IN strategic objectives. 1 Battallion of Marcos rotated to SAG every 6 months

Para SF: Tier-1: 10 Battalions: To be renamed Para-Rangers: For Army Covert Ops of Strategic Signifcance such a recon of missile sights, raiding storage facilities, working with the SG to accomplish IA strategic objectives (Independent of the Unified Command) 3 Battallion of Para SF rotated to SAG every 6 months

 

[scientien]

Be that as it may, there is no force in India better prepared for hostage rescue operations than the NSG.

Indeed, but i dont recall there was any hostage situation,so they should have deployed para sf and keep nsg on standby,also do you have any information about whether blood transfusion and other such things allowed in army sf? Because such things are allowed in Australian sf and other sf in world.

 

[@nline]

@Anees,
It looks like that you getting frustrated after getting reality of so called "Secular India"?
Yes, Its a fact that PML-N the current Government of Pakistan keep quite over "INDIAN TERROR INTO PAKISTAN VIA AFGHANISTAN".

Why.............? Because when a country get an "Business Man" Prime Minister. And lots of his family members into high quality jobs etc . . . then he always try to keep silent and do more for his own business!!!

Now back to INDIAN TERROR INTO PAKISTAN VIA AFGHANISTAN. Why India got 15 or 16 General Consular in Afghanistan? Is that because of to build a new Afghanistan with school, colleges, universties, hospitals, roads etc . . . The answer is NO. These 15 genral counslar are to destabilize Pakistan with the help of their beloved Afghanis.

Pathankoat Attack was a coward and well planned India`s own made propaganda against Pakistan.
Mumbai Attack. Ajmal Kasab were captured from Nepal to use against Pakistan. Coward Indian Media always cry over Pakistan like little babies.

Lot more attacks from India yet to come. Of Course blame will go to Pakistan as usual!!!

World 3rd largest army "India" and its Agencies always being target by few numbers of terrorist. (Its "Indias" own terrorist) LAYOUT INDIA!!!

 

[Cruizer]

I wonder why these indians not doing good enough home work about to blame Pakistan after attacks into their own country
Why terrorst not killed SSP and other persons and let them go
That was an RSS, RAW, BJP`s own made poor propaganda against Pakistan & Pakistan`s Army

if you guys trolling finished
i have to say

i condemn the attack
i condemn the attackers also
i feel sorry for those brave whom give lives to thier motherland
and i wish quick recovery of injured on

hope terrorist rot in hell .

Ohhh God, I wish that Indians too had the same words or good mind for Pakistan`s like our senior praying for our enemy like India.

 

[Levina]

r hostage rescue operations than the NSG

You are underestimating Para SF.

 

[Abingdonboy]

You are underestimating Para SF.

No @Levina I am not, I am being realistic. Hostrage rescue is just one of the PARA (SF)'s duties (and a minor one at that), their main focus is on offensive direct action. The NSG's entire being is Hostage Rescue, all of their training, equipment and tactics are centred on this premise, to think that the PARA (SF) (or any other force in India) are better at this one core task of the NSG is being a bit naive.

The PARA (SF) are not supermen, they have an incredibly wide skillset and are excellent at all tasks but the NSG is a very specialised force centred around this task and I know for a fact they have equipment specifically for this role that no other force in India posses.

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Inside The Pathankot Air Base, Hours After The Final Gun Battle


Pathankot: Beside a burnt truck in the motor transport section of the Pathankot Air Station, about a kilometer from the imposing, heavily-guarded main gate, lay a crumpled camouflage jacket. This is where Garud commando Gursewak Singh fell fighting terrorists early on Saturday morning.

Not far from there, a group of about 50 commandos of the elite National Security Guards sat on the ground, their weapons on their laps or beside them. Most had removed their masks and none of them was talking.

Their faces betrayed no emotion, only extreme exhaustion. The three-and-a-half day gun battle to eliminate six terrorists who attacked the base had ended only a few hours before.

About a 100 metres away from the motor transport section is a wall of the sprawling air base. In some places it is as high as 10 feet and has concertina wires, a type of barbed wire. In other places, only wiring marks the boundary of the airfield.

Very close to the transport section is a row of neatly painted houses with manicured gardens. These are residential quarters for airmen and their families. On the road in front, chain tracks from armoured vehicles were still fresh. They led to the technical area, where, in an enclosure of about 15 feet by 20 feet neatly marked out by tape, lay the bodies of five terrorists. They were all in green military fatigues.

"There are some dugouts here, part of old structures and had very thick vegetation. Perhaps that is why the terrorists holed up here," a Garud commando in full battle gear, explained to reporters. "We used bulldozers to remove the vegetation as we moved slowly first to corner and then eliminate them."

It was here that Lieutenant Colonel Niranjan Kumar was killed and his buddy seriously injured. A note circulated in the highest levels of the government says, "Lt Col Niranjan died accidentally when handling the dead body of a terrorist."

Most buildings in this part of the base were evacuated. "Had the terrorists got into residential quarters, we could have been looking at a hostage situation and casualties could have been huge," the Garud commando said.

When this reporter asked his name, he smiled and said, "operations are on, we don't wear name or rank tags."

Three blocks of living quarters separate an open ground and the Defence Security Corps (DSC) mess. Four soldiers were killed here when terrorists opened fire. "Havilder Jagdish of the DSC chased a terrorist and grappled with him bare-handed, killing him before he died," Air Commodore J S Dhamoon, who commands the base, said.

Diagonally opposite the DAC mess is the battered two-storied residential building where the last gun battle was fought. A portion of the building came down in the exchange of fire and multiple explosions. Burnt tree parts indicate the intensity of the operation to eliminate the last two terrorists; four had been killed on Saturday.

Firing had suddenly started from the first floor of this building on Monday. Nearly 24 hours later, hundreds of commandos and sniffer dogs were still checking the area for improvised explosive devices and booby traps.