Pakistan's War in Northwestern Pakistan

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Pakistan's War in Waziristan/Northwestern Pakistan [Photo Album]

Pakistani soldiers carry tea to fellow soldiers at a military outpost on the border with Afghanistan in North Waziristan region of Pakistan in 2007.

Tribal leaders from North Waziristan meet with Pakistan Army officials in Miramshah to finalize on a peace deal between the Pakistani Taliban and the Pakistan government. The ceasefire deal would stop the fighting, allow residents to return, and would cease cross-border attacks into Afghanistan. The peace deal ended in a disaster as raids increased. The peace deal broke apart after less than a year (2007).

Pakistan Army Aviation Corps Mil Mi-17s stand ready at an Army camp in Najia, Swat Valley during a major military offensive in February, 2008

Pakistan airborne forces observing the Swat Valley at its highest point after defeating the Taliban in the area, 2009.

A Pakistan Navy P-3C Orion surveillance aircraft lies destroyed on the tarmac after Taliban militants attacked PNS Mehran, a Pakistani naval facility in Karachi, Pakistan (2011). The attack was the largest one on a naval installation since the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War.

Pakistani Security Forces storm a hospital after it was taken over by militants in Quetta, Pakistan (2013)

Pakistani soldiers stand guard near a public school in Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan district on Nov. 2, 2013.

Map of the Northwestern region of Pakistan during the launch of Operation Zarb e-Azb. Most of the fighting took place in North and South Waziristan of FATA.

Pakistani soldiers on top of an APC at the beginning of Operation Zarb e-Azb (2014)

Pakistan Air Force fighter pilot Ayesha Farooq after returning from a bombing run against Taliban forces in North Waziristan during Operation Zarb e-Azb.

Pakistani artillery fire (2014)

Pakistani soldiers respond to gunfire during Operation Zarb e-Azb (2014)

Members of Pakistan's Frontier Corps gather around the bodies of Taliban militants who were killed in military operations in the Tirah valley near the Afghan-Pakistan border (2014)

Captured Taliban weapons on display

Pakistani soldiers heading towards North Waziristan are pictured by a road in Bannu district. (2014)

M113's of the Pakistan Army returning from anti-Taliban operations in 2014

Pakistani soldiers aboard a Talha APC in the Mir Ali district of North Waziristan, 2014

Pakistani Police officers from the elite Anti-Terrorist Squad direct refugees fleeing the fighting in North Waziristan, 2014

A soldier mans a machine gun nest in an Army outpost in Waziristan, 2014

A Pakistani soldier patrols during a military operation against Taliban militants, in North Waziristan on July 9, 2014 (AFP Photo/Aamir Qureshi)

 

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Pakistani Al-Zarrar tanks, M113 APCs, and soldiers head towards the frontlines (2014)

Pakistani Special Forces in Miramshah (2014)

Pakistani commando units clearing a house of suspected TTP presence during Operation Zarb e-Azb (2015)

Members of Pakistan Army's Special Forces known as Special Services Group (SSG) walk through the town of Miramshah after pushing out the last remnants of militants in 2014

Pakistani soldiers patrol during a military operation against Taliban militants in the town of Miranshah in North Waziristan. The Pakistani Army forced outed the militants after nearly a month of airstrikes, shelling and combat operations. Nearly 400 militants were killed, while many were thought to have fled into Afghanistan (July, 2014)

Pakistani soldiers in Miramshah (2014)

Pakistani soldiers collect bomb making material in an IED 'factory' left behind by TTP fighters in Miramshah, 2014

Pakistani soldiers patrol the streets of Miramshah after capturing it from the Taliban during Operation Zarb e-Azb (2014).

Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman (center), the Chief of Air Staff going over flight plans with fellow F-16 pilots, personally leading airstrikes on Taliban hideouts in North Waziristan (2015)

Pakistani soldier leads journalists through the ruins of a village captured by the Army (2015)

Pakistani soldiers patrol outside a World Food Programme (WFP) food distribution point in Bannu, on June 24, 2014

Pakistani soldiers at a UNHCR camp for displaced refugees

Photo released by ISPR on June 20, 2014 shows displaced Pakistanis of North Waziristan tribal region gathering for registration at the Saidgaai check post in northwest Pakistan's Bannu district

COAS General Raheel Sharif visits soldiers on the front line before the final phase of operations. (2015)

Major-General Nadir Khan at a ceremony for the opening of a rehabilitation and de-radicalization center in Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (Apr. 2016)

General Raheel Sharif, the Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army, and the mastermind behind Operation Arb e-Azb speaks to members of the media.

Azam Tariq, official spokesman and one of the leaders of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan pictured in 2014 speaking to members of the media. He was killed in an airstrike in Paktika, Afghanistan (Sept. 26, 2016)

The leader of the TTP (Pakistani Taliban), Mullah Faizullah. He is thought to be the mastermind behind the assassination attempt against Malala Yousafzai. Pakistani military claims that he was killed in 2015 near the Afghan-Pakistan border.

A Pakistani soldier stands guard over a village in the Mir Ali district in North Waziristan after the conclusion of Operation Zarb e-Azb in April, 2016.More than 3,500 militants were reportedly killed or captured. Terrorism fell by nearly 70%, an all-time low.

Result : decisive Pakistani victory.


* /u/tinkthank

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

Can't see the images, I think you posted them improperly.

 

[ArcaniusXI]

Can't see the images, I think you posted them improperly.

wait what, seriously? let me see

Can't see the images, I think you posted them improperly.

Tried on two browsers + mobile, images load properly. D: ?

Can't see the images, I think you posted them improperly.

Works fine on multiple browsers and mobile too, maybe something at your end @Talwar e Pakistan

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

wait what, seriously? let me see


Tried on two browsers + mobile, images load properly. D: ?


Works fine on multiple browsers and mobile too, maybe something at your end @Talwar e Pakistan

Maybe it's currently blocked where I am. I will check it out when I get home.

 

[GriffinsRule]

A Pakistan Navy P-3C Orion surveillance aircraft lies destroyed on the tarmac after Taliban militants attacked PNS Mehran, a Pakistani naval facility in Karachi, Pakistan (2011). The attack was the largest one on a naval installation since the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War.

Pakistan Air Force fighter pilot Ayesha Farooq after returning from a bombing run against Taliban forces in North Waziristan during Operation Zarb e-Azb.

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Can anyone ID the smaller twin engine plane next to the burnt out P-3C?

And the female pilot looks like shes about to start a training flight on the FT-7, and not returning from a bombing mission of any sort, as is clearly indicated by the "Remove Before Flight" sign in front of her in the cockpit ...

 

[Imran Khan]

the pics show worse days of our history are over . victory indeed

 

[Signalian]

Pakistani Al-Khalid I tanks, M113 APCs, and soldiers head towards the frontlines (2014)

AZ, not AK.

 

[ArcaniusXI]

AZ, not AK.

Fixed, my bad.

 

[YeBeWarned]

Indeed a Long journey and thousands of Sacrifice , but today we are Winning ... the nation is in debt of those who laid down their lives for our future ..

 

[rohailmalhi]

They have sacrificed their today for our Tomorrow. May Allah grant all of our martys of this war highest place in Jannah.

These sons of soil have given us a new life line, a second chance.

May Allah protect Pakistan from all its enemies , internal or external. Ameen

 

[Curious_Guy]

Nice effort, shows where we were and where we are.... we are eternally in debt of the brave martyrs.

 

[Big Tank]

Nice Photos.

 

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