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2009 Khyber Pass offensive

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Date1 September – 30 November 2009
(2 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
Result Pakistani victory[1][2][3][4][5]
2009 Khyber Pass offensive
Part of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Date1 September – 30 November 2009
(2 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Result Pakistani victory[1][2][3][4][5]
Belligerents
Pakistan Lashkar-e-Islam
Commanders and leaders
Brig. Gen. Abid Mumtaz
P/A Tariq Hayat
Mangal Bagh
Units involved
Lashkar-e-Islam
Casualties and losses
2 soldiers killed 151+ killed[6]

The 2009 Khyber Pass offensive was an offensive military campaign by Pakistani Army against Islamic militants from Lashkar-e-Islam in and near the Khyber Pass. The offensive was launched after a series of suicide bombings, including one at a police station where 17 cadets were killed. After two months, Pakistan Army defeated the militants and cleared the area from the militants.

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