Battle of Mirali
2007 battle against the Taliban in Pakistan
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The Battle of Mirali was a military engagement that occurred between 7 October and 10 October 2007 and involved Pakistan Armed Forces against the Afghan Taliban and the Pakistani Taliban around the town of Mir Ali in Pakistan's North Waziristan District, the second biggest town in the semi-autonomous region on the border with Afghanistan.
| Battle of Mirali | |||||||
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| Part of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Pakistan |
 Afghan Taliban Pakistani Taliban | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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47 killed 20 wounded |
175 killed 100 wounded | ||||||
  Mirali Location within Pakistan | |||||||
Timeline of the battle
According to the Pakistani Armed Forces, the clashes broke out on 7 October after militants set off improvised explosive devices and conducted ambushes on a Pakistani convoy, near the town of Mirali. The subsequent engagements killed nearly 200 people. 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 Mirali after more than 50 houses were damaged in the fighting.[1][2]
After a number of attacks on military convoys, near Mirali, the Pakistan Army sent helicopter gunships and Pakistan Air Force jet fighters to target suspected militant positions in several villages around that region.[citation needed]
On 9 October, according to the Pakistani Army, military aircraft struck "one or two places" near Mirali. There were confirmed reports that about 50 militants had been killed.[citation needed]