# List of wars involving Pakistan

Since its establishment in 1947, Pakistan has been involved in numerous armed conflicts, both domestically and internationally. Historically and presently, the primary focus of its military operations has been on neighboring India, with whom Pakistan has fought four major wars, as well as the Siachen conflict, frequent border skirmishes, and standoffs. The two nations have had a hostile and turbulent relationship since their independence from the United Kingdom and subsequent war over the Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir. Both India and Pakistan claim Kashmir in its entirety but have not exercised control over the entire region, which remains divided and contested between the two states by the Line of Control. The Kashmir conflict has seen extensive—albeit unsuccessful—intervention and mediation by the United Nations.
Pakistan has also had a turbulent relationship with neighbouring Afghanistan, characterized by armed border skirmishes and periods of diplomatic tension. The Pakistani government has increased military activity along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border and built a border barrier to crack down on illegal immigration, militancy, and smuggling.
Outside of its home region of South Asia, Pakistan has also engaged in international conflicts in the Middle East and Africa as part of larger coalitions, and remains one of the largest contributors of troops to various United Nations peacekeeping missions. The country was designated as a major non-NATO ally by the United States in 2004, and has participated extensively in the American-led War on Terror following the 9/11 attacks.

## List

| Conflict | Pakistan and allies | Opponents | Results |
| Indonesian War of Independence (1945–1949) | Indonesia Supported by:  Australia (after 1946)  United States (from 1949) India (after 1947)  Pakistan(support started even before independence) | Netherlands Dutch East Indies APRA Pao An Tui  United Kingdom (until 1946)  British Raj (until 1946) Japan (until 1946) Supported by:  Australia (until 1946) Internal Conflict: Darul Islam People's Democratic Front | Victory Indonesian independence from the Netherlands. Dutch recognition of the Indonesian independence in the Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference Formation of the United States of Indonesia Creation of the Netherlands-Indonesia Union |
| First Indo-Pakistani War (1947–1948) | Pakistan Azad Kashmir Furqan Force State of Swat Indian National Army veterans | India Jammu and Kashmir | Ceasefire Partitioning of Kashmir between India and Pakistan |
| Waziristan rebellion (1948–1954) | Pakistan | Faqir of Ipi's forces Pashtun tribe forces Supported by Afghanistan India Soviet Union (alleged) | Victory Failure to foment an extensive uprising Support for rebellion slowly diminishes Commander of rebellion surrenders End of Insurrection |
| First Balochistan conflict (1948) | Pakistan | Kalat insurgents | Victory Defeat of the insurgents |
| Korean War(1950–1953) | South Korea United Nations United States United Kingdom Canada Turkey Australia Philippines New Zealand Thailand Ethiopia Greece France Colombia Belgium South Africa Netherlands Luxembourg Supported by: Pakistan  Denmark  Italy  West Germany  India  Israel  Norway  Sweden  Taiwan  Japan  Cuba  El Salvador Spain | North Korea  China Soviet Union Supported by:  Bulgaria Czechoslovakia East Germany  Hungary  Poland  Romania  Mongolia | Stalemate Formation of the DMZ |
| Second Balochistan conflict (1958–1959) | Pakistan | Kalat insurgents | Victory Surrender of Nauroz Khan |
| Bajaur Campaign | Pakistan Supported by: United States (alleged) | Afghanistan Pashtun Nationalists Supported by: Soviet Union (alleged) | Victory Failure of the Afghan invasion Deterioration of Afghanistan–Pakistan relations |
| Third Balochistan conflict (1963–1969) | Pakistan | Parrari PFAR BLF Bugti militia Supported by: Afghanistan Iraq Syria | Victory Abolition of the "One Unit" policy |
| Second Indo-Pakistani War (1965) | Pakistan Supported by: China Iran Turkey Saudi Arabia Indonesia | India | Stalemate United Nations mandated ceasefire India had an upper hand in the war No permanent territorial changes (see Tashkent Declaration) |
| Al-Wadiah War (1969) | Saudi Arabia Pakistan | South Yemen | Victory al-Wadiah reoccupied by Saudi forces |
| Black September (1970–1971) | Jordan Foreign involvement:  Pakistan | PLO Syria | Victory PLO driven out to Lebanon, Syrian raid repelled |
| Bangladesh Liberation War (From March 1971) & Third Indo-Pakistani War (From Dec 1971) | Pakistan Supported by:  USA  UK  China  Iran  Ceylon  Saudi Arabia Jordan Libya | India Bangladesh (Provisional Government) Supported by:  Soviet Union | Defeat Pakistani surrender in East Pakistan Independence of Bangladesh Simla Agreement |
| Fourth Balochistan Conflict (1973–1978) | Pakistan Iran Supported by: United States Oman | Baloch separatists Pashtun Zalmay Supported by: Afghanistan India Iraq Soviet Union PFLP | Victory Return to status quo ante bellum |
| Dir rebellion (1976) | Pakistan Dir Levies | Dir rebels | Victory Suppression of rebellion |
| Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989) | Afghan Mujahideen Pakistan | Soviet Union Afghanistan | Victory Geneva Accords (1988) |
| Sri Lankan Civil War (1983–2009) | Sri Lanka Pakistan India (1987–1990) Further support: See other's | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Supported by: India (until 1987) | Victory Decisive victory by the Sri Lankan government Rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam organisation is wiped out Sri Lankan government reestablishes control over entire island Tamil National Alliance drops the demand for a separate state |
| Siachen conflict (1984–2003) | Pakistan | India | Defeat Annexation of the Siachen Glacier into India following Operation Meghdoot India captures Quaid Post / Bana Top during Operation Rajiv Ceasefire since 2003 |
| Insurgency in Punjab (1984–1995) | Sikh militants Supported by:  Pakistan | India | Defeat Militancy defeated |
| Second Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) | Afghan Mujahideen rebels Afghan Interim Government Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (until July 1989) Jamiat-e Islami National Islamic Front of Afghanistan Ittehad-e Islami Hezb-i Islami Khalis Harakat-i Inqilab-i Islami Khalq (1990) Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (from July 1989) Junbish-i Milli (from 1992) Foreign Mujahideen: Al Qaeda Maktab al-Khidamat Various factions also fought among each other Supported by: Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence  United States Saudi Arabia United Kingdom China Germany Iran | Afghan PDPA GovernmentSupported by: Soviet Union (until 1991) Commonwealth of Independent States (from 1991) Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan  Russia (until January 1992) India | Victory Interim Afghan Government victory Dissolution of the Republic of Afghanistan and the Homeland Party Government The Peshawar Accord leads to the creation of the Islamic State of Afghanistan on 28 April 1992 Continued civil war among Mujahideen forces |
| Gulf War (1990–1991) | Kuwait United States United Kingdom France Saudi Arabia Egypt Coalition:  Pakistan Afghan mujahideen  Argentina  Australia  Bahrain  Bangladesh  Belgium  Canada Czechoslovakia  Denmark  Germany  Greece  Honduras  Hungary  Italy  Japan  Luxembourg  Morocco  Netherlands  New Zealand  Niger  Norway  Oman  Philippines  Poland  Portugal  Qatar  Romania  Senegal  Sierra Leone  Singapore  South Korea  Spain  Sweden  Syria  Turkey  United Arab Emirates | Iraq | Victory Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah restored Heavy casualties and destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti Infrastructure |
| Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) | Taliban (from late 1994) Khalq (pro Taliban factions, from late 1994) Al-Qaeda (from early 1996) Supported by: Pakistan | Islamic State of Afghanistan Northern Alliance Jamiat-e Islami Shura-e Nazar Hezb-e Islami Khalis (until mid-1992) Ittehad-e Islami Harakat-i-Inqilab Jebh-e Nejat-e Melli Mahaz-e Milli Harakat-i Islami Hezb-i Wahdat (until Dec. 1992) Junbish-i Milli (until Jan. 1994; from Aug. 1994) Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (from late 1994) Supported by: Saudi Arabia Uzbekistan (until Jan. 1994; from Aug. 1994) Iran (until Dec. 1992) | Victory Taliban victory Taliban take control of Kabul and most of Afghanistan; Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan established Thousands of civilians killed, millions driven from their homes, Kabul heavily damaged. Grave mistreatment of civilians (murder, looting, extortion) Civil war continues (1996–2001) |
| Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) | Islamic Emirate (Taliban) Pakistan Al-Qaeda 055 Brigade | Islamic State (Northern Alliance) | Stalemate Taliban controls up to 85% of Afghanistan including Kabul |
| Kargil War (1999) | Pakistan | India | Defeat India regains possession of Kargil Return to status quo ante bellum |
| War in North-West Pakistan First Phase:- (16 March 2004 – 22 February 2017) Drone war (2004–2018) Part of the war on terror and the War in North-West Pakistan Location: PakistanMQ-1 Predator drones typically used in covert bombing operations in Pakistan. | Pakistan  United States (Only Drone-strikes)  Pakistan  United States  USAF CIA Supported by:  United Kingdom | Taliban Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Jamaat-ul-Ahrar Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi Lashkar-e-Islam al-Qaeda Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Haqqani network Jundallah (until 2014) Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (until 2015) Turkistan Islamic Party (until 2015) ISIL-aligned groups  Islamic State Khorasan Province Jundallah Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Jamaat-ul-Ahrar | Victory Most areas under Pakistani control with the Success under Operation Zarb-e-Azab Main force of Pakistani Taliban take refuge in Afghanistan United States-Allied Victory 430 drone strikes confirmed 81 high-level insurgent leaders and thousands of low-level insurgents killed Large number of insurgents killed while some fled to Afghanistan Most recent drone strike launched in January 2018 |
| Fifth Balochistan Conflict (2004–present) | Pakistan | BLA BLF LeB BLUF BSO (Azad) BNA (2022–2023) BRA (2006–2022) UBA (2013–2022) Sectarian groups Ansar Al-Furqan (since 2013) Jaish ul-Adl (since 2012) Harakat Ansar (2012–13) Hizbul-Furqan (2012–13) Jundallah (2003–12) Islamic State (2015–present) IS-KP (until 2019) IS-PP (since 2019) Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (since 2007) Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Sipah-e-Sahaba | Ongoing Extension of the conflict into Iran Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad continuous Intermittent series of multilateral talks underway |
| War in Iraq (2013–2017) | Iraq Peshmerga Sinjar Alliance CJTF–OIR United States  Canada  United Kingdom  France  Germany  Australia  Belgium  Netherlands  Denmark  Turkey  Jordan  Morocco  Iran Hezbollah Further support:-  Pakistan see others | ISIL Ansar al-Islam SCJL Naqshbandi Army Mujahideen Army | Victory Iraqi territorial integrity preserved ISIL expelled from all strongholds in Iraq |
| War in North-West Pakistan Second Phase:- ( 23 February 2017 – present) | Pakistan United States | Taliban (major in the Durand Line border skirmishes) Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Jamaat-ul-Ahrar Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi Lashkar-e-Islam al-Qaeda Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Jundallah (until 2014) Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (until 2015) Turkistan Islamic Party (until 2015) ISIL-aligned groups  Islamic State Khorasan Province Jundallah Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Jamaat-ul-Ahrar | Ongoing Heavy insurgent losses and substantial reduction in insurgent activity |