War in North-West Pakistan | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: Subhajit Sahu
Date: 2018-12-05

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War in North-West Pakistan


00:02:49 1 Names for the war
00:03:22 2 Background
00:05:06 3 Fighting breaks out
00:07:07 3.1 Peace deals
00:08:34 4 Transition in Tribal areas: 2005–06
00:09:56 4.1 Ceasefire
00:11:02 4.2 Waziristan peace accord signed
00:13:07 4.3 2006 Madrassah air strike
00:14:51 5 Insurgency in the north, 2007
00:15:30 5.1 Waziri–Uzbek tensions
00:16:42 5.2 Defeat of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
00:19:29 5.3 Lal Masjid siege and truce broken
00:23:31 5.4 Operation Rah-e-Haq
00:25:24 5.5 Rawalpindi attacks and State of emergency in 2007
00:27:26 5.6 2008 general election
00:28:53 6 Escalation, air and ground war
00:31:14 6.1 Operation Zalzala
00:32:30 6.2 Peace agreement and Bajaur offensive
00:35:32 6.3 Tribal tension with TTP and US support for tribes
00:38:09 6.4 Islamabad Marriott Hotel Bombing
00:39:14 6.5 Renewed Bajaur offensive
00:41:49 6.6 Intensified drone strikes and border skirmishes with United States
00:43:30 6.7 Militants targeting of tribes
00:44:17 6.8 Fighting for the NATO supply lines
00:47:16 7 Public support and unified military operations
00:47:27 7.1 Swat ceasefire
00:49:26 7.2 Defeat of the militants in Bajaur
00:51:22 7.3 Militant violation of Swat ceasefire
00:53:01 7.4 Operation Black Thunderstorm
00:55:50 7.5 Blockade of South Waziristan
00:58:46 7.6 Death of Baitullah Mehsud and TTP counter-attacks
01:00:31 8 Continued insurgency
01:00:41 8.1 Insurgency in West and defeat of Taliban: 2010–11
01:01:33 8.2 Death of Bin Laden and Navy offensive
01:03:55 8.3 Tirah Valley clashes
01:04:55 8.4 Operation Rah-e-Shahadat
01:08:08 8.5 Disengagement of militant groups
01:09:04 8.6 North Waziristan offensive
01:09:35 8.7 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan infighting
01:10:19 8.8 Operation Zarb-e-Azb
01:12:07 8.9 Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad
01:12:41 9 Peace prospects and developments
01:15:38 10 Casualties
01:17:59 11 Issues with War Veterans
01:18:57 12 Popular culture
01:19:44 13 United States role
01:21:06 13.1 Economics and Cost of war
01:24:10 14 See also



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The War in North-West Pakistan, also known as the War in Waziristan, is an armed conflict involving Pakistan, and armed militant groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jundallah, Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI), TNSM, al-Qaeda, and their Central Asian allies such as the ISIL–Khorasan (ISIL), Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, East Turkistan Movement, Emirate of Caucasus, and elements of organized crime.The armed conflict began in 2004 when tensions rooted in the Pakistan Army's search for al-Qaeda fighters in Pakistan's mountainous Waziristan area (in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas) escalated into armed resistance. Pakistan's actions were presented as its contribution to the international War on Terror. Clashes further erupted between unified Pakistan Armed Forces and the Central Asian militant groups, allied with the Arab fighters, in 2008–10. The foreign militants were joined by Pakistani non-military veterans of the Afghan War to the west, which subsequently established the TTP and other militant umbrella organizations, such as LeI. The TNSM established in 1992 allied with the TTP and LeI.
The war depleted the country's manpower resources, and the outcomes outlined a deep effect on its national economy, since Pakistan had joined the USA-led War on Terror. According to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) statistics and mathematical data survey collections, the economy has suffered direct and indirect losses of up to ~$67.93 billion since 2001 due to its role as a "frontline state." According to the MoF-issued Pakistan Economic Survey 2010–11, "Pakistan has never witnessed such a devastating social and economic upheaval in its industry, even after dismemberment of the country by a direct war with India in 1971."By 2014, casualty rates from terrorism in the country as a whole dropped by 40% as compared to 2011–13, with even greater drops noted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa despite t ...