Operation al-Mizan
Part of theInsurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
North Waziristan is the yellow colored region
Date 2002 – 2006 Location North Waziristan Result Pakistani victory
Belligerents
Pakistan	Al-Qaeda Pakistani Taliban Taliban Haqqani Network
Commanders and leaders
Pervez Musharraf Safdar Hussain	Nek Muhammad Wazir  † Noor Muhammad Haji Mohammad Sharif Maulvi Nazir Baitullah Mehsud
Units involved
Pakistan Armed Forces  Pakistan Army XI Corps Frontier Corps FCKP(S)	Militants
Strength
70,000-80,000	10,000
Casualties and losses
1,000 dead, 1,400 wounded and 200Chechens,Uzbeks, andArabs wounded, dead or missing

Operation al-Mizan (English:Operation Justice) was a series of strategic military campaigns conducted by thePakistan Army andUnited States special operations forces from 2002 to 2006. It continued for five years in various phases, several other operations including theOperation Carlosa II. Al-Mizan was the first major operation of Pakistani troops to combat foreign militant outfits inNorth Waziristan ofNorth-West Frontier Province. An estimate of 70,000 to 80,000 troops were deployed in affected areas.^[1][2]

The operation was conducted when Pakistani andNATO forces were severely targeted by militants crossing theAfghanistan-Pakistan border in the aftermath of theUnited States invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. The most militancy-affected areas wereFederally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) andProvincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) before the operation was initiated.^[3]

Operation al-Mizan was conducted by the United States and Pakistan to combatAl-Qaeda,Taliban and other foreign militant organizations who were carrying out their activities in Waziristan after the 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan forced them to cross the Pakistani border and flee Afghan territory.^[4] The operation was aided by 100,000 to 80,000 troops, 20Infantrybattalion, sixcombat engineer battalion, oneSpecial Service Group, twoSignal corps, and 39Frontier Corps contingents. All units were commanded under the eight brigade headquarters stationed at two divisions.^[5][6]

The operation caused significant losses from the both sides with over 1,400 casualties and killed hundreds of militants, including Al Qaeda leaders. Taliban militants targeted military convoys that caused heavy losses on military. They also launched several well-planned attacks to involve the troops in direct combat.^[7][1] The operation was not limited to Al-Qaeda and Taliban, more than 200Chechens,Uzbeks, andArabs, including their local supporter, were targeted during the military campaign.^[8] It is considered one of the major operations that killed 1,000 Pakistani troops before the conflict was ended in 2006.^[9]

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