en.unionpedia.org

First Battle of Swat, the Glossary

Index First Battle of Swat

The First Battle of Swat, also known as Operation Rah-e-Haq, was fought between Pakistan and the Tehrik-i-Taliban in late 2007 over control of the Swat District of Pakistan.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 29 relations: Alpuri, Amnesty International, Bajaur District, Battle of Bajaur, Booby trap, Code name, Faqir Mohammed, Fazlullah (militant leader), Frontier Corps, Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North), Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Land mine, List of Pakistan Air Force squadrons, Mingora, NATO, Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009, Pakistan, Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan Army, Pakistani Taliban, Second Battle of Swat, Shangla District, Sharia, Special Combat Unit, Sufi Muhammad, Swat District, Taliban, Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi.

  2. 2000s in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  3. 2007 in Pakistan
  4. Battles in 2007
  5. Battles involving the Pakistani Taliban
  6. December 2007 events in Pakistan
  7. November 2007 events in Pakistan
  8. October 2007 events in Pakistan
  9. Shangla District

Alpuri

Alpuri (الپوری, الپوری) is the capital of Shangla District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

See First Battle of Swat and Alpuri

Amnesty International

Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom.

See First Battle of Swat and Amnesty International

Bajaur District

Bajaur District (باجوړ ولسوالۍ, ضلع باجوڑ), formerly Bajaur Agency, is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.

See First Battle of Swat and Bajaur District

Battle of Bajaur

The Battle of Bajaur (Operation Lion Heart), also known as Operation Sherdil, was a military campaign in the Bajaur region of Pakistan. First Battle of Swat and Battle of Bajaur are 2000s in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Battles involving the Pakistani Taliban.

See First Battle of Swat and Battle of Bajaur

Booby trap

A booby trap is a device or setup that is intended to kill, harm or surprise a human or another animal.

See First Battle of Swat and Booby trap

Code name

A code name, codename, call sign, or cryptonym is a code word or name used, sometimes clandestinely, to refer to another name, word, project, or person.

See First Battle of Swat and Code name

Faqir Mohammed

Maulvi Faqir Mohammed (Pashto/Urdu:; 1970) is an Islamist militant and, until March 2012, a deputy leader of the Pakistani Taliban umbrella group Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan.

See First Battle of Swat and Faqir Mohammed

Fazlullah (militant leader)

Fazal Hayat (1974 – 15 June 2018), more commonly known by his pseudonym Mullah Fazlullah (Pashto/ملا فضل اللہ), was an Islamist jihadist militant who was the leader of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi, and was the leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in Swat Valley.

See First Battle of Swat and Fazlullah (militant leader)

Frontier Corps

The Frontier Corps (سرحد واہنی, reporting name: FC), are a group of four paramilitary forces of Pakistan, operating in the provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to maintain law and order while overseeing the country's borders with Afghanistan and Iran.

See First Battle of Swat and Frontier Corps

Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North)

The Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North) (فرنٹیئر کور خیبر پختونخواہ (شمالی), reporting name: FCKP(N)), is a federal paramilitary force in Pakistan, operating in the northern part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, overseeing the country's borders with Afghanistan and assisting with maintaining law and order.

See First Battle of Swat and Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North)

Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, also known as the War in North-West Pakistan or Pakistan's war on terror, is an ongoing armed conflict involving Pakistan and Islamist 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. First Battle of Swat and insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are 2000s in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

See First Battle of Swat and Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (خېبر پښتونخوا; Hindko and,; abbr. KP), formerly known as North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a province of Pakistan.

See First Battle of Swat and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Land mine

A land mine, or landmine, is an explosive weapon concealed under or camouflaged on the ground, and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it.

See First Battle of Swat and Land mine

List of Pakistan Air Force squadrons

The following is a list of all active aircraft squadrons of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), sorted by type.

See First Battle of Swat and List of Pakistan Air Force squadrons

Mingora

Mingora (مینګورہ, Romanised: Minga Wara) is a city in the Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

See First Battle of Swat and Mingora

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.

See First Battle of Swat and NATO

Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009

The Nizam-e-Adl Regulation (Order of Justice) was a controversial act, passed on April 13, 2009 by Government of Pakistan that formally established Sharia law in the Malakand division. First Battle of Swat and Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 are Swat District.

See First Battle of Swat and Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009

Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

See First Battle of Swat and Pakistan

Pakistan Air Force

The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) (پاک فِضائیہ|translit.

See First Battle of Swat and Pakistan Air Force

Pakistan Army

The Pakistan Army, commonly known as the Pak Army (پاک فوج|translit.

See First Battle of Swat and Pakistan Army

Pakistani Taliban

The Pakistani Taliban, formally called the Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan (TTP), is an umbrella organization of various Islamist armed militant groups operating along the Afghan–Pakistani border.

See First Battle of Swat and Pakistani Taliban

Second Battle of Swat

The Second Battle of Swat also known as Operation Rah-e-Rast, began in May 2009 and involved the Pakistan Army and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants in a fight for control of the Swat district of Pakistan. First Battle of Swat and Second Battle of Swat are Battles involving the Pakistani Taliban and Swat District.

See First Battle of Swat and Second Battle of Swat

Shangla District

Shangla District (شنګله ولسوالۍ, ضلع شانگلہ) is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

See First Battle of Swat and Shangla District

Sharia

Sharia (sharīʿah) is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition based on scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran and hadith.

See First Battle of Swat and Sharia

Special Combat Unit

Special Combat Unit (SCU) is a branch of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police trained as for counter-terrorism purposes capable of rapid deployment, it is operational in its jurisdiction of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan.

See First Battle of Swat and Special Combat Unit

Sufi Muhammad

Sufi Muhammad bin Alhazrat Hassan (Urdu:; born 1933 – 11 July 2019) was a Pakistani Sunni Islamist cleric and militant, and the founder of Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM), a militant group (declared a terrorist outfit and banned in 2002) vying for implementation of Sharia in Pakistan.

See First Battle of Swat and Sufi Muhammad

Swat District

Swat District (سوات ولسوالۍ), also known as the Swat Valley, is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

See First Battle of Swat and Swat District

Taliban

The Taliban (lit), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is an Afghan militant movement with an ideology comprising elements of Pashtun nationalism and the Deobandi movement of Islamic fundamentalism.

See First Battle of Swat and Taliban

Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi

Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM, lit) is an Islamic extremist militant group.

See First Battle of Swat and Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi

See also

2000s in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

2007 in Pakistan

Battles in 2007

Battles involving the Pakistani Taliban

December 2007 events in Pakistan

November 2007 events in Pakistan

October 2007 events in Pakistan

Shangla District

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Swat

Also known as Battle of Swat (2007-2009), Operation Rah-e-Haq.