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In 2009, Pakistan was the single largest contributor of UN peacekeeping forces, with more than 11,000 Pakistani military personnel serving in UN peacekeeping operations worldwide. [ 154 ] The table below shows the current deployment of Pakistani Forces in UN Peacekeeping missions.
Category:Military operations involving Pakistan. Category. : Military operations involving Pakistan. This category contains historical military operations which were planned or executed by modern state of Pakistan (1947 –Present). Please see the category guidelines for more information.
Maj-Gen. Ahmad Jawad. The Army Service Group member performing combat airborne landing in Northern Pakistan. The Pakistan Army Special Service Group (reporting name: Army SSG[1][2]) is the special operations forces of the Pakistan Army. They are also known by their nickname of " Maroon Berets " due to their headgear.
The Pakistan Army (Urdu: پاکستان فوج, romanized: Pākistān Fãuj, pronounced [ˈpaːkɪstaːn faːɔːdʒ]), commonly known as the Pak Army (Urdu: پاک فوج, romanized: Pāk Fãuj), is the land service branch and the largest component of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The president of Pakistan is the supreme commander of the army.
On 18 January 2024, Pakistan launched a series of air and artillery strikes inside Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province, targeting Baloch separatist groups, codenamed Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar (Urdu: آپریشن مرگ بر سرمچار, lit. 'Death to Insurgents' [a]) by Pakistan. The attack was launched in response to the Iranian ...
The military relations between Pakistan and the United States have been present since the two established diplomatic relations in 1947. [ 1 ] The United States and Pakistan's military have historically close ties and it was once called "America's most allied ally in Asia" by Dwight D. Eisenhower, [ 2 ] reflecting shared interests in security ...
The meeting was also attended by the Pakistan's new military leadership COAS Asim Munir and CJCSC Sahir Shamshad Mirza. [66] The Government of Pakistan approved military operation codenamed as Azm-e-Istehkam after more than a year on 22 June 2024. [67] Azm-e-Istehkam aims to eradicate extremism and terrorism in a comprehensive and decisive manner.
Operation Zarb-e-Azb (Pashto/Urdu: آپریشن ضربِ عضب ALA-LC: Āpres̱ẖan Ẓarb-i ʿAẓb; lit. ' Single Strike ') was a joint military offensive conducted by the Pakistan Armed Forces against various militant groups, including the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, al-Qaeda, Jundallah ...