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Operation Janbaz
| Operation Janbaz | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Pakistan Army |
 Tehrik-i-Taliban,[1]  LeJ[2][3] | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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BGen Anwar-ul-Haq Ramday †[4] Lt.Col Waseem Amir †[5] |
Mohammed Aqeel (POW)  | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Unknown | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown (Possibly 50–100) | 10 TTP militants | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 12 killed[6] |
9 killed 1 captured | ||||||
| 2 civilian hostages killed | |||||||
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The Pakistan Army General Headquarters attack (Codename: Operation Janbaz; Urdu: فوجی آپریشن جانباز), was a hostage-rescue mission carried by SSG Division on 10 October 2009, when 10 gunmen[7] in military uniform opened fire on the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.[8] The attack killed nine soldiers, nine militants and two civilians and was a major escalation in Pakistan's domestic insurgency.[9] One militant was wounded and captured by security forces.[2][3][8] Soon after the attack, the militants infiltrated the security buildings where 22 civilian and military officials were held hostage by the militants. The Pakistan Army immediately launched a hostage rescue operation led by the SSG Division, Army Special Forces and the 13th Regular Regiment.
- ^ "Taliban claim GHQ attack". The News (Newspaper). 13 October 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2009. [dead link]
- ^ a b "Terrorist attack in Pakistan shows how vulnerable it is". McClatchy Newspapers. 11 October 2009. Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
- ^ a b "Car Bomb Kills at Least 41 in Restive Region of Pakistan". The New York Times. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
- ^ "Brigadier Anwar ul Haq Ramday and Lt. Colonel Waseem laid to rest". Pakistan Observer. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
- ^ "Brigadier Anwar ul Haq Ramday and Lieutenant Colonel Wasim laid to rest". Pakistan Observer. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
- ^ "Senior officers were main target of GHQ attack". The News International. 13 October 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2009. [dead link]
- ^ "Hostages at Pakistani army HQ released". CNN. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Pakistan army raid frees hostages". BBC News. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
- ^ "[Pakistan Primer Pt. 2] From Kashmir to the FATA: The ISI Loses Control Archived 27 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine," Global Bearings, 28 October 2011.
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