Orakzai and Kurram offensive

Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham
	Part of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
	; The Orakzai Agency highlighted in yellow
Date	Battle phase: In Kurram, September 2009 - June 2010. Battle phase: In Orakzai, March 2010 - June 2010 Insurgency phase: June 2010 - January 2011
Location	Kurram Agency and Orakzai Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Result	Pakistani victory
Belligerents
Pakistan Pakistan Army; Pakistan Air Force;	TTP TNSM
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Lt.Gen. Khalid Rabbani ACM Rao Suleman MG Tariq Khan	Hakimullah Mehsud † Waliur Rehman Mehsud † Taj Gul † Maulana Fazlullah Mangal Bagh †
Units involved
Civil Armed Forces Frontier Corps KPK; ; Pakistan Army 9th Infantry Division; 315th Paratrooper Brigade; 14th Regular Army Regiment; ; Pakistan Air Force No. 25 Squadron; No. 15 Squadron; ;	N/A
Strength
Frontier Corps and Regular Army: 45,000 9t	Unknown
Casualties and losses
In Orakzai: 70 killed 213 wounded In Kurram: 18 killed	In Orakzai: 2,182-2,552 killed In Kurram: 250+ killed 333 insurgents captured
	At least 200,000 civilians displaced 3,100 civilians killed in Kurram by Taliban

The Orakzai and Kurram offensive, also known as Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham (Pashto: خوښ با دی شم; lit. 'I will teach you a lesson') was a Pakistani military operation against the Tehrik-i-Taliban in the Orakzai Agency and Kurram Agency area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas that began on 23 March 2010. It was part of the War in North-West Pakistan.

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