Battle of Bajaur

Battle of Bajaur (Operation Sherdil)
	Part of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
	; Bajaur is the yellow colored region
Date	7 August 2008 – 28 February 2009; (6 months and 3 weeks)
Location	Bajaur, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Result	Pakistani victory
Belligerents
Pakistan Pakistan Army; Pakistan Air Force	TTP; Al-Qaeda; TNSM
Commanders and leaders
MG Tariq Khan; B.Gen. Abid Mumtaz; B.Gen. Zafar ul haq; Col Nauman Saeed	Faqir Mohammed; Abu Saeed Al-Masri
Units involved
	Frontier Corps; 26th Infantry Brigade
Strength
9,000–15,000	~4,000
Casualties and losses
30 killed and 4 wounded; (Pakistan army)	1,500 killed and 2,000 wounded; (Militants)

The Battle of Bajaur (English: Operation Lion Heart), also known as Operation Sherdil, was a military campaign in the Bajaur region of Pakistan. It was conducted on 7 August 2008 by the Frontier Corps and Infantry Brigade of Pakistan army. The operation was primarily launched to end the political movement of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. Bajaur area was administered by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan until 2007, and it remained Al-Qaeda's central command and control for carrying out activities in Northeast Afghanistan and Kunar province. Recent reports indicate that ongoing conflict has newly displaced an estimate of 7,000 people between 3 and 4 March in Nurgal district.

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