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Subsequently, the year 2023 and 2024 have been deadliest year for Pakistan since Pakistan launched Operation Azm-e-Istehkam in regions bordering Afghanistan. [11] [12] The decade long anti-terrorism military campaigns resulted in major achievements for Pakistan till 2020 under its counter-terrorism strategy encompassed under National Action ...
The Haider (Urdu:حیدر; Trans. Lion Heart) is a Pakistani main battle tank (MBT) built by Heavy Industries Taxila for the Pakistan Army. It is a variant of the Chinese VT-4 MBT. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Its existence was revealed in UAE 's IDEX in 2023, which was displayed on the Pavilion of Pakistan.
Militant attacks on CPEC and Pakistani military bases accommodating US aircraft pose a threat to Chinese and American interests in Pakistan. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] After de-escalation in March 2024, the conflict resurged in December 2024 with Pakistani airstrikes against Afghanistan, specifically in Paktika Province .
In 2015 the Pakistan Army ordered 12 Bell AH-Z Viper attack helicopters, with an option of 3 more to replace its aging AH-1F Cobras. Following cancellation of $300 million military aid to Pakistan by the US government, the helicopters were put into storage at Davis-Monthan AFB , Arizona .
Border tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan rose after the Taliban takeover of Kabul in August 2021. The Taliban denied harboring anti-Pakistan militants in Afghanistan, but they were infuriated by Pakistan's erection of a barbed barrier along their 2,670 km (1,660 mi) border, known as the Durand Line, which was demarcated by the British in 1893 and divided the homeland of ethnic Pashtuns ...
With help of military campaigns Pakistan Army was able to push back TTP into Afghanistan from where it continues to launch terrorist attacks on Pakistan. By 2014, the casualty rates from terrorism in the country as a whole dropped by 40% as compared to 2011–2013, with even greater drops noted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa despite a large massacre of ...
Pakistani military personnel have been posted as military advisers and instructors to the militaries of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Libya, Kuwait, and the UAE. Pakistan Air Force, Navy, and Army personnel played crucial roles in building the UAE military. Many Arab military officials have been educated at Pakistan's military staff colleges and ...
The meeting was also attended by the Pakistan's new military leadership COAS Asim Munir and CJCSC Sahir Shamshad Mirza. [65] The Government of Pakistan approved military operation codenamed as Azm-e-Istehkam after more than a year on 22 June 2024. [66] Azm-e-Istehkam aims to eradicate extremism and terrorism in a comprehensive and decisive manner.