Operation al-Mizan

Operation al-Mizan was conducted by the United States and Pakistan to combat Al-Qaeda, Taliban and other foreign militant organizations who were carrying out their activities in Waziristan after the 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan forced them to cross the Pakistani border and flee Afghan territory. The operation was aided by 100,000 to 80,000 troops, 20 Infantry battalion, six combat engineer battalion, one Special Service Group, two Signal corps, and 39 Frontier Corps contingents. All units were commanded under the eight brigade headquarters stationed at two divisions. ==Casualties ==

The operation caused significant losses from the both sides with over 1,400 casualties and killed hundreds of militants, including Al Qaeda leaders. Taliban militants targeted military convoys that caused heavy losses on military. They also launched several well-planned attacks to involve the troops in direct combat. It is considered one of the major operations that killed 1,000 Pakistani troops before the conflict was ended in 2006. ==References==