Operation al-Mizan

Operation al-Mizan
Part of United States invasion of Afghanistan
North Waziristan is the yellow colored region
Date 2002 – 2006 Location North Waziristan Result Pakistan – US victory[8]
Belligerents
Pakistan  United States	Al-Qaeda Taliban
Units involved
Pakistan Army 20th Infantry battalion 6th Combat engineer battalion 2nd Signal corps Special Service Group FCKP(S) US special forces	Al-Qaeda Taliban
Strength
70,000 – 80,000 (Pakistan army)	10,000
Casualties and losses
1,000 dead, 1,400 wounded and 200 Chechens, Uzbeks, and Arabs wounded, dead or missing

The Operation al-Mizan (English: Operation Justice /ɒpərəɪʃən dʒʌstɪs/) was a series of strategic military campaigns conducted by the Pakistan army and 10,000 United States special operations forces from 2002 to 2006. It continued for five years in various phases eventually, several other operations including the Operation Carlosa II. Al-Mizan was the first major operation of Pakistani troops to combat foreign militant outfits in North Waziristan of North-West Frontier Province. An estimate of 70,000 to 80,000 troops were deployed in affected areas.^[9][10]

The operation al-Mizan was responsible for the first casualties listed in 2002 by the Western Front. It was conducted when Pakistan, US and NATO forces were severely targeted by the militants on the international border Durand Line. The most militancy-affected areas were Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) before the operation was initiated.^[11]