Battle
2007 military engagement in Pakistan
The Battle of Mirali was a military engagement that occurred between 7 October and 10 October 2007 and involved Pakistan Armed Forces against the Afghan Taliban and the Pakistani Taliban around the town of Mir Ali in Pakistan's North Waziristan District, the second biggest town in the semi-autonomous region on the border with Afghanistan.
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The Battle of Mirali was a military engagement that occurred between 7 October and 10 October 2007 and involved Pakistan Armed Forces against the Afghan Taliban and the Pakistani Taliban around the town of Mir Ali in Pakistan's North Waziristan District, the second biggest town in the semi-autonomous region on the border with Afghanistan.
According to the Pakistani Armed Forces, the clashes broke out on 7 October after militants set off improvised explosive devices and conducted ambushes on a Pakistani convoy, near the town of Mirali. The subsequent engagements killed nearly 200 people. The army says the casualties were militants and soldiers but local people reported at least ten civilians were among the dead. Hundreds of people fled Mirali after more than 50 houses were damaged in the fighting.
After a number of attacks on military convoys, near Mirali, the Pakistan Army sent helicopter gunships and Pakistan Air Force jet fighters to target suspected militant positions in several villages around that region.
On 9 October, according to the Pakistani Army, military aircraft struck "one or two places" near Mirali. There were confirmed reports that about 50 militants had been killed.
On 15 October, Pakistani soldiers and tribal fighters in the northwestern province of North Waziristan agreed to a truce, and the Pakistani forces lifted the curfew over the area. This truce was over by the end of the month.
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