User:PakWolfpack/sandbox

Pakistan's war on terror
Part of the war on terror and the spillover of the War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)
From top, left to right: Pakistani soldier overlooks the Swat Valley during the Second Battle of Swat Pakistani soldier at the highest point in the Swat Valley during Operation Black Thunderstorm Pakistani soldier inspecting a Taliban militant hideout in Swat during the Second Battle of Swat in 2009 Pakistani forces during a clearance operation in Mir Ali, North Waziristan View of the Islamabad Marriott Hotel after a bombing in September 2008 Interior view of the Police Lines mosque in Peshawar after a deadly bombing in January 2023 Candlelight vigil in London for the victims of the 2014 Peshawar school massacre
Date Official: 16 March 2004 – present (22 years, 2 months, 3 weeks and 1 day) Incidents since: 1 January 2000 – present (26 years, 5 months and 6 days) Location Pakistan (with occasional spillovers in Afghanistan and Iran) Status Ongoing First phase (2004-2017): Beginning of war Battle of Wanna (2004) Operation al-Mizan (2002-2006) Waziristan Accord (short-lived peace agreement in North Waziristan, 2006) Siege of Lal Masjid (2007) Battle of Mir Ali (2007) First Battle of Swat (2007) Operation Zalzala (2008) Operation Sirat-e-Mustaqeem (2008) Battle of Bajaur (2008-2009) Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 (failed peace agreement) Operation Black Thunderstorm (2009) Second Battle of Swat (2009) Operation Rah-e-Nijat (2009) 2009 Khyber Pass offensive Operation Janbaz (2009) Mohmand offensive (2009-2013) Orakzai and Kurram offensive (2010-2011) Killing of Osama bin Laden (2011) Operation Koh-e-Sufaid (2011) Operation Rah-e-Shahadat (2013) Operation Zarb-e-Azb (2014-2017) Operation Khyber (2014-2017) Second phase (2017-present): Beginning of nationwide large-scale counter-insurgency operations Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad (2017-present) 2600 Kilometer Afghanistan-Pakistan border barrier fenced as of 2023 Large number of insurgents killed while some fled to Afghanistan Heavy insurgent losses and substantial reduction in insurgent activity Tribal areas merged into Pakistan, tribal law abolished and writ of constitution established as of 2018 End of drone strikes conducted by the United States in Pakistan Jundallah, Tehreek-e-Khilafat, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan join ISIL Jamaat-ul-Ahrar rejoins TTP 2022 Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan Intermittent series of multilateral talks underway with groups New wave of terrorism engulfed Pakistan since Fall of Kabul 2021. 2022 ceasefire ends 2023 Kurram Parachinar conflict Deportation of 1.1 million foreigners illegally residing in Pakistan 2024 Pakistan-Afghanistan skirmishes Operation Azm-e-Istehkam launched in June 2024
Belligerents
Pakistan Pakistan Armed Forces Pakistan Army Pakistan Air Force Pakistan Navy Civil Armed Forces Frontier Corps Frontier Constabulary Pakistan Rangers Pakistani Intelligence Community Inter-Services Intelligence Intelligence Bureau Pakistan Police Counter Terrorism Department United States (until 2018) (see Drone strikes in Pakistan)	Taliban-aligned insurgent groups: Pakistani Taliban Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (since 2020) Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi Lashkar-e-Islam Tariq Gidar Group (until 2017) Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan (2023) Jaish-e-Fursan-e-Muhammad Inqilab-e-Islami Pakistan Tipu Gul Marwat Group Zarrar Gandapur Group Other Pakistani Taliban factions Al-Qaeda (AQIS) Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (until 2024) Jundallah (until 2014) Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (until 2015) Turkistan Islamic Party (until 2015) ISIL-aligned groups: Islamic State – Khorasan Province Jundallah (since 2014) Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (since 2015) Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (until 2020) Tehreek-e-Khilafat (since 2014) Baloch separatist insurgent groups: Balochistan Liberation Army Balochistan Liberation Front Baloch Nationalist Army (2022–2023) Baloch Republican Army (2006–2022) (2022–2023 as part of BNA) United Baloch Army (2006–2022) (2022–2023 as part of BNA) BSO (Azad) (inactive) Lashkar-e-Balochistan (inactive) Balochistan Liberation United Front (2009–2010) Sindhi separatist insurgent groups: Sindhudesh Liberation Army Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army Sectarian groups: Sipah-e-Sahaba (until 2018) Liwa Zainebiyoun Supported by: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (since 2021) (alleged) Taliban Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (until 2021) (alleged) India (alleged)
Commanders and leaders
Asif Ali Zardari (2008-2013, 2024-present) Shehbaz Sharif (2022-2023, 2024-present) Asim Munir (2022-present) Former presidents Arif Alvi (2018-2024) Mamnoon Hussain (2013–2018) Pervez Musharraf (until 2008) Former prime ministers Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar (2023–2024) Imran Khan (2018–2022) Nasirul Mulk (2018) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (2017–2018) Nawaz Sharif (2013–2017) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (2013) Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (2012–2013) Yusuf Raza Gilani (2008–2012) Muhammad Mian Soomro (2007–2008) Shaukat Aziz (2004–2007) Shujaat Hussain (2004) Zafarullah Khan Jamali (until 2004) Former military commanders Qamar Javed Bajwa (COAS, 2016–2022) Raheel Sharif (COAS, 2013–2016) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani (COAS, 2007–2013) LtGen Masood Aslam LtGen Tariq Khan MajGen Sanaullah Khan Niazi † LtGen Mushtaq Ahmed Baig † MajGen Ameer Faisal Alavi † Colonel Imam † ACM Rao Qamar Suleman Tahir Rafique Butt Army Officers Lt. Col. Haroon-ul-Islam † Capt. Wali Wazir † Capt. Akash Rabbani † Capt. Saad Bin Amir † Lt. Nasir Khalid † Capt. Abdullah Zafar † Capt. Muhammad Sabih † Lt. Agha Muqadas † Donald Trump (2017–2018) Barack Obama (2009–2017) George W. Bush (until 2009)	Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Noor Wali Mehsud Maulana Fazlullah † Khan Said 'Sajna' † Adnan Rashid Mangal Bagh † Hakimullah Mehsud † Abdullah Mehsud † Baitullah Mehsud † Maulvi Nazir † Hafiz Gul Bahadur Omar Khalid Khorasani † Khalid Balti † Azam Tariq † Shahidullah Shahid † Mullah Dadullah † Wali-ur-Rehman † Qari Hussain † Faqir Mohammed (POW) Maulvi Omar (POW) Muslim Khan (POW) Hayatullah (POW) Shah Dauran † Sher Muhammad Qusab † Nek Muhammad Wazir † Abdul Rashid Ghazi † Sufi Muhammad (POW) al-Qaeda Ayman al-Zawahiri † Osama bin Laden † Ilyas Kashmiri † Mohammad Hasan Khalil al-Hakim † Atiyah Abd al-Rahman † Abu Laith al-Libi † Abu Yahya al-Libi † Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti † Saeed al-Masri † Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam † Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan † Sheikh Fateh † Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah † Asim Umar † Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (POW) Abu Faraj al-Libbi (POW) Ramzi bin al-Shibh (POW) Abu Zubaydah (POW) ETIM Group Emeti Yakov † Memetimin Memet (WIA) ISIL Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi † Hafiz Saeed Khan † Abdul Rahman Ghaleb † Abdul Rahum Muslim Dost (2014-2015) IMU Group Usman Ghazi † Tohir Yuldashev † Najmiddin Jalolov † Abu Usman Adil † Baloch separatist insurgent groups Balach Marri † Aslam Baloch, alias Achu † Abdul Nabi Bangulzai † Hyrbyair Marri Allah Nazar Baloch Brahumdagh Bugti Haji Wali Kalati  Mehran Marri Javed Mengal Gulzar Imam  Sarfaraz Bangulzai
Strength
Pakistan 345,000 Pakistani troops In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 200,000 In Balochistan: 145,000 Unknown no. of air squadrons of Navy and Pakistan Air Force fighter jets, including JF-17 and F-16 jets ~80,000 Frontier Corps United States UAV drones CIA operatives U.S. Special Operations Forces	~25,000 TTP militants ~2,000 Lashkar-e-Islam militants ~1,000 TNSM militants 300–3,000 al-Qaeda militants ISIL Jundallah: 12,000–20,000 (disputed) IMU: 500–1,000 BLA: 6,000
Casualties and losses
Since 2000: 8,953 soldiers and LEAs killed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA: 5,798 killed Balochistan: 1,975 killed Sindh: 731 killed Punjab: 341 killed Islamabad: 65 killed Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan: 43 killed 22 soldiers killed 2 other NATO personnel killed	Since 2000: 39,281 militants killed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA: 34,312 killed Balochistan: 2,595 killed Sindh: 1,545 killed Punjab: 657 killed Islamabad: 130 killed Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan: 42 killed
26,235 civilians killed (since 2000) 7 ANDSF personnel killed Since 2000: 74,500 killed overall (as of 31 December 2024)
Over 3.44 million civilians displaced (2009) Over 6 million civilians displaced (2003–2019)

Operation Azm-e-Istehkam
Part of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Insurgency in Balochistan, Counter-Terrorism in Pakistan and the War on Terror
Date 22 June 2024  – present (1 year, 11 months, 2 weeks and 2 days) Location Pakistan Result Ongoing
Belligerents
Pakistan	Taliban-aligned jihadist groups Baloch separatist groups Liwa Zainebiyoun Supported by: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Islamic State
Commanders and leaders
Shehbaz Sharif Asim Munir	Noor Wali Mehsud Bashir Zeb Nazar Baloch
Units involved
Pakistan Armed Forces Pakistan Army Pakistan Air Force Pakistan Navy Civil Armed Forces Pakistan Levies Frontier Corps Pakistan Rangers Pakistan Coast Guards Gilgit Baltistan Scouts Frontier Constabulary Pakistan Police Counter Terrorism Department Balochistan Levies Pakistani Intelligence community NACTA ISI IB MI FIA FIU SB	Taliban-aligned jihadist groups Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (until 2024) al-Qaeda Haqqani network Baloch Separatist groups Baloch Liberation Army Baloch Liberation Front Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Taliban Islamic State Islamic State – Khorasan Province Islamic State – Pakistan Province
Strength
700,000 security personnel including intelligence and law-enforcement personnel	Unknown
Casualties and losses
973 killed Breakdown: Frontier Corps: 419 Army: 237 Police: 233 Frontier Constabulary: 30 Levies: 30 CTD: 15 IB: 3 Air Force: 2 Excise: 2 Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts: 2 (as of 31 October 2025)	6,063 killed Breakdown: TTP: 4,244 BLA: 964 Taliban: 686 BLF: 131 Islamic State: 18 BRA: 13 Liwa Zainebiyoun: 4 Lashkar-e-Jhangvi: 2 Ansar ul-Islam: 1 (as of 31 October 2025)
1,402 civilians killed (as of 31 October 2025)

Afghanistan–Pakistan border conflict
Part of Afghanistan-Pakistan skirmishes – Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Insurgency in Balochistan
The Durand Line (Red line) border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Date 24 December 2021 – present (4 years, 5 months and 2 weeks) Location Eastern and Southern Afghanistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, along the international border (Durand Line) Status Ongoing
Belligerents
Afghanistan	Pakistan
Commanders and leaders
Hibatullah Akhundzada Hasan Akhund Qari Fasihuddin	Asif Ali Zardari Shehbaz Sharif General Asim Munir Zaheer Ahmad Babar Arif Alvi Imran Khan General Qamar Bajwa
Units involved
Afghan Armed Forces Afghan army	Pakistan Armed Forces Pakistan Army XI Corps Pakistan Air Force Frontier Corps Inter-Services Intelligence
Casualties and losses
Afghanistan: 221 soldiers killed 252+ soldiers wounded 5 T-62s destroyed 52+ border posts and camps destroyed 1 drone destroyed (as of 30 June 2025)	Pakistan: 8 soldiers killed 48+ soldiers wounded 1 Customs official wounded (as of 30 June 2025)
11 civilians killed, 57 civilians wounded 2 civilians killed, 7 civilians wounded (as of 30 June 2025)

2025 India–Pakistan conflict
Part of the 2025 India–Pakistan diplomatic crisis, the Indo-Pakistani conflicts and the Kashmir conflict
Map of the disputed region of Kashmir
Date Initial clashes: 24 April – 7 May 2025 (1 week and 6 days) War: 7 – 10 May 2025 (3 days) Location International Boundary and Line of Control, Azad Kashmir, Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistani Punjab, Indian Punjab, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad Capital Territory Result Tactical Pakistani victory Suspension of Indus Water Treaty by India, later rejected by the Permanent Court of Arbitration Visa cancellation and travel ban for Pakistanis in India, and for Indians in Pakistan except Sikh pilgrims Expulsion of Pakistani diplomats from India and withdrawal of Indian counterparts from Pakistan Suspension of all trade including through third countries with India by Pakistan Closure of Pakistani airspace for Indian aircraft Conflict escalates on 6-7 May, with Indian air and missile strikes followed by aerial combat, followed by Indian drone waves, followed by major retaliatory strikes on numerous Indian military targets by Pakistan Ceasfire brokered between India and Pakistan by the United States on 10 May Reputation of Pakistan greatly improved, while reputation of India significantly harmed
Belligerents
India	Pakistan
Commanders and leaders
Droupadi Murmu Narendra Modi Rajnath Singh Anil Chauhan	Asif Ali Zardari Shehbaz Sharif Asim Munir Khawaja Asif
Units involved
Indian Armed Forces Indian Army Northern Command XV Corps Western Command XI Corps Indian Air Force Central Armed Police Forces Border Security Force Central Reserve Police Force Indian paramilitary forces Jammu and Kashmir Police	Pakistan Armed Forces Pakistan Army I Corps X Corps Pakistan Air Force Pakistan Rangers
Casualties and losses
Before 7 May: 5 Army soldiers killed (friendly fire) 1 BSF soldier captured 1 Heron UAV shot down 2 quadcopters lost Since 7 May: 50+ soldiers killed (including at least 23 confirmed) and 100+ injured 21 civilians killed and 59 injured 5 fighter aircraft shot down 2 Rafale 1 Su-30MKI 1 MiG-29 1 Mirage 2000 2 Heron UAVs shot down 90+ loitering munitions (including IAI Harop) shot down 26+ military installations in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi damaged or estroyed, including airbases of Pathankot, Udhampur, Adampur, Chandigarh and Srinagar BrahMos missile storage facility near Amritsar destroyed 1 S-400 ADS destroyed (command node, radar and multiple launchers)	Before 7 May: None Since 7 May: 13 soldiers killed (6 Army, 6 Air Force, 1 Rangers) and 78 wounded 47 civilians killed and 121 injured Damage to civilian infrastructure in multiple locations, including the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium and Neelum–Jhelum Hydropower Plant PAF Bases Nur Khan, Bholari and Shahbaz, and Rahim Yar Khan Airport damaged

May 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes
Part of Afghanistan-Pakistan skirmishes – Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Insurgency in Balochistan
The Durand Line (Red line) border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Date 13 – 17 May 2024 (4 days) Location Along the Durand Line in Kurram, Bajaur, Paktia, Kunar and Khost Result Status quo ante bellum Both countries agree to de-escalate Afghanistan suffers heavy casualties Multiple Afghan border posts (including Turkamanzai camp) destroyed
Belligerents
Afghanistan	Pakistan
Commanders and leaders
Hibatullah Akhundzada Hasan Akhund Qari Fasihuddin	Asif Ali Zardari Shehbaz Sharif General Asim Munir Zaheer Ahmad Babar
Units involved
Afghan Armed Forces Afghan army	Pakistan Armed Forces Pakistan Army XI Corps Pakistan Air Force Frontier Corps Inter-Services Intelligence
Casualties and losses
Afghanistan 45 killed 40+ injured	Pakistan 1 killed 7+ injured

2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes
Part of Afghanistan-Pakistan skirmishes – Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Insurgency in Balochistan
The Durand Line (Red line) border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Date 16 – 31 March 2024 Location North Waziristan, South Waziristan, Bannu, Bajaur, Dera Ismail Khan, Gwadar, Turbat, Shangla, Khost, Paktika, and along the Durand Line Result Status quo ante bellum Both countries agree to de-escalate The Pakistan Army continues to launch subsequent intelligence operations against militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces
Belligerents
Afghanistan Pakistani Taliban BLA	Pakistan
Commanders and leaders
Hibatullah Akhundzada Hasan Akhund Qari Fasihuddin Noor Wali Mehsud Sehra alias Janan † Abdullah Mehsud Bashir Zeb	Asif Ali Zardari Shehbaz Sharif General Asim Munir Zaheer Ahmad Babar Adm. Naveed Ashraf
Units involved
Afghan Armed Forces Afghan army Pakistani Taliban militants Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group Jaish-e-Fursan-e-Muhammad Group BLA militants Majeed brigades	Pakistan Armed Forces Pakistan Army XI Corps XII Corps Pakistan Air Force Pakistan Navy PNS Siddique Pakistan Naval Air Arm Frontier Corps FC KPK(N) FC KPK(S) FC Balochistan(N) FC Balochistan(S) Inter-Services Intelligence
Casualties and losses
1 soldier killed 64 militants killed 15 militants killed Total: 80 killed	15 soldiers killed 5 policemen killed
10 civilians killed (including 5 Chinese nationals)

Mali War
Part of the Islamist insurgency in the Sahel and the war on terror
Military situation in Mali as of 31 May 2025. For a detailed map, see here.
Date 16 January 2012 – present (14 years, 4 months, 3 weeks and 1 day) Location Mali Result Ongoing
Belligerents
Mali Russia (since 2021) Wagner Group (until 2025) Africa Corps (since 2025) France (2013–22) Supported by: ECOWAS Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Niger Nigeria Sierra Leone Senegal Togo MINUSMA (2013–23) Chad Burundi Gabon Germany South Africa Rwanda Tanzania Turkey Uganda China Sweden Estonia Egypt United Kingdom Portugal Supported by: Full list Angola Australia Bangladesh Belgium Comoros Czech Republic Denmark European Union Germany Hungary India Iran Ireland Italy Japan Mauritania Namibia Netherlands Romania Spain Turkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Pro-government militias: Ganda Iso MAA-Loyaliste MSA (2016–) GATIA Ethnic militias	Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) High Council for the Unity of Azawad (HCUA) MAA-CMA GATIA (al-Mahmoud faction) (2023–)	Al-Qaeda and allies Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (2017–) Al-Mourabitoun (2013–17) Ansar Dine (2012–17) AQIM (2012–17) MOJWA (2011–13) Nigerian jihadist volunteers (2012–13) Boko Haram (2012–13) Ansaru (2012–13) Islamic State Islamic State – Sahel Province
Commanders and leaders
Assimi Goïta (2021–) Choguel Kokalla Maïga (2021–) Yevgeny Prigozhin X Former Amadou Toumani Touré Amadou Sanogo Dioncounda Traoré Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta Bah Ndaw Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé Cheick Modibo Diarra Django Sissoko Oumar Tatam Ly Moussa Mara Modibo Keita Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga Boubou Cissé Moctar Ouane Abdoulaye Maïga Emmanuel Macron François Hollande Élisabeth Borne Jean Castex Édouard Philippe Bernard Cazeneuve Manuel Valls Jean-Marc Ayrault Ahmet Davutoğlu Binali Yıldırım Fuat Oktay Angela Merkel Olaf Scholz Frank Walter Steinmeier Boris Pistorius ECOWAS Patrice Talon (2016–) Thomas Boni Yayi Pascal Koupaki Lionel Zinsou Ibrahim Traoré (2022–) Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba Roch Marc Christian Kaboré Michel Kafando Chérif Sy Gilbert Diendéré Yacouba Isaac Zida Honoré Traoré Blaise Compaoré Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla (2022–) Albert Ouédraogo Lassina Zerbo Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré Paul Kaba Thieba Luc-Adolphe Tiao José Maria Neves (2021–) Jorge Carlos Fonseca Ulisses Correia e Silva (2016–) Adama Barrow (2017–) Yahya Jammeh Nana Akufo-Addo (2017–) John Mahama John Atta Mills † Mamady Doumbouya (2021–) Alpha Condé Bernard Goumou (2022–) Mohamed Béavogui Ibrahima Kassory Fofana Mamady Youla Mohamed Said Fofana Umaro Sissoco Embaló (2020–) José Mário Vaz Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo Mamadu Ture Kuruma Raimundo Pereira Malam Bacai Sanhá Geraldo Martins (2023–) Nuno Gomes Nabiam Aristides Gomes Faustino Imbali Artur Silva Baciro Djá Carlos Correia Domingos Simões Pereira Rui Duarte de Barros Adiato Djaló Nandigna Carlos Gomes Júnior Alassane Ouattara (2012–) Patrick Achi (2021–) Hamed Bakayoko † Amadou Gon Coulibaly † Daniel Kablan Duncan Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio George Weah (2018–) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Abdourahamane Tchiani (2023–) Mohamed Bazoum Mahamadou Issoufou Ali Lamine Zeine (2023–) Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou Brigi Rafini Bola Tinubu (2023–) Muhammadu Buhari Goodluck Jonathan Macky Sall (2012–) Abdoulaye Wade Amadou Ba (2022–) Mahammed Dionne Aminata Touré Abdoul Mbaye Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye Julius Maada Bio (2018–) Ernest Bai Koroma Faure Gnassingbé (2012–) Victoire Tomegah Dogbé (2020–) Komi Sélom Klassou Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu Gilbert Houngbo Bert Koenders Mohamed Lamine Ould Sidatt (NLFA) Housseine Khoulam (NLFA)	Bilal Ag Acherif Mahmoud Ag Aghaly Moussa Ag Acharatoumane Mohamed Ag Najem Algabass Ag Intalla (MIA)	Iyad Ag Ghaly Mokhtar Belmokhtar † Abdelhamid Abou Zeid † Abdelmalek Droukdel † Ahmed al-Tilemsi † Omar Ould Hamaha † Ba Ag Moussa †
Strength
6,000–7,000 (pre-war: ~12,150) 3,000 2,000 1,400 (2022) 1,216 1,200 733 650 500 500 500 500 450 400 (2021) 395 300 300 250 144 120 100 ~50 Total: 23,564+ 545 (EUTM) Full list 207 (command) 73 59 40 33 31 20 14 14 10 10 8 7 4 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 ~500 (FLNA)	3,000	1,200–3,000 Boko Haram: 100 Ansar Dine: 300
Casualties and losses
3,808 killed 242 killed 108 killed 59 killed 17 killed 16 killed 16 killed 15 killed 13 killed 8 killed 7 killed 6 killed 4 killed 4 killed 2 killed 2 killed 1 killed 1 killed 1 killed 1 killed 1 killed 1 killed 1 killed Total killed: 4,334 3,041 militiamen killed Total killed: 7,375	948 killed	5,888 killed 2,264 killed
11,799 civilians killed 28,274 killed overall (as of 31 August 2025)
Displaced: ~144,000 refugees fled abroad ~230,000 internally displaced persons Total: ≈374,000

Islamist insurgency in Burkina Faso
Part of the Islamist insurgency in the Sahel and the spillover of the Mali War
Situation as of November 2024
Date 23 August 2015 – present (10 years, 9 months, 2 weeks and 1 day) Location Burkina Faso Status Ongoing Territorial changes Around 40% of the country controlled by non-state forces
Belligerents
Burkina Faso Armed Forces Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland Koglweogos (civilian militias) France (until 2023) Russia (since 2024) Wagner Group Africa Corps Supported by: Mali United States Turkey	Al-Qaeda Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin Ansar Dine Ansar ul Islam Islamic State Islamic State in the Greater Sahara ISWAP
Commanders and leaders
Roch Marc Christian Kabore (2015–2022) Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (January 2022–September 2022) Ibrahim Traoré (September 2022-present) David Kabre (2022–present) Gilbert Noël Ouédraogo (2015–2022) Emmanuel Macron (until 2023) Vladimir Putin (since 2024)
Casualties and losses
6,901 killed 3,666 soldiers, gendarmes and police personnel 3,235 VDPs and other militiamen 2 killed 2 killed Total killed: 6,905	10,393 killed 1,679 killed
13,118 civilians killed 32,099 killed overall (as of 31 August 2025)
2.06 million displaced

Anglophone Crisis
Part of the Anglophone problem
Separatist presence      Government presence      Contested
Date 9 September 2017 – present (8 years, 8 months, 4 weeks and 1 day) Location Northwest Region and Southwest Region (former Southern Cameroons), Cameroon (Spillover in Cameroon's Littoral Region and West Region and Nigeria's Cross River State) Status Ongoing
Belligerents
Cameroon	Ambazonia
Commanders and leaders
Paul Biya Philémon Yang Joseph Ngute René Claude Meka Valere Nka	Sisiku Julius Ayuk Tabe Samuel Ikome Sako Ayaba Cho Lucas Ebenezer Akwanga ... and others
Units involved
FAC Vigilante groups Militias of local chiefs	ADF SOCADEF ASC ... and others
Strength
12,500 troops, 9,000 militia (total size of army)	2,000–4,000 fighters (as of May 2019)
Casualties and losses
1,208 killed (as of 26 January 2024)	1,706 killed (as of 26 January 2024)
2,491 civilians killed (direct violence) 5,405 killed overall (as of 26 January 2024)
700,000 internally displaced 63,800 refugees in Nigeria (as of March 2021)