Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad

Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad
Part of the War in North-West Pakistan
and the War on Terror
Date22 February 2017 to Current
LocationPakistan
Result Major Pakistani victory in urban areas, TTP cells dismantled, 90% reduction in suicide bombings.
Belligerents

Pakistan Pakistan

Jamaat-ul-Ahrar

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami
Commanders and leaders

Pakistan
President
Mamnoon Hussain

Prime Minister
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

Army Chief
Qamar Javed Bajwa

Chairman JCSC
Zubair Mahmood Hayat

DG ISI
Naveed Mukhtar

Air Chief
Sohail Aman

Naval Chief

Muhammad Zakaullah

Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
Omar Khalid  †

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Maulana Qazi Fazlullah
Casualties and losses
Unknown

130+ militants killed[1] 200+ surrendered[1]

2,500+ suspects arrested[1]

Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad (Urdu: آپریشن رد الفساد‬‎) is a codename of a combined efforts by the Pakistani military in support of local law enforcement agencies to disarm and eliminate the hidden terrorist sleeper cells across the country on 22 February 2017.[2] The operation is aimed at eliminating the threat of terrorism, and consolidating the gains of Operation Zarb-e-Azb which was launched in 2014 as a joint military offensive. It is further aimed at ensuring the security of Pakistan's borders. The operation will see active participation from Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Police and other Civil Armed Forces managed under the Ministry of Interior.

The operation entailed the conduct of Broad Spectrum Security (Counter Terrorism) operations by Rangers in Punjab, continuation of ongoing operations across the country and focus on more effective border security management.[3] Countrywide disarmament and explosive control were also given as additional objectives of the operation. The National Action Plan was pursued as the hallmark of this operation.[4]

Etymologies

Radd-ul-Fasaad (Urdu: رد الفساد‬‎) literally means "elimination of strife".[2] Radd means "rejection". Fasaad is synonymous to the Arabic word Fitna which means "civil strife".[5]

Background

In the month of February 2017, the terrorist group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar launched Operation Ghazi with several suicide attacks across Pakistan. Under the general consensus by some "top notch" defense "analysts", army personnel and general public. According to media, Jammat-ul-Ahrar claimed the responsibility of these terror attacks and said this is the revenge of Abdul Rashid Ghazi's death who was shot dead by Pakistan army in Lal Masjid during Operation Sunrise. Soon Pakistan army's ISPR announced the launch of Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad.[6]

February 2017 terror attacks

  • 1 February – Three security personnel and six civilians were injured on Tuesday when a roadside blast targeted a Frontier Corps convoy in Charsadda.
  • 6 February – At least two policemen were injured in a militant attack at Thana Mandan police station in Bannu
  • 7 February – Four people including two security men were injured in an explosion on Tuesday near a Levies check post in Chaman, a border town adjacent to Afghanistan.
  • 10 February – Five students were injured in a roadside bomb blast in Arang area of Bajaur Agency.
  • 10 February – At least one child was killed and four others injured when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off at Arang area.
  • 12 February – Samaa TV Journalist Taimoor Khan killed in an incident. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed the responsibility.[7]
  • 12 February – Five security personnel were injured in a roadside bomb blast in Bajaur Agency's Mamond tehsil
  • 12 February – 3 FC Personnel killed in South Waziristan IED Explosion.[8]
  • 13 February – A blast outside the provincial assembly in Lahore killed at least 14 people and injured more than 87 others.[9]
  • 13 February – Two killed in Quetta IED blast.[10]
  • 15 February – At least two people killed and seven others injured in a suicide blast in Peshawar's Hyatabad area.[11]
  • 15 February – 5 People including 3 Levies personnel killed and Eight others were injured in a suicide attack in Mohmand Agency.[12]
  • 15 February – Intelligence agency man shot dead in Nowshera firing.[13]
  • 16 February – Three soldiers martyred, two injured in an IED explosion in Awaran.[14]
  • 16 February – At least 88 people were killed and over 350 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan, 125 kilometers north of Jamshoro.[15]
  • 16 February – Attack on police vehicle kills Five three were also injured.[16]
  • 17 February Three Frontier Corps personnel were injured after militants from Afghanistan attacked a Pakistani border check post in Khyber Agency. The ISPR reported that some militants were killed during the exchange.[17]
  • 19 February A cracker blast reported in Hyderabad's Naya pul leaving 15 passerby wounded.[18]
  • 20 February Five hurt in Nadra firing incident in Quetta.
  • 21 February Three suicide bombers targeted a sessions court in Tangi, Charsadda District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing 6 people and injuring more than 20 others.[19]
  • 21 February At least two people died while another was injured in a landmine blast in Dera Bughti.

Timeline

2017

February

On 23 February 2017, at least 45 suspects were arrested in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Joint operations were conducted in Westridge, Dhoke Hassu and Bakery Chowk area of Cantt.[20] The Frontier Corps (FC) and intelligence agencies foiled a major terror plot near Loralai, Balochistan. The security forces recovered 23 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) during the joint targeted operation.[21]

On 26 February 2017, the apex committee of Punjab decided to expedite ongoing operation against terrorists across the province.[22] The ISPR said that at least four terrorists were killed and more than 600 suspects detained in over 200 raids conducted by the Rangers across Punjab.[23] The raids were conducted in various parts of Punjab, including Karor, Layyah and Rawalpindi.[24]

March

On 17 March 2017, at least three Pakistani soldiers and eight Taliban militants were killed when insurgents launched cross-border attacks on military training facilities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.[25]

April

On 14 April 2017, at least nine suspected Pakistani Taliban fighters and three soldiers were killed during a paramilitary raid in the Basti Dadwani area of Dera Ghazi Khan.[26]

On 20 April 2017, eight suspected TTP militants were killed by CTD in an intelligence based operation (IBO) in Sheikhupura.[27]

On 20 April 2017, five terrorists were killed and 11 apprehended during search and intelligence-based operations (IBO) carried out in different parts of the country during the last 24 hours.[28]

August

22 millitants along with 1 commander surrendered in Quetta

December

On 3 December 2017, 11 BRA millitants held in Balochistan raids.

On 8 December 2017, Surrender of 300 millitants in Quetta along with 17 commanders.

2018

April

One person killed in Quetta incindent.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Former TTP spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan has surrendered: ISPR". The Express Tribune. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Pakistan Army launches 'Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad' across the country". Dawn. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Pak Army announced the Radd ul Fasad Operation". jang.com.pk.
  4. ↑ "Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad". ispr.gov.pk.
  5. ↑ Gauhar, Humayun. "'Rejection of discord and disharmony'". Pakistan Today. Retrieved 26 February 2017. They call it, confusingly, 'Raad ul Fasaad' which is better spelt 'Rudd ul Fasad'. 'Raad' (or 'Rudd') means 'rejection' and the Quranic word 'Fasad' means discord and disharmony. So it means, literally, 'Rejection of Discord and Disharmony'. But it's not so simple. You cannot get rid of Fasad without getting rid of 'Fitna' that causes Fasad. 'Fitna' literally mean mischief-maker or mischief-makers.
  6. ↑ "Army launches Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad against terrorists across the country". Express Tribune. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Khan, Tahir (13 February 2017). "TTP claims responsibility for attack on Samaa TV van in Karachi – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Three FC personnel killed in South Waziristan IED explosion – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "Senior police officers among 13 killed as suicide bomber strikes Lahore – Pakistan". Dawn.com. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  10. ↑ Zafar, Mohammad. "Two killed in Quetta IED blast – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  11. ↑ Firdous, Iftikhar. "One killed in suicide attack on Peshawar judges – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  12. ↑ Firdous, Iftikhar. "Five, including three Levies men, killed in Mohmand Agency suicide attack – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  13. ↑ Arshad Ali. "Intelligence agency official killed in Nowshera | Khyber News -Official Website". Khybernews.tv. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  14. ↑ "Three personnel, including army captain killed in Balochistan IED blast – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  15. ↑ "At least 70 dead as bomb rips through Lal Shahbaz shrine in Sehwan, Sindh – Pakistan". Dawn.com. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  16. ↑ "DI Khan: Attack on police vehicle kills four – Pakistan – Dunya News". Dunyanews.tv. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  17. ↑ "Two FC personnel injured in 'terrorist attack' on Pak-Afghan border – Pakistan". Dawn.com. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  18. ↑ "BREAKING: Blast reported in Hyderabad". Pakistan Tribe. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  19. ↑ "3 bombers killed during attack on Charsadda court: officials". Dawn. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  20. ↑ "Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad: Security forces arrest 45 suspects in Islamabad, Rawalpindi". Dunya News. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  21. ↑ "Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad: Forces foil major terror plot in Balochistan". Geo News. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  22. ↑ Khan, Rameez (26 February 2017). "Civil-military huddle decides to expedite 'Radd-ul-Fasaad' in Punjab". Express Tribune. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  23. ↑ Gabol, Imran (26 February 2017). "Four killed, 600 arrested during crackdown in Punjab". Dawn. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  24. ↑ "Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad: Four dead, over 600 held in Punjab sweep". Express Tribune. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  25. ↑ "Pakistan: 3 soldiers, 8 militants killed in operation". The Indian Express.
  26. ↑ Hashim, Asad (15 April 2017). "12 killed during military raid in central Pakistan". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  27. ↑ "8 militants killed as security personnel bust TTP cell in Sheikhupura: CTD". The Express Tribune. 20 April 2017.
  28. ↑ "Raddul Fasaad: 5 killed, 11 arrested in operations across Pakistan, says ISPR" (Dawn (newspaper)). 27 April 2017.
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