Operation Azm-e-Istehkam

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 (2 years, 2 months, 3 weeks and 3 days) Location Pakistan Result Ongoing Operation Sarbakaf launched on 29 July 2025 in Bajaur Pakistan rises to 1st in Global Terrorism Index Ranking
Belligerents
Pakistan	Islamist-Jihadist groups Baloch Nationalist-Separatist groups Pro-Islamic State groups
Commanders and leaders
Shehbaz Sharif Asif Ali Zardari Asim Munir KIA: Lt Colonel Muhammad Hassan Haider † Lt Colonel Faisal † Lt Colonel Junaid Tariq † Lt Colonel Syed Kashif Ali † Lt Colonel Muhammad Ali Shaukat † Lt Colonel Hassan Jahangir † Lt Colonel Imran Dayal † Lt Colonel Shahzada Gul Faraz † Lt Colonel Khalid Hussain † Major Tayyab Rahat † Major Amir Aziz † Major Hamza Israr † Major Atif Khalil † Major Saad Bin Zubair † Major Syed Moeez Abbas Shah † Major Muhammad Rizwan Tahir  † Major Adnan Aslam † Major Babar Khan Niazi † Major Muhammad Awais † Major Ziad † Major Sibtain Haider † Major Major Muhammad Haseeb † Major Adeel Zaman † Major Syed Rabnawaz Tariq † Major Ihsan Elahi † Capt Muhammad Faraz † Capt Osama Bin Arshad † Capt Ali Qureshi † Capt Anwar Kakar † Capt Haider † Capt Dr Noman Saleem † Capt Umair Abdullah abbasi † Capt Hussain † Capt Waqar Kakar † Capt Zohaib Ud Din † Capt Hasnain † Capt Muhammad Asif † Capt Abbas Shinwari † Capt Abra Ahmad † Capt Muhammad Ahmed Badar † Capt Uzair Mehmood Malik † Capt Hamza Akram † Capt Ubaid † Capt Rana Ziaullah † Lieutenant Muhammad Hasan Ashraf † Lieutenant Daniyal Khilji † Lieutenant Ismatullah † 2nd Lieutenant Saeed Ahmad †	Noor Wali Mehsud Bashir Zeb Nazar Baloch Shahab al-Muhajir KIA: Qari Amjad alias Mufti Muzahim † (Deputy Chief TTP) Saqib Gandapur † (shadow governor TTP) Qari Ismail † Shahid Umar alias Haji Rahim † Hafeezullah alias Kochwan † Lal Ameer Ibrahim † Muhammad Alias Qureshi Ustad † Commander Abdul Raheem † Commander Azhar † Hassan Qadir Yousafzai alias Mohsin Qadir † Commander Abbas alias Essa † Commander Shirin † Qari Saifullah Mehsud † Commander Ehsan Mehsud † Commander Mazhar alias Jhangi † Commander Abul Raheem † Toor Hafiz † Commander Shah Faisal alias Shahid † Commander Abdul Rahim alias Abu Bakar † Commander Abdullah † Zabihullah alias Zakran † Commander Rahim † Qari Hussain † Hazrat Ali alias GKA † Commander Khaista deen † Commander Mansoor alias Lalai † Commander Abdullah Manzarkhel † Hafiz Hakeemullah † Mufti Borjan † Commander Abu Nasir alias Bilal † Commander Obaidullah Janikhel † Commander Noor Saeed Mehsud † Commander Badshah Khan Mehsud † Commander Zakereen † Commander Bismillah alias Fateh † Commander Saifullah alias Abdul Basir Shami † Commander Hafizullah † Commander Abu Talib † Commander Ahmed Gul alias Umar Malang † Commander Tariq Kochi † Commander Farman alias Al-Karama † Commander Sadiqullah Dawar † Commander Ghazi Madakhel † Commander Muqarab † Commander Qismatullah † Commander Gulab alias Diwana † Commander Rehmani † Commander Adil † Commander Fazal ur Rehman † Commander Ashiqullah alias Kohsar † Commander Younas † Commander Sanoly † Commander Mehboob alias Muhammad † Commander Qari Saifullah Mehsud † Commander Abu Darda † Commander Ubaida alias Baz Nazir † Commander Qari Siddiq † Commander Hussain Allah alias Saifullah † Commander Rizwan Gandapur † Commander Shaheen † Commander Gohar alias Toor Dal † Commander Yar Muhammad Muslim † Commander Qari Hussain Wazir Khujakhel † Commander Jaleel alias Uqabi † Commander Hikmatullah † Commander Saleem Khan alias Lalai † Commander Siddiqullah Gurbaz † Commander Hafiz Badri † Maulvi Tahir alias Razzaq † Commander Ghazi Lalal alias Abdul Rehman † Commander Maulvi Farid Mansoor † Commander Sher Aslam † Commander Wazir † Commander Aleem-ul-Haq alias Mansoor † Commander Ustad Abu Bakar alias Hakeem † Commander Abbas Swati † Commander Saifullah Badri † Commander Ibrahim Lalai † Commander Shahid Umar Bajauri alias Rahimullah † Commander Tariq † Commander Adnan † Commander Hafeezullah alias Kochwan alias Mubariz Dirvi † Commander Hayatullah alias Ghulchkai Tangiwal † Commander Jarrar Bettani † Commander Maulana Ilyas Muhajir alias Malang Bachaa † Commander Zafran † Commander Niamat alias Zakir † Commander Mufti Zahir † Commander Khamim alias Rauf Afridi † Commander Maulvi Nusratullah † Commander Habib-ur-Rehman alias Abu Baseer Al-Shami † Commander Abdul Wahid † Commander Lawang alias Zakir † Commander Ahmad Ullah † Commander Shafeer Ullah alias Khaidar † Commander Bahadur Zaman Tukhta alias Abdullah Bajauri † Commander Mir Qajan † Commander Zabiullah alias Zakran † Commander Abid Khorasani alias Abid † Commander Hafizullah Mubariz † Commander Saeed † Commander Shaukat Khan † Commander Hussain alias Zareen Dardmand † Commander Kashif Azmatullah † Commander Umar alias Khaksar † Commander Mullah Bashir † Commander Ghazi Lala alias Rahimullah † Commander Ismail alias Aziz † Commander Muhammad Naeem alias Shahab Khahksar † Commander Molvi Fawad Khorasani † Commander Qari Hussain alias Zangi Khel † Commander Naveed alias Aisak Khel † Commander Khan Muhammad Khoryay † Commander Zarrar Marwat † Commander Ajman alias Ashiqe † Commander Ismail alias Aziz † Commander Rakiyaz alias Shamsher † Commander Ismail alias Ahmed † Commander Abdul Rahman alias Lali Khan † Commander Rehan alias Muntazir Ashna † Commander Zafar † Commander Moulana Zubair † Commander Moulana Taha † Commander Tasneem Ullah alias Qari Mansoor † Commander Moulana Bilal † Commander Aziz alias Mawuz † Commander Noor Muhammad † Commander Noor Jamal †
Units involved
Pakistan Armed Forces Pakistan Army Pakistan Air Force Pakistan Navy  Civil Armed Forces Frontier Corps Pakistan Rangers Pakistan Coast Guards Federal Constabulary Pakistan Police Service Counter Terrorism Department Pakistan Levies Pakistani Intelligence community NACTA ISI IB MI FIA FMU SB	Islamist-Jihadist groups: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Al-Qaeda AQIS Former: Haqqani network Turkestan Islamic Party Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Baloch Nationalist-Separatist groups: Baloch Liberation Army Baloch Liberation Front Islamic State Islamic State – Khorasan Province Islamic State – Pakistan Province
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
573 killed (As of February 2025) 1022 killed (From March 2025 to December 2025)	706 killed (As of February 2025) 1774 killed(From March 2025 to December 2025)
369 civilians killed

Operation Azm-e-Istehkam (Urdu: آپریشن عزم استحکام) is a counter-insurgency operation launched by the government of Pakistan in June 2024. The operation was approved by prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, and planned to include not only military action, but also socio-economic uplifting efforts to deter extremism.