Battle of Mirali

Pakistan Army Pakistan Air Force The Battle of Mirali was a bloody military engagement occurred between 7 October and 10 October 2007 and involved Taliban militants and Pakistani soldiers around the town of Mirali, Pakistan (North Waziristan), the second biggest town in the semi-autonomous region on the border with Afghanistan.

The army says the casualties were militants and soldiers but local people reported at least ten civilians were among the dead.

[1][2] 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.

[citation needed] On 9 October, according to the Pakistani Army, military aircraft struck "one or two places" near Mirali.

[citation needed] 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.