War in North-West Pakistan order of battle
The North-Western Contingent order of battle is the comprehensive deposition and systematic structure of the unified Pakistan military forces in tackling down and controlling the insurgency in Western Pakistan. The deployments began in 2002 after the International Security Assistance Force invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 in a response to the deadly terrorist attacks in New York, United States.
An airborne paratrooper observes the mountains after the military operation in 2009.
The Pakistan Air Force took active operational participation in 2010 as part of new strategy.
PAF's Mirage (right) flew together with F-16s in operations against the militancy, 2009.
General Ehsan ul Haq NI(M), HI(M), is a retired four-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army and a public official, served as the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, appointed in October 2005 until his retirement in 2007.
Ehsan ul Haq, c. 2007
Taliban insurgency in 2009. Gen. Ehsan testified of his strategic failure to contain the Taliban to end the violence when the al-Qaeda eventually regroup itself and retreated from Pakistan.