

The war depleted the country's manpower resources, and the outcomes outlined a deep effect on its national economy, since Pakistan had joined the USA-led War on Terror. The TNSM established in 1992 allied with the TTP and LeI. The foreign militants were joined by Pakistani non-military veterans of the Afghan War to the west, which subsequently established the TTP and other militant umbrella organizations, such as LeI.

Clashes further erupted between unified Pakistan Armed Forces and the Central Asian militant groups, allied with the Arab fighters, in 2008–10. Pakistan's actions were presented as its contribution to the international War on Terror. The armed conflict began in 2004 when tensions rooted in the Pakistan Army's search for al-Qaeda fighters in Pakistan's mountainous Waziristan area (in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas) escalated into armed resistance. The War in North-West Pakistan, also known as the War in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is an armed conflict involving Pakistan, and armed militant groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jundallah, Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI), TNSM, al-Qaeda, and their Central Asian allies such as the ISIL–Khorasan (ISIL), Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, East Turkistan Movement, Emirate of Caucasus, and elements of organized crime. 2018): ġ0,049+ civilians killed Ĭosts of War (Oct. of air squadrons of Navy and Pakistan Air Force fighter jets, including JF-17 and F-16 jets Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (from 2015) Ībdul Rahim Muslim Dost (2014–2015) Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (until 2016) Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (until 2015) Inter-Services Intelligence- Covert Action Division Jundallah, Tehreek-e-Khilafat, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan join ISIL Drone strikes being conducted by the United States
