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Pakistan

Wikidata · Q843

Active span

1947 – 2004

Profile

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area. Bounded by the Arabian Sea on the south, the Gulf of Oman on the southwest, and the Sir Creek on the southeast, it shares land borders with India to the east; Afghanistan to the west; Iran to the southwest; and China to the northeast. It shares a maritime border with Oman in the Gulf of Oman, and is separated from Tajikistan in the northwest by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor.

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Where they fought

12 of 20 plotted

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When they fought

20 battles · 6 wars

Battle of Asal Uttar — September 8, 1965 · Indo-Pakistani War of 1965Battle of Burki — September 6, 1965 · Indo-Pakistani War of 1965Battle of Gujranwala — September 14, 1965 · Indo-Pakistani War of 1965Operation Gibraltar — August 1, 1965 · Indo-Pakistani War of 1965Battle of Basantar — December 4, 1971 · Indo-Pakistani War of 1971Battle of Garibpur — November 20, 1971 · Bangladesh Liberation WarBattle of Longewala — December 4, 1971 · Indo-Pakistani War of 1971Battle of Sylhet — January 1, 1971 · Bangladesh Liberation WarOperation Searchlight — May 25, 1971 · Bangladesh Liberation WarOperation Trident — December 4, 1971 · Indo-Pakistani War of 1971Battle of Tiger Hill — January 1, 1999 · Kargil WarBattle of Wana — March 16, 2004 · insurgency in Khyber PakhtunkhwaBattle of Mirali — October 7, 2007 · insurgency in Khyber PakhtunkhwaFirst Battle of Swat — October 25, 2007 · insurgency in Khyber PakhtunkhwaLal Masjid Siege — July 3, 2007 · insurgency in Khyber PakhtunkhwaBattle of Bajaur — August 7, 2008 · insurgency in Khyber PakhtunkhwaSecond Battle of Swat — July 15, 2009 · insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa2013 India–Pakistan border incidents — January 6, 2013 · Kashmir conflict2023 India-Pakistan border skirmishes — January 1, 2023 · Kashmir conflict2025 India–Pakistan conflict — May 1, 2025 · Kashmir conflict1947195019601970198019902000201020202025

Most active in 1971 — 6 catalogued battles.

Battles

20 engagements

Commanders of Pakistan

2 catalogued

Related factions

Allies, adversaries, and co-belligerents

Last verified May 2026
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