List of wars involving Pakistan

The following is a List of armed conflicts involving the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Conflict	Pakistan and allies	Opponents	Results
First Indo-Pakistani War (1947–1948)	Pakistan Furqan Force	India Jammu and Kashmir	Ceasefire Partitioning of Kashmir between India and Pakistan
First Balochistan Conflict (1948)	Pakistan	Kalat insurgents	Victory Defeat of the insurgents
Second Balochistan Conflict (1958–1959)	Pakistan	Kalat insurgents	Victory Surrender of Nauroz Khan
Third Balochistan Conflict (1963–1969)	Pakistan	Kalat insurgents	Victory Abolition of the "One Unit" policy[1]
Second Indo-Pakistani War (1965)	Pakistan	India	Armstice Tashkent Declaration No territorial changes
Bangladesh Liberation War (1971)	Pakistan	Mukti Bahini  India	Defeat Independence of Bangladesh
Fourth Balochistan Conflict (1973–1978)	Pakistan	BLA	Victory[2] Return to status quo ante bellum
Soviet intervention in the Afghan Civil War (1979–1989)	Peshawar Seven  Pakistan Tehran Eight	Soviet Union Afghanistan	Soviet withdrawal (limited involvement) Geneva Accords (1988)
Siachen War (1984)	Pakistan	India	Defeat[3] Indian annexation of the Siachen Glacier
Operation Gothic Serpent (1993)	United States  Malaysia  Pakistan	SNA	Indecisive Failure of the UNOSOM II to capture Mohamed Farrah Aidid
Kargil War (1999)	Pakistan	India	Defeat Return to status quo ante bellum
Fifth Balochistan Conflict (2004–)	Pakistan  China (from 2004)[4]	BLA	Ongoing Extension of the conflict into Iran Insurgent attack on Gwadar port drew China into the conflict[4]
War in North-West Pakistan (2004–)	Pakistan United States	Pakistani Taliban Al-Qaeda Islamic State	Ongoing Ongoing insurgency against Pakistani authorities

See also

• Other military conflicts involving Pakistan:
  • Kashmir Conflict
  • 1958 Pakistani coup d'état
  • Operation Fair Play
  • 1999 Pakistani coup d'état
  • 2001–02 India–Pakistan standoff
  • Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes
  • 2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff
  • 2008-12 Pakistan-United States skirmishes
  • 2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish
  • 2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
  • 2014 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
  • Operation Khyber-1
  • Operation Zarb-e-Azb (Ongoing)

References

1. Pakistan: The Worsening Conflict in Balochistan (PDF). International Crisis Group, Asia Report No. 119. p. 4.
2. Newsline: A History of the Baloch Separatist Movement
3. Kapur, S. Paul (Stanford University Press). Dangerous Deterrent: Nuclear Weapons Proliferation and Conflict in South Asia. Stanford University Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0804755504. Check date values in: |date= (help)
4. Kiyya Baloch (27 March 2015). "Chinese Operations in Balochistan Again Targeted by Militants". The Diplomat.