What the records say
- When
- 3 Jul 2007 – 11 Jul 2007
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 33.71° N, 73.09° E
- Description
- 2007 Pakistani military standoff against the Taliban
Siege of Lal Masjid
2007 armed confrontation in Pakistan
The siege of Lal Masjid was an armed confrontation in July 2007 between a Islamist fundamentalist private militia and the government of Pakistan, led by president Pervez Musharraf and prime minister Shaukat Aziz. The focal points of the operation were the Lal Masjid and the Jamia Hafsa madrasah complex in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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