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Section sizes

Section size for Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (61 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	49,505	49,505
Names for the war	791	791
Background	4,471	4,471
Fighting breaks out	6,155	8,070
Peace deals	1,915	1,915
Transition in tribal areas: 2005–06	3,199	13,282
Ceasefire	1,646	1,646
Waziristan peace accord signed	5,180	5,180
2006 Madrassah air strike	3,257	3,257
Insurgency in the north, 2007	1,938	25,052
Waziri–Uzbek tensions	2,593	2,593
Defeat of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan	4,747	4,747
Lal Masjid siege and truce broken	5,775	5,775
Operation Rah-e-Haq	2,503	2,503
2007 Rawalpindi bombings and state of emergency	3,629	3,629
2008 general election	3,867	3,867
Escalation, air and ground war: Pakistan's response	9,261	44,498
General Ashfaq Kayani's tenure.	5,489	5,489
Operation Zalzala	1,578	1,578
Peace agreement and Bajaur offensive	5,958	5,958
Tribal tension with TTP and US support for tribes	4,950	4,950
Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing	1,934	1,934
Renewed Bajaur offensive	5,947	5,947
Intensified drone strikes and border skirmishes with United States	2,705	2,705
Militants targeting of tribes	1,947	1,947
Fighting for the NATO supply lines	4,729	4,729
Public support and unified military operations	95	29,473
Swat ceasefire	2,945	2,945
Defeat of the militants in Bajaur	2,372	2,372
Militant violation of Swat ceasefire	4,558	4,558
Operation Black Thunderstorm	4,603	4,603
Blockade of South Waziristan	7,642	7,642
Death of Baitullah Mehsud and TTP counter-attacks	7,258	7,258
Military offensive 2010–17	34	29,564
Insurgency in West and defeat of Taliban: 2010–11	3,789	3,789
Death of Bin Laden and Navy offensive	3,864	3,864
Tirah Valley clashes	2,543	2,543
Operation Rah-e-Shahadat	11,237	11,237
Operation Khyber	50	50
Disengagement of militant groups	2,036	2,036
North Waziristan offensive	776	776
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan infighting	1,427	1,427
Operation Zarb-e-Azb	3,808	3,808
Continued insurgency	557	14,557
Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad	5,939	5,939
Pakistan-Afghanistan border fencing.	803	803
2023 Kurram Parachinar conflict	1,426	1,426
Operation Azm-e-Istehkam	68	5,832
Background	5,764	5,764
Peace prospects and developments	6,957	8,742
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa-FATA Merger	1,785	1,785
Casualties	6,798	6,798
Issues with war veterans	1,282	1,282
United States role	4,962	11,632
Economics and cost of war	6,670	6,670
In popular culture	1,114	1,114
See also	346	346
Notes	34	34
References	28	28
Further reading	780	780
External links	2,713	2,713
Total	252,732	252,732

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