The Pakistan Army was formed on 14 August 1947, serving as the land-based service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces of Pakistan. The army had 550,000 active troops and 500,000 reserves, and it has seen several border wars with India as well as anti-terrorism activities against insurgents in Somalia, Waziristan, Sindh, and Balochistan. In addition to these wars, they have taken part in covert operations such as supporting the Taliban during the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War in the 1980s and 1990s as well as anti-India insurgents in Kashmir since the 1980s.
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Pakistani troops in Waziristan