List of violent incidents in Pakistan (2006–2009) explained

This is a list of violent incidents in Pakistan from 2006 to 2009. Violence increased in 2006, in part because the US/NATO strategy from 2005 of attacking the Taliban in their stronghold in South Afghanistan (including Helmand), lead to incidents on the Pakistani side of the border.

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12006Jan. 1318

See main article: Damadola airstrike. The official number of dead was 18, including eight men, five women and five children, but other reports indicate that as many as 25 people were killed. Fourteen of the dead were said to be from the same family.[1]

125LandmineDera Bugti District, Balochistan<6'5A bus ran over a landmine.[2]
2Feb.5SuicidalKolpur, Kachi District, Balochistan1318A blast on board a Lahore-bound bus en route from Quetta. Among the dead were three army personnel. No groups claimed of responsibility for the attack.[3]
39 SectarianPakistan and Afghanistan36100Sectarian violence marred the holiest day of the Shiite calendar. The violence erupted with a suspected suicide attack on Shiites in Hangu, in the northwestern part of the country, as they celebrated Day of Ashura.[4]
4March 2Suicidalnear the US Consulate in Karachi4 A powerful car bomb attack in the high security zone. Among the killed was a killed was a US diplomat, a day before President George W. Bush was to reach Pakistan.[5]
510Landmine<26 Mostly women and children were killed in after their bus hit a landmine. Both tribal rebels and security forces planted land mines in the area.[6]
6April11SuicidalNishtar Park, Karachi57<80

See main article: Nishtar Park bombing. A bomb explosion at a religious gathering celebrating the birthday of Muhammad. Among the dead were Sunni scholars.[7] [8]

7June 12SuicidalHotel in Quetta<517[9]
815Gun attackKarachi50Unidentified gunmen killed a senior prison official Amanullah Khan Niazi and four others.[10]
916Gun attackKhoga Chiri village in Orakzai Agency4Two female teachers and two children were shot dead.[11]
10July 14SuicidalAbbas Town2Allama Hassan Turabi, a Shiite religious scholar and chief of Tehrik-e-Jafaria Pakistan, and his 12-year-old nephew were killed in a suicide attack near his residence. The suicide bomber was later identified as Abdul Karim, a Bangladeshi-speaking, resident of a shantytown in the central city area of Karachi.[12]
11Aug. 26BattleBalochistan<36Tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed in a battle between tribal militants and government forces. At least five soldiers and at least 30 rebels are thought to have died too.[13]
1226-31RiotsMarriott hotel, Islamabad6Dozens Akbar Bugti's killing sparked five days of rioting and the arrest of 700 people.[14]
13Sept. 8BombRakhni bazaar area of Barkhan District, Balochistan<617[15]
14Oct. 6SectarianOrakzai Agency175Fighting between Sunni and Shia Muslims over a dispute over ownership of the shrine to 18th Century figure Syed Amir Anwar Shah shrine.[16]
1520BombPeshawar621The attack happened in a busy shopping district.[17]
2Oct. 3080

See main article: Chenagai airstrike. Between 70 and 80 were killed, when a madrassa school was hit by four to five missiles. The school was filled with local students who had resumed studies after the Eid ul-Fitr holiday.[18]

16Nov. 8SuicidalDargai4220All the victims were from the Pakistani Army. The attack was apparently retaliation for the Chenagai airstrike which killed 80 people in the same Bajaur region in the previous month.[19]
172007Jan. 15BombJalozai refugee camp45The powerful blast destroyed a mud-house.[20]
1826SuicidalMarriott hotel, Islamabad25The bomber and a security guard were killed in the blast.[21]
1927SuicidalShiite mosque in Peshawar4260Among the victims were Chief of Peshawar City Police Malik Saad. About 2,000 Shiite Muslims were in and around the mosque, police said.[22]
20Feb. 6SuicidalMiranshah, North Waziristan5A suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a parking area outside Islamabad International Airport.[23]
2117SuicidalInside a courtroom in Quetta, Balochistan1524 A suicide bomber blew himself up.[24]
2220AssassinationGujranwala1Punjab Minister for social welfare Zil-e-Huma Usman was shot and killed. Her assassin, Mohammed Sarwar, was reported to have been motivated by her refusal to abide by the Islamic code of dress and a dislike for the involvement of women in political affairs.[25]
23March 19-22ClashesWaziristan region135Clashes between pro-government forces under Maulvi Nazir and Al-Qaeda remnants. A ceasefire is declared after four days of fighting enforced by officials from both sides.[26]
24April 10-11Sectariandifferent areas of the Kurram Agency35'Scores''Heavy fighting between rival Shia and Sunni[27]
326Saidgi village in North Waziristan4[28]
2528Assassination attemptPlace?2327Aftab Ahmad Sherpao, who is the Interior minister that killed 28 people in Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was the target. This time again an attempt on a high-ranking officer of Pakistani government was unsuccessful.[29]
26May 12RiotsKarachi50Hundreds

See main article: 2007 Karachi riots. Party workers of opposing parties; MQM, ANP and PPP clash. The riots started when rival political rallies take the same route amid lawyers protests for restoration of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as the Chief Justice of Supreme Court.

2715SuicidalThe Marhaba hotel, Peshawar<2430The hotel is popular with Afghans in Peshawar, where militants opposed to government support for the United States, previously have launched attacks.[30]
28June2Roadside bombDara Khwar, Bajaur Agency5A tribal chief, a political tehsildar and a journalist were killed.[31]
298BombHub, Balochistan37A bomb exploded on a bus. The coach was heading from Lasbela to Karachi.[32]
419Datakhel area of North Waziristan<2210A missile hit a cluster of compounds.[33]
52318 artillery shells and six missiles1110The ordnance, fired from Afghanistan, hit residential compounds and a hotel. The dead included two children and a woman.[34]
1July3-11 ConfrontationLal Masjid, Islamabad9544

See main article: Siege of Lal Masjid. A confrontation between Islamic militants and the government of Pakistan, centered around the Lal Masjid ("Red Mosque") and Jamia Hafsa madrasah complex in Islamabad.

306Assassination attemptRawalpindiPresident General Pervez Musharraf escaped yet another attempt on his life when around 36 rounds fired at his aircraft from a submachine gun.[35] In another incident, four Pakistan Army troops, including a major and a lieutenant, were killed in an improvised explosive device attack on a military convoy in Dir District – a stronghold of the Jamaat-e-Islami and the banned Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi.[36]
318Gun attackNear Peshawar31Unidentified gunmen killed three Chinese workers and wounded another in what Pakistani officials said was a terrorist attack apparently linked to the bloody siege of militants at an Islamabad mosque.[37]
3212Suicidal (2), blast
& Rocket attack
Three tribal regions and Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa728Three police officers among the dead. [38]
3314SuicidalMiranshah, North Waziristan2327A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed car into a convoy carrying paramilitary troops in one of the deadliest attacks on the security forces in North Waziristan.[39]
3415Suicidal and bombsThroughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa49Hundreds11 security personnel and six civilians were killed and 47 others injured in Matta, Swat District, when suicide bombers smashed two cars packed with explosives into an army convoy, and 25 people were killed and 61 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Dera Ismail Khan police recruitment center. It was apparently retaliations for the Lal Masjid operation.[40]
3517SuicidalOutside the venue of the district bar council convention in Islamabad1750A suicide bomber blew himself up killing mostly PPP political workers waiting for the arrival of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who was to address a lawyers convention.[41]
3619Suicidal & bombs Kohat, Hub and Hangu<4028More than 40 people were killed in three separate bomb attacks. 1) A bomb was detonated in a mosque used by military personnel in the north-western town of Kohat, killing at least 11 people. 2) 26 people died and 50 were injured in the southern town of Hub, Lasbela District, Balochistan, in an attack apparently targeting Chinese workers. 3) At least seven people were killed and more than 20 injured in a suicide car bombing at a police academy in the north-western town of Hangu.[42]
3724Rocket attackBannu940Unidentified militants fired a barrage of rockets on the civilian population.[43]
3827Suicidal<1328The attack happened after hundreds of stone-throwing protesters clashed with police as the capital's Red Mosque reopened for the first time since the bloody army raid.[44] The same day Raziq Bugti, former guerrilla commander turned spokesman for the Balochistan government, was shot dead by assailants in Quetta.[45]
39Aug. 2SuicidalSargodha2Police shot dead a suspected suicide bomber after the man failed to detonate the explosives he was wearing. The man, who entered a police training center, killed a policeman before he was gunned down.[46]
404SuicidalParachinar, Kurram Agency943The attack happened at a busy bus station.[47]
2J7 -Feb. 28, 2009 BattleBajaur<20234000

See main article: Battle of Bajaur. A military offensive launched by Pakistani troops against Taliban tribal forces. The Bajaur area had been under Taliban control since early 2007, and was said to be Al-Qaeda's main command and control hub for operations in Northeast Afghanistan.[48] including Kunar province.[49] On February 28, 2009, the Pakistan Army finally defeated the Taliban and other Islamist militants in Bajaur.[50]

4126SuicidalMachaar area of Shangla District42All victims were police officers.[51]
42Sept. 4Suicidal (2)Rawalpindi cantonment2566

See main article: September 2007 bombings in Rawalpindi. The attacks happened during morning rush hour. The first blast took place near Qasim Market where a Defence Ministry bus carrying around 38 civilians and uniformed officials was hit, killing 18 people. Five minutes later, a second blast took place near RA Bazaar, behind General Headquarters. The blast was caused by explosives fixed to a motorcycle, which blew up killing seven people on the spot.[52]

4311SuicidalBannu Adda, Dera Ismail Khan district1716A 15-year-old suicide bomber blew himself up in a passenger van.[53] The same day Omar Ayub Khan's protocol officer, Liaquat Hussain, was found shot dead near the Northern Bypass in Karachi.[54]
4413Suicidalarmy officers' mess in Tarbela Ghazi, Haripur near Tarbela Dam2011 All the victims were off-duty commandos from Pakistan Army's special forces unit SSG's Karar Company.[55]
4515AssassinationPeshawar2Unidentified assailants shot dead Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam leader and Wafaqul Madaris Vice Chairman Maulana Hassan Jan. Hassan, a former MNA, also issued a fatwa against suicide attacks, and he along with a group of Pakistani clerics traveled to Afghanistan in 2001 to convince Mullah Omar that he should expel Osama bin Laden from Afghanistan to avoid American attacks.[56]
46Oct.1 Suicidal<1629A suicide bomber disguised in a woman's burqa blew himself up at a busy police checkpost. Four police officers among the dead.[57]
37-10 BattleNear Mir Ali, North Waziristan257120

See main article: Battle of Mir Ali. Clashes broke out after militants set off improvised explosive devices and conducted ambushes on a Pakistani convoy. The army says the casualties were militants and soldiers but local people reported at least ten civilians were among the dead. Hundreds of people fled Mir Ali after more than 50 houses were damaged in the fighting.[58] [59]

4712 Execution2535Taliban publicly behead six "criminals" and lashed three others in the name of Sharia.[60]
4818 SuicidalKarachi139450

See main article: 2007 Karachi bombing. Attack on Benazir Bhutto convoy killed over 139 in Karachi and left more than 450 injured in one of the most deadliest terrorist attacks in Pakistan. Former PM Benazir Bhutto was returning after 8 years of self-imposed exile when the bomber struck the convoy. Karachi Bombs in Pictures

4920BombDera Bugti, Balochistan<828A powerful bomb planted in a pickup vehicle.[61]
425- Dec.8 BattleSwat438

See main article: First Battle of Swat. The Pakistani Army and Islamic militants fought for control of the Swat District. The battle was won by the Pakistani army, but Taliban militants slowly re-entered Swat over the coming months and started engaging security forces in battles that lasted throughout 2008. By early February 2009, the Taliban had managed to regain control of most of Swat and at least 80 percent of the district was under their control.[62]

5025 SuicidalSwat District<2035A blast aimed at a vehicle carrying Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel kills 18 troops.[63]
5130 SuicidalA police checkpoint in the high security zone of Rawalpindi 731Less than a kilometer from President General Pervez Musharraf's camp office. 3 policeofficers among the dead. The blast splattered check post of General Tariq Majid, current Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff's residence.[64]
52Nov. 1 SuicidalFaisalabad Road, near Sargodha728 A suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a PAF bus. Seven officers of the Pakistan Air Force stationed at Mushaf Airbase among the dead. It is significant that after this event a state of emergency was imposed on the country.[65]
62North Waziristan.5The attack happened in a Madrasah[66]
539 Suicidal32A suicide bomber killed at least three people and injured two others when he detonated explosives at the house of Federal Political Affairs Minister and PML-Q provincial president Amir Muqam. The minister was unhurt, but a cousin of his was injured. The three dead were policemen guarding the house.[67]
5417-19 SectarianParachinar, Kurram Agency94168Three days of in-fighting between rival Sunni and Shia sects. Only by the fourth day, the army gained control of the area and a ceasefire was maintained in the area.[68]
5524 Suicidal (2)Rawalpindi301) A suicide bomber rammed his car into a 72-seater bus parked in front of Ojhri Camp on Murree Road carrying Inter-Services Intelligence officials to work, killing 28 officials and a bystander. 2) A second suicide bomber attempted to enter the General Headquarters (GHQ). Upon being asked for identification at the GHQ's check post, he blew himself up, resulting in the deaths of one security official and a bystander.[69]
56Dec.9 Suicidal10Three policeofficers and seven civilians, including two children, perished in a car bombing.[70]
5710 Suicidal07Attack on the school bus carrying children during the morning rush injuring seven of them. It was a PAF employees bus. It was a second major attack on the Pakistan Air Force after the Sargodha attack.[71]
5813 Suicidal (2) 735Two suicide bombings near an army checkpost Three personnel from the Pakistan Army among the dead.[72]
5915 SuicidalNowshera511Explosives-laden bicycle rammed into a military checkpost. First-ever suicide attack in the city of Nowshera. The attack occurred at a checkpoint near the gate of an army school.[73]
6017 Suicidal125The victims were members of the army's local football team.[74]
6121Suicidal57100On the eve of Eid ul-Adha, a suicide bomb blast again targeted Aftab Ahmad Sherpao. Aftab Sherpao survived the blast, but his younger son Mustafa Khan Sherpao, was injured.[75]
6223 Suicidal723A suicide bomber targeted an army convoy. One soldier among the dead.[76]
6327 Assassination21Many

See main article: Assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting and suicide bombing. The site is notorious as the place where former Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan was also assassinated in October 1951.

6428 ViolenceNationwide33Violence ensues all over Pakistan following the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. The situation grew so bad that Sindh Rangers were given orders to shoot-at-sight. Four policeofficers among the dead.[77]
6528 Roadside bombin Swat District.9Among the dead are former PML-Q minister Miangul Asfandyar Amir zeb, who was the grandson of the former ruler of the Swat (princely state).[78]
662008Jan.10 Suicidal2473Policemen deliberately targeted outside Lahore High Court before the scheduled lawyer's protest against the government in provincial capital of Lahore. This attack was first of its kind in Lahore since the start of War on Terrorism.[79]
6714Bomb1050The bomb was planted on a bicycle and it went off during wee hours in a vegetable market.[80]
515-16 Gun attackSouth Waziristan<30Several dozen Islamic militants overran a paramilitary fort in South Waziristan, Pakistan, killing or kidnapping many troops.[81] The capture of Sararogha Fort represented the first time the militants managed to isolate and capture a strongly defended government position since October 2007, when they seized several isolated police stations and small military posts in Swat valley[82]
6817 Suicidal1225[83]
7Jan. 29 1Abu Laith al-Libi killed.
69Febr. 4 Suicidal1027A suicide bomber crashed his bike into an armed forces bus carrying students and officials.[84]
709 BombCharsadda in the north-western Pakistan. 2535

See main article: 2008 Charsadda bombing. A powerful explosion hit an opposition election rally in The attack targeted ANP, a secular party, one of whose leaders, Fazal-ur-Rehman Atakhail, was assassinated February 7 in Karachi triggering widespread protests.[85]

7111 Suicidal1225A suicide attack on a public meeting in left at least eight people dead and a dozen wounded, including a candidate for the National Assembly. It was the second attack on ANP's election gathering in two days.[86]
7216 SuicidalParachinar, Kurram Agency in northwestern Pakistan. 47150

See main article: 2008 Parachinar bombing. An explosive-laden vehicle is rammed into the election meeting of Pakistan Peoples Party, the party of the slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. It was the fourth such attack on PPP's political workers within a year; two of them targeting the former PPP leader Benazir Bhutto.[87]

7318 ViolenceNationwide 24200Election-related on the eve of Pakistani general election, Aaj TV reported.[88]
7422 Roadside bomb13~12An army spokesman said the bomb had been detonated by remote control. Women and children were among the casualties.[89]
7525 SuicidalNear Army General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.820The Pakistan Army's top medic Lt Gen Mushtaq Baig was killed, along with the driver and security guard, when a suicide attack ripped apart the vehicle he was traveling in at 2:45pm local time. Gen Baig was the highest-ranking officer to be killed in Pakistan since the 9/11 attacks.[90]
828 13
7729 SuicidalMingora, Swat District 3875The attack happened during the funeral of a senior police officer who had been killed hours earlier in Lakki Marwat in the southern part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The police DSP was killed along with three other policemen when their vehicle was hit in a roadside bomb earlier in the day.[91]
78March 2 Suicidal4258 A bomber struck the meeting of tribal elders and local officials. The town of Darra was the center of violent clashes earlier in January when the militants took over the Kohat Tunnel that connected Peshawar with Kohat. After the onslaught of security forces to take back the tunnel, the fighting resulted in the deaths of 13 troops and 70 militants.[92]
794 Suicidalparking area of the Pakistan Navy War College, Lahore. 824Two suicide bombers blew themselves up. It was the first time a Pakistani naval institution was targeted by the militants (Army has been targeted at least eight times outside the war zone and Air Force twice) since the ongoing War on Terrorism in Pakistan in general and post-Lal Masjid siege in particular.[93]
8011 Suicidal24200Two suicide bombings. One of the attacks ripped apart Federal Investigation Agency building killing 21, including 16 policemen. The other one hit the posh locality of Model Town, exploding close to Bilawal House, associated with PPP leaders Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari.[94]
8115 Bomb110A bomb was hurled over a wall surrounding the restaurant. Four of the 12 people wounded in the bombing were U.S. FBI agents. In addition to wounding the agents, the explosion killed a Turkish woman and wounded a fifth American, three Pakistanis, a person from the United Kingdom and someone from Japan.[95]
916 993 bombs dropped by a United States aircraft killed nine people and wounded nine others in the tribal area. The bombs hit a mud compound in Wana, killing an Arab of Middle Eastern origin, two men from Turkmenistan and six Pakistanis from outside the tribal area. However, the attack missed its target, a senior Al Qaeda official.[96]
82April 9Riots9ManyRiots after two groups of lawyers scuffle that begin after PML-Q leaders, former CM Sindh Arbab Ghulam Rahim and former federal minister Sher Afgan Niazi are maltreated ahead of government formation in the provinces of Sindh and Punjab.[97]
8317 Clashes 20dozensClashes between two belligerent factions.[98]
84May 6 Suicidal 4[99]
8518 BombThe Army's Punjab Regimental Center market in the city of Mardan 1320This was the second attack in Mardan in a month after a car bomb on April 25 killed three and injured 26 people.[100]
8619 Remote-controlled bombMamond Tehsil of Bajaur Agency. 42A blast outside a mosque.[101]
1021 6
8726 Sectarian violence 75[102]
88June 2 Suicidal6

See main article: 2008 Danish embassy bombing. The Danish embassy in Islamabad is attacked with a car bomb killing six people. A post purportedly from Al-Qaeda's Mustafa Abu al-Yazid appears on the Internet a day after the attack claiming responsibility. The statement mentions the publication of "insulting drawings" and the refusal to "apologize for publishing them" referring to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy.[103]

899 Remote-controlled bomb4Sufi Muhammad, leader of the TNSM, survived. Four policemen got injured.[104]
1110 19

See main article: Gora Prai airstrike. 10 Pakistani Para Military Soldiers and 1 Regular Army Major killed, 8 Taliban militants killed[105]

9026 Bomb 42A blast inside a Shia mosque.[106]
91July 6 Suicidal19

See main article: 2008 Lal Masjid bombing. Attack targeting policemen deployed at a rally observing the first anniversary of an army raid on the Islamabad's Lal Masjid[107]

927 Bombs<37 A string of small explosions, apparently from bombs, wounded at least 37 people, rattling Pakistan a day after a deadly suicide attack in capital of Pakistan.[108]
1228 6 Midhat Mursi and 5 other Al-Qaeda operatives killed.
93Aug.2 Remote-controlled bomb8At least eight police and security workers were killed when a remote-controlled bomb exploded near their vehicle.[109]
94Aug.4 FightingSwat Valley 136 After a week of fighting between the security forces and pro-Taliban militants, the casualties included at least 94 militants, 14 soldiers and around 28 civilians.[110]
959 Gun attack 8Militants stormed a police post killing eight policemen.[111]
9612 Bomb 1311A bomb targeting a Pakistani Air Force bus carrying personnel from a military base killed 13 people and wounded 11 others on Tuesday. Taliban forces reportedly took responsibility. The attack was seen as retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes in Bajaur Agency, a militant stronghold near the border with Afghanistan. Five of the dead were air force personnel and the eight others were bystanders.[112]
9713 Suicidal 820Two policemen were killed and over 20, including 12 policemen, were injured after an alleged suicide bomber blew himself up near a police station in Lahore on the eve of Independence Day celebrations.[113]
9813 Explosions, handgrenate attacks 619Four policemen were injured in explosions, there was a hand-grenade attack in Panjgur and shooting incidents in Balochistan,[114] while leader of the banned outfit Amr Bil Maroof Wa Nahi Anil Munkar Haji Namdar was shot dead when he was delivering sermon in Bara tehsil.[115] Haji Namdar had earlier escaped a suicide attack on 1 May 2008 in which 17 people were injured.[116]
997-18Sectarian287372Clashes mainly between the Toori and Bangash tribes, but which involved other local tribes, in 12 consecutive days of fighting. In the later incidents, pro-Taliban militants were involved too, after which the local tribesmen asked the government to flush out the militants.[117]
10019 Suicidal3255

See main article: Article and 2008 Dera Ismail Khan suicide bombing.
Seven policemen and two health officials were among the killed. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.[118]

10121 Suicidal7067

See main article: 2008 Wah bombing. 2 suicidebombers blew themselves up outside the gates of the state run factories. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.[119]

10221 Assassination51

See main article: Haji Musa Khan. An influential person of Ningulai, Haji Musa Khan, was shot dead by unidentified assailants as soon as he stepped out of the mosque after prayers. His guards opened fire but the assailants managed to escape. Haji Musa Khan had escaped a bomb and a gun attack in recent past. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the killing and accused the tribal elder of being an active supporter of security forces.[120] [121]

1323 10
10223 SuicidalCharbagh Tehsil, Swat valley 20

An explosive-laden car rams into a police station. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.[122]

10325 Rocket attackSwat valley 10Attack targeting the house of a local member of provincial assembly (MPA). As a result of the attack, ANP MPA Waqar Ahmed's brother and other family members were killed. [123]
10426 Bomb 820A bomb explosion at a roadside restaurant.[124]
10528 Bomb 915An attack targeting a police van. [125]
1431 10
15 Sept. 3 23

See main article: Angoor Ada raid.

164 4
175 North Waziristan 5
1066 Suicidal 3070

See main article: September 2008 Peshawar bombing. Attack against a paramilitary checkpoint. The attack came during the voting to elect Asif Ali Zardari as the President of Pakistan and the marking of Defence Day.[126]

188 North Waziristan 23
107 10 grenade-and-gun attackMaskanai area of Lower Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 25 50 In a mosque[127]
1912 North Waziristan 12

See main article: Miranshah airstrike.

20 15South Waziristan

See main article: Pakistan-U.S. Standoff 15 September 2008.

2117 South Waziristan 5

See main article: Baghar Cheena airstrike.

108 19 Bomb 5 8 Islamic religious school run by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam[128]
109 20 Suicidal 57 266

See main article: Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing.

2221North Waziristan

See main article: Lowara Mandi Repel.

11022 Suicidal 9 A checkpost [129]
2325Tanai region

See main article: Tanai border repel.

11126 Bomb Near city of Bahawalpur 3 15Bomb on railway track derails passenger train.[130]
24Oct. 1"Border-area" 6
1122 Suicidal 6 [131]
1136 Suicidal 20 60 [132]
259 Tappi, North Waziristan8 [133]
1149 Suicidal 88 Main Police Headquarters List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan since 2001#2008[134]
11510 Suicidal Adazai, Orakzai Agency 110 200

See main article: 10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing. [135] [136]

11613 Suicidal 5[137]
2616 Taparghai, South Waziristan1 [138]
11716 Suicidal 4[139]
11819 Suicidal 3 6 [140]
2722 Taparghai, South Waziristan4 [141]
2826 South Waziristan20 [142]
11926 Suicidal 115 [143]
12027 Suicidal 212Near the District Court Complex[144]
12131 Suicidal 820[145]
122Nov.2 Suicidal 8 Security checkpost[146]
1234 Suicidal 76 Security checkpost[147]
1246 Suicidal 22 45 At a Salarzai jirga[148]
12511 Suicidal 4 13 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani had just left the venue and senior provincial minister Bashir Bilour was on his way out. [149]
12612 Suicidal 7 15Explosives-filled bus into the gates of a school[150]
29 14Miranshah, North Waziristan12 [151]
12717 Suicidal >3[152]
12819 Assassination 2Former head of the army's elite commando force Special Service Group, Maj-Gen (R) Ameer Faisal Alavi, who commanded the SSG during the first major assault on militants in South Waziristan in 2004 and his driver gunned down.[153]
12920 Suicidal >94[154]
13021 Suicidal 7 17 During the funeral of a cleric near the bus stand.[155]
3022North Waziristan5 [156]
13128 Suicidal 916 Explosive-laden rams a police vehicle. 4 police officers among the dead.[157]
132Dec. 1 Suicidal 10 49 Explosive-laden truck near the Sangota security post.[158]
1335 Bombs 27 50

See main article: 5 December 2008 Peshawar bombing. Two bombs exploded in crowded markets.[159]

3122South Waziristan<8Two vehicles hit at different locations. Most of those on board killed.[160]
3222Kari Khel, 8 km from Wana, South Waziristan7[161]
13428 Suicidal 3616Near a polling station in a government school, believed to have been carried out to disrupt the by-election for a National Assembly seat.[162]
33 2009Jan. 132 senior Al-Qaeda leaders Usama al-Kini & Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan killed [163]
1354 Suicidal Government Polytechnic College, Multan Road in Dera Ismail Khan. 7 25 3 police officers and 2 journalist among the dead. Most of the injured policemen.[164]
13610 Gunbattle 27Several Rival sects fight for 2 days[165]
3423Waziristan14[166]
13726 Bomb5 Several Bomb attached to a bicycle went off on a busy main road.[167]
13826 Assassination 1Several Hussain Ali Yousafi, chairman of the Hazara Democratic Party, was shot dead by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi[168]
139Feb. 3 Hand grenade attack 118At a Sunni mosque. [169]
1405 Suicidal32 A crowd of Shia worshippers shortly before a religious gathering.[170]
1417 Gunbattle 7All killed were policeofficers at a checkpoint.[171]
14211Remote controlled bomb 111Bomb fitted to motorbike parked near the residence of Awami National Party (ANP) provincial lawmaker Alam Zeb Khan. This was the sixth such attack on ANP in less than a year.[172]
35Feb. 14Makeen in South Waziristan<30[173]
3616Waziristan14
14317 Bomb Bazidkhel-suburb near Peshawar 3 Several Outside the home of a government official. He survived but several people were hurt.[174]
14420 Suicidal 30 157 A funeral of Shia leader Sher Zaman – who was gunned down a day earlier. A curfew was imposed in Dera Ismail Khan oand the army called in to quell riots immediately. Witnesses said police 'ran off' when gunfire broke out after the blast.[175]
37March 1Sararogha village in South Waziristan14[176]
1452 Suicidal 412 At a girls' religious school.[177]
1463 GunattackGaddafi Stadium in Lahore. 86

See main article: 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team. 6 policeofficers killed when a convoy carrying Sri Lankan cricketers and officials in two buses was fired upon by 12 gunmen.[178]

1475 Handgrenade Ameer Hamza mosque, Dera Ismail Khan 1 19 [179]
1485 4 Bombs0 0The mausoleum of the most-revered mystic poet of the Pakhtun land Rahman Baba blown up.[180]
1497 Bomb 85 Seven policeoficers killed. In a separate incident, a roadside bomb killed three civilians and wounded four troops in the town of Darra Adam Khel.[181]
15011 Assassination 6 4Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister and Awami National Party leader Bashir Bilour survived the firing, grenade attack and suicide blast. This was the second assassination attempt on Bilour in less than six months and seventh suicide attack on ANP in little over a year.[182]
3812Berju in Kurram Agency24[183]
3915Jani Khel in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa4[184]
15116 Suicidal 1417[185]
15218 Gun attack 54'3 police officers among the dead when over 100 unidentified armed men attacked a police vehicle at the entrance.[186]
15323 Suicidal 13 A security official killed and three others injured outside a police Special Branch office.[187]
4025Makin area of South Waziristan72 vehicles by two missiles[188]
4126Essokhel area in North Waziristan4[189]
15426 SuicidalNear Jandola, South Waziristan 1025 At a restaurant targeting opponents of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud[190]
15527 Suicidal75100

See main article: 2009 Jamrud mosque bombing. At a mosque at during the Friday congregation. Intelligence sources put the number of dead at 86 but officials of the political administration were conservative by putting the death toll at 50.[191]

15630 Gun & grenade attack993

See main article: 2009 Lahore police academy attacks. At least eight police recruits killed by 10 terrorists. Security forces regained control of the facility in an operation that lasted for more than eight hours.[192]

42April 114[193]
1574 Suicidal<1012

A camp of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) attacked. At least eight FC personnel killed.[194]

1585 Suicidal2260

See main article: 2009 Chakwal mosque bombing. At the gates of a Shia mosque where some 1,200 people were attending a religious gathering.[195]

1596 Killing 43Police found bullet-riddled bodies of four local aid workers, including three women, in on Monday.[196]
438Gangi Khel in South Waziristan4[197]
16015 SuicidalCharsadda, near Peshawar. 95A security attacked killing nine policeofficers and injuring five others. [198]
16118 Suicidal 2215A checkpoint killing five security personnel. [199]
4419South Waziristan<35[200]
16226 Tragedy 1212 children were killed after playing with a bomb they mistook for a football.[201]
4529Kanni Garam village in South Waziristan6[202]
16329 Targeted killings 3440 Unidentified gunmen in a matter of hours in different parts of the city. In the month-long incidents of violence until April 28, the police record showed that 16 people had been shot dead and 54 wounded in different incidents of targeted killings. The statistics further showed that of the total number of people, 43 people belonged to the Pakhtun community while seven happened to be Urdu-speaking people.[203]
164May 5 SuicidalPeshawar-Bara road 12 km west of Peshawar Cantonment 748 An explosives-laden car rammed into a pick-up near a checkpost[204]
4696strike in kills 6 militants.[205]
165May 11 Suicidal 827 Explosives-laden vehicle near an FC checkpost.[206]
47128[207]
4816Sarkai Naki village, North Waziristan25[208]
16616 BombsPeshawar 1334 A powerful car-bomb in the Barisco area killed 12 people and wounded 31 others, including schoolchildren and women, while a low intensity device ripped through a garments store in the packed Gora Bazaar in Peshawar Saddar, killing a minor girl and injuring three others.[209]
16721SuicidalFrontier Corps (FC) fort, Jandola area, Tank District 925Five security personnel were among the dead.[210]
16822 Car bombCinema Road, Peshawar 1075 The attack happened outside a cinema.[211]
Total65459872
6April26-Battle
(ongoing)
Buner, Lower Dir, Swat and Shangla districts~800 (Army claim)102

See main article: Operation Black Thunderstorm. Operation Black Thunderstorm is an ongoing operation that commenced on April 26, conducted by the Pakistani Army, with the aim of retaking Buner, Lower Dir, Swat and Shangla districts from the Taliban after the militants took control of them since the start of the year

TOTALMay25736410074

See also

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  3. http://www.dawn.com/2006/02/06/top3.htm "13 killed by bomb blast on Lahore-bound bus"
  4. http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/09/news/pakistan.php "Dozens killed in holy day violence"
  5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4765170.stm "Pakistan bomb kills US diplomat"
  6. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4792116.stm "Wedding guests die in mine blast"
  7. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4900402.stm Bomb carnage at Karachi prayers
  8. https://www.theguardian.com/international/story/0,,1751891,00.html "Karachi bomb attack leaves at least 45 Sunni worshipers dead"
  9. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5070648.stm "'Five' die in Pakistan explosion"
  10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5082770.stm "Top Karachi jail official killed"
  11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5087144.stm "Gunmen kill teachers in Pakistan"
  12. http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=1979 Allama Hassan Turabi assassinated
  13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5289880.stm "Pakistan says key rebel is dead"
  14. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/01/asia/AS_GEN_Pakistan_Tribal_Unrest.php " Pakistan must make amends with tribe enraged by chief's killing, analysts say"
  15. http://www.dawn.com/2006/09/09/top9.htm "Six killed in Barkhan explosion"
  16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5413680.stm "Pakistan shrine clashes kill 17"
  17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6070596.stm "Six killed in Pakistan bomb blast"
  18. News: Pakistan madrassa raid 'kills 80'. BBC News. 2006-10-30. 2006-10-30.
  19. http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/08/news/pakistan.php "Bomber kills 42 in Pakistan"
  20. http://www.dawn.com/2007/01/16/top10.htm "Four die in refugee camp blast"
  21. http://www.dawn.com/2007/01/26/welcome.htm "Suicide bomber attacks hotel in Pakistani capital"
  22. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/27/pakistan.blast/index.html "13 killed in bombing near mosque in Pakistan"
  23. http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/pakistan.airport.blast/ "Suicide bomber rocks Islamabad airport"
  24. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/17/world/main2489975.shtml "15 Killed In Pakistan Courtroom Bombing"
  25. Devika Bhat and Zahid Hussain: "Female Pakistani minister shot dead for 'breaking Islamic dress code'", The Times, February 20, 2007
  26. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\03\23\story_23-3-2007_pg1_1 "Ceasefire brokered in Waziristan"
  27. http://www.dawn.com/2007/04/12/top2.htm "15 killed in attack on two villages"
  28. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/27/AR2007042701056.html Missile Strike in Pakistan Kills 4
  29. http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/04/28/pakistan.attack/index.html "Pakistan suicide bomb kills at least 28, injures minister"
  30. Kamran Haider. "Pakistani blast kills 24" Reuters, May 15, 2007
  31. http://www.dawn.com/2007/06/03/top3.htm "Tribal chief, journalist killed in bomb blast"
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  33. http://www.dawn.com/2007/06/20/top1.htm "22 die in Waziristan ‘blast’"
  34. http://www.dawn.com/2007/06/24/top1.htm "11 killed in attack from Afghanistan: Nato says 60 ‘insurgents’ dead"
  35. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\07\story_7-7-2007_pg1_1 Musharraf escapes yet another assassination bid
  36. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\07\story_7-7-2007_pg1_10 Dir suicide attack kills four troops
  37. http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/07/08/gunmen_kill_three_chinese_workers_in_pakistan Three Chinese dead in Pakistan "terrorist" attack
  38. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\13\story_13-7-2007_pg1_8 7 including 3 cops killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa attacks, blasts
  39. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\15\story_15-7-2007_pg1_1 Suicide bomber kills 23 FC troops
  40. http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/15/news/pakistan.php At least 49 are killed by suicide bombers in Pakistan
  41. http://www.dawn.com/2007/07/18/top1.htm Another carnage visits capital: 17 killed in suicide bombing
  42. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6905808.stm Scores killed in Pakistan attacks
  43. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\26\story_26-7-2007_pg1_1 9 civilians die in Bannu attacks
  44. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/27/AR2007072700476.html Bombing, Mosque Riot Rock Islamabad
  45. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\28\story_28-7-2007_pg1_3 Raziq Bugti gunned down
  46. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6927188.stm 'Bomber' killed in Pakistan city
  47. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\08\05\story_5-8-2007_pg1_1 23 die in suicide attacks, fighting
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  51. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\08\27\story_27-8-2007_pg1_3 4 cops killed, 2 injured in Swat suicide attack
  52. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\09\05\story_5-9-2007_pg1_3 Bomb blasts kill 25 in Rawalpindi cantonment
  53. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\09\12\story_12-9-2007_pg1_1 17 die in DI Khan blast
  54. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\09\12\story_12-9-2007_pg1_4 Omar Ayub’s protocol officer found shot dead
  55. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\09\14\story_14-9-2007_pg1_1 15 killed in blast at SSG mess
  56. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\09\16\story_16-9-2007_pg1_5 JUI leader gunned down
  57. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\10\02\story_2-10-2007_pg1_6 Burqa bomber kills 16
  58. Web site: Scores killed in Pakistan battles. english.aljazeera.net.
  59. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/871DEA53-20D1-4CEC-B184-342AB487FFE4.htm Al Jazeera English – News – Scores Killed In Waziristan Clashes
  60. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\10\13\story_13-10-2007_pg1_3 Mohmand Taliban behead 6 ‘criminals’
  61. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\10\21\story_21-10-2007_pg1_6 Blast in Dera Bugti kills 8
  62. https://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20090130/wl_csm/oswat_1
  63. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\10\26\story_26-10-2007_pg1_1 18 troops dead in Swat blast
  64. http://www.dawn.com/2007/10/31/top1.htm Suicide attack in top security zone: Seven killed, 31 injured
  65. http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/02/top2.htm Seven PAF officers among 11 dead in suicide attack
  66. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/03/world/asia/03drone.html Missile Kills 5 in Northwest Pakistan
  67. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\11\10\story_10-11-2007_pg1_5 Attack on Muqam’s house kills 3
  68. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\11\20\story_20-11-2007_pg1_10 Army battling to quell Parachinar clashes
  69. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C11%5C25%5Cstory_25-11-2007_pg1_1 30 killed in two suicide attacks in Rawalpindi
  70. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\10\story_10-12-2007_pg1_4 10 killed in Swat suicide attack
  71. http://www.dawn.com/2007/12/11/top3.htm Suicide bombing hits children’s bus: 7 injured
  72. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\14\story_14-12-2007_pg1_5 Seven people killed in twin Quetta blasts
  73. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\16\story_16-12-2007_pg1_7 5 killed in first ever Nowshera suicide blast
  74. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\18\story_18-12-2007_pg1_2 12 killed in Kohat suicide attack
  75. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7155161.stm Pakistan suicide blast kills at least 50 - BBC News, 21 December 2007
  76. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\24\story_24-12-2007_pg1_3 Mingora suicide blast kills seven
  77. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\29\story_29-12-2007_pg1_2 33 killed in continued violence : Sindh Rangers given shoot-at-sight orders
  78. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\29\story_29-12-2007_pg1_4 PML-Q leader, 9 others killed
  79. http://www.dawn.com/2008/01/11/top1.htm Suicide attack on police mows down 24 in Lahore
  80. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\01\15\story_15-1-2008_pg1_1 Ten killed in Karachi blast
  81. News: Militants overrun Pakistan fort . BBC News . 2008-01-17 . 2010-05-27.
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  83. http://www.dawn.com/2008/01/18/top1.htm Teenage bomber wreaks havoc in Peshawar: 12 worshipers dead, 25 injured
  84. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\02\05\story_5-2-2008_pg1_1 10 killed, 27 hurt as bomber strikes army bus
  85. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\02\10\story_10-2-2008_pg1_1 25 killed in suicide attack on ANP rally in Charsadda
  86. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\02\12\story_12-2-2008_pg1_1 Eight dead in suicide attack on ANP rally
  87. http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\02\18\story_18-2-2008_pg7_5 Blast toll reaches 47: Polls postponed in Parachinar
  88. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\02\19\story_19-2-2008_pg1_8 24 killed in poll violence
  89. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7259302.stm Bomb hits Pakistan wedding party
  90. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7262622.stm Pakistan army's top medic killed
  91. http://www.dawn.com/2008/03/01/top1.htm Carnage at slain officer’s funeral: DSP killed in Lakki Marwat blast; 38 die in Mingora suicide attack
  92. http://www.dawn.com/2008/03/03/top1.htm Tribal peace jirga attacked: 42 killed, 58 injured in Darra Adamkhel
  93. http://thenews.com.pk/print3.asp?id=13355 Double suicide blasts claim eight lives in Lahore
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  95. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/16/pakistan/index.html 'Four FBI agents hurt in Pakistan bombing'
  96. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/17/world/asia/17pstan.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=%22March%2016%202008%22%20%20US%20aircraft%20%20Pakistan%20%20bombs&st=cse
  97. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\04\10\story_10-4-2008_pg1_1 'Lawyers clash, riots kill 9 in Karachi'
  98. http://thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=43599 "20 dead in Khyber Agency clashes"
  99. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7384895.stm "Attacks test Pakistan ceasefire"
  100. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7407302.stm "Deadly blast hits Pakistani town"
  101. http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\05\20\story_20-5-2008_pg1_7 "Three killed, two injured in Bajaur blast"
  102. http://dawn.com/2008/05/27/top8.htm "Seven killed in D.I. Khan"
  103. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7437037.stm "'Al-Qaeda' claims Pakistan attack"
  104. http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\10\story_10-6-2008_pg1_4 "Sufi Muhammad survives bombing"
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  106. http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\17\story_17-6-2008_pg1_6 "4 killed in blast outside DIK Shia mosque"
  107. http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\07\07\story_7-7-2008_pg1_1 "15 policemen deployed at anniversary rally among 19 dead in Islamabad suicide attack: Lal Masjid horror revisited"
  108. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/world/asia/08pstan.html "37 Wounded by Series of Blasts in Pakistan"
  109. http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\03\story_3-8-2008_pg1_3 "Bomb kills eight policemen in Swat"
  110. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7541508.stm "Pakistan clashes take heavy toll"
  111. Abidur Rehman "8 policemen killed in attack on post" Dawn, August 10, 2008
  112. Jane Parlez. "14 Killed in Attack on Pakistani Air Force Bus " The New York Times, August 12, 2008
  113. http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/14/top1.htm "Bomber draws blood on Independence Day eve"
  114. S "Six killed, 19 injured in Balochistan attacks" Dawn, August 14, 2008
  115. http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\14\story_14-8-2008_pg1_9 "Leader of Banned Outfit Dead"
  116. http://www.dawn.com/2008/05/02/top3.htm "17 injured in mosque suicide attack"
  117. http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\19\story_19-8-2008_pg7_8 "Tribal clashes kill 50 in Kurram Agency"
  118. Irfan Mughal. "Suicide bomber hits D.I. Khan hospital: 32 killed, 55 injured" Dawn, 20 August 2008
  119. https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a4JY433qlX4g&refer=home "Death Toll From Pakistan Arms Plant Suicide Attack Rises to 70"
  120. https://www.dawn.com/news/317710/ex-nazim-among-five-shot-dead-in-swat "Ex-nazim among five shot dead in Swat"
  121. http://www.aaj.tv/2008/08/anp-leader-four-others-shot-dead-in-swat/ "ANP leader, four others shot dead in Swat"
  122. https://web.archive.org/web/20080824185230/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/23/content_9639307.htm "Bomb blast kills 20 in NW Pakistan"
  123. https://web.archive.org/web/20121024082130/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/25/content_9705955.htm "Rocket attack by Taliban kills 10 in NW Pakistan"
  124. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\27\story_27-8-2008_pg1_7 "8 killed in Islamabad bomb blast"
  125. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200808281421.htm "Nine killed, 15 injured in bomb attack in Pak."
  126. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7601671.stm "Bomber hits Pakistani checkpoint"
  127. http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\09\11\story_11-9-2008_pg1_9 "25 killed, 50 injured in Dir mosque attack "
  128. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7626454.stm "Five killed in Balochistan blast"
  129. http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\09\23\story_23-9-2008_pg1_4 "Nine security personnel killed in Swat suicide attack"
  130. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7637415.stm "Bomb attack on train in Pakistan"
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  132. Laura King, "Suicide bomber kills at least 20 in Pakistan" Los Angeles Times, October 7, 2008
  133. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7662127.stm 'US missile' hits Pakistani house
  134. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7660578.stm "Police HQ attacked in Islamabad"
  135. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7663574.stm "Dozens killed in Pakistan bombing"
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  137. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/13/pakistan.bomb/ "Bomb targets Pakistan anti-extremist"
  138. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/world/asia/18pstan.html U.S. Strike Is Said to Kill Qaeda Figure in Pakistan
  139. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/10/2008101651419107218.html "Deaths in Pakistan suicide attack"
  140. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/19/content_10218799.htm "Pakistan's rebel group claims responsibility for blast in southwest"
  141. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01E5DA133BF930A15753C1A96E9C8B63&sec=&spon= Strike on Village In Pakistan Kills 4; Drone Is Suspected
  142. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7692373.stm 'US strike' kills Taleban leader
  143. http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\10\27\story_27-10-2008_pg1_3 "11 killed in Mohmand suicide blast"
  144. http://thenews.com.pk/print3.asp?id=18045 "Two killed in Quetta blast"
  145. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7701435.stm "'Eight killed' in Pakistan attack"
  146. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7704678.stm "Car bomb kills Pakistani soldiers"
  147. http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\05\story_5-11-2008_pg1_7 "7 killed in Hangu suicide attack"
  148. http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\07\story_7-11-2008_pg1_1 "Bomber strikes Salarzai jirga in Bajaur, kills 22"
  149. http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\12\story_12-11-2008_pg1_1 "4 killed in suicide attack at Peshawar sports stadium"
  150. http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\13\story_13-11-2008_pg1_5 "Suicide attack on security forces camp in Charsadda, seven killed"
  151. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5152912.ece US drone strike kills 12 in Pakistan
  152. http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\18\story_18-11-2008_pg1_3 "3 troops among 10 killed in Swat suicide blast"
  153. http://www.dawn.com/2008/11/20/top3.htm "Ex-chief of commando force gunned down"
  154. http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\21\story_21-11-2008_pg1_2 "Nine killed, four injured in Bajaur suicide blast"
  155. http://thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18512 "Seven killed in DIK funeral blast"
  156. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/22/transatlantic-airline-rashid-rauf US kills alleged transatlantic airline plot leader, reports say
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  158. http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/02/top6.htm "10 killed in Mingora suicide attack"
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