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Terrorism-related Incidents in Peshawar - 2010

2010

No

Date

Incident

1

January 8

A suspected militant ‘commander’, identified as Irfan, blew himself up during a Police raid in the Adezai village in Matni on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of NWFP. Six Policemen were injured in the incident. Four suspected militants were also arrested in the raid.

2

January 9

Seven Policemen were injured when an alleged suicide bomber blew himself up in a house in Adezai village in Mattani area of Peshawar in NWFP. The Security Forces raided a house during a search operation to arrest two Taliban militants Saifullah and Bilal – who were wanted by Police in various cases of terrorism. During the raid, Taliban ‘commander’, Irfan, who was the only one present in the house, blew himself up.

3

January 10

An ANP lawmaker, Alamgir Khalil, in the NWFP Assembly survived a bomb attack in Pavaka area under Pishtakhara Police Station area in Peshawar. A Police Official said that the bomb targeting the vehicle of Alamgir Khalil went off at around 4 pm (PST). No casualties were reported. The official said the blast occurred just moments after Khalil’s vehicle passed the area.

4

January 20

Five persons, including an Awami National Party (ANP) member of the provincial assembly, Aurangzeb Khan, were injured in a remote-controlled bomb explosion in Peshawar in North West Frontier Province (NWFP).

5
February 1

Unidentified Taliban militants blew up a tanker carrying oil supply to NATO forces in Afghanistan on the ring road in the Chamkani Police Station area of Peshawar in NWFP.

6
February 22

A prominent member of the Shia community was shot dead while his friend sustained injuries when unidentified attackers opened fire on them in Yakatoot area of Peshawar in NWFP. An alleged attacker was overpowered while trying to escape from the spot. Saqlain, a prominent figure of the Shia community and brother of Major (Retd.) Hasnain, a leader of Tehrik Nifaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jaferia (TNFJ), was killed and his friend Abbas was wounded when unidentified attackers opened fire on them near their Imambargah in Yakatoot.

7
February 23

The Taliban militants attacked a vehicle owned by a local lashkar (army) chief in Adezai village on the outskirts of the provincial capital of NWFP, Peshawar. A Mattani Police official said that while a blast had been reported in Adezai village, police had no further information. However, Adezai lashkar chief Dilawar Khan said that he was the target of the attack, as the vehicle targeted was in his use. He said his nephew was using the vehicle at the time of the attack, as "I had sent him to attend a jirga (council) in my place at Mattani Police Station".

8
February 25

Suspected militants blew up a tanker carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan in Bhanamari Police Station area of Peshawar. A police official said that the blast occurred at around 8:00 am (PST) on the Ring Road.

9
February 28

SFs killed 25 militants in frontier region of Peshawar in NWFP in the first four days of Operation Spring Cleaning, according to officials. The officials said that operation was jointly launched on February 24, 2010 and would continue until the elimination of militants form the area. They said one Frontier Crop trooper had been killed in fighting and five others were injured.

10
March 01

Suspected Taliban militants blew up a tanker carrying fuel for NATO troops based in Afghanistan near Jamil Chowk on Ring Road of Peshawar, the capital of NWFP. A Police official of the Chamkani Police Station said the driver sustained injuries in the attack and the tanker caught fire.

11
March 02

The SFs killed a supplier of suicide jackets and explosives, Mohammad Iqbal, who operated a key inter-city network during an encounter in the north-western part of Peshawar. The Army sources said Iqbal belonged to TTP faction of Khyber Agency. "He was a key supplier of suicide bomb jackets and explosives to Islamabad and other cities of Pakistan," the Army said. He was accused of supplying explosives for "21 suicide vehicles" to Swat District, where Pakistan launched a military operation in 2009.

12

March 12

Four persons were killed and 25 others injured when a powerful bomb exploded near the Bara Qadeem checkpost close to a market on the Bara Road in Peshawar.

13
March 16

A Bajaur-based militant 'commander', identified as Mohammad Rehan, was arrested during an operation in Wakho Pul on Kohat Road under Bhanamari Police Station area of Peshawar. Rehan was head of a faction of militants that had parted ways with Maulvi Faqir Mohammad-led TTP in Bajaur Agency of FATA.

14
March 21

An injured militant 'commander' under treatment at hospital of the International Committee of Red Cross in University Town of Peshawar, the capital of NWFP, managed to escape taking the cover of night.

15
March 22

SFs arrested a key Taliban 'commander', Iliyas also known as Usman, from the Bakhsh Pul area near Charsadda road of Peshawar. Law enforcement agencies said Usman is accused of running a parallel court in the Pundyali tehsil of the Mohmand Agency in FATA.

16
March 28

A bomb attack injured five persons and destroyed a compact disc shop in the Hayatabad area of Peshawar. SSP (Coordination) Sher Akbar said that five persons were injured when a bomb explosion at around 4:30pm completely destroyed the Afghan compact disc shop in Bilal Market.

17
April 5

A series of three powerful blasts followed by heavy gunfight in a brazen suicide mission, apparently planned to target the US Consulate in Peshawar, left eight persons dead and 18 others injured in Peshawar, the provincial capital of NWFP.

18
April 6

Police shot dead two suspected suicide bombers during a raid in Mattani area on the outskirts of Peshawar, the provincial capital of NWFP. One of the two alleged attackers killed, was wearing a suicide vest, said Liaquat Ali, a Senior Police Official.

19
April 7

The Taliban militants bombed three Government schools with explosives in different areas of Peshawar, the provincial capital of NWFP, late in the night.

20
April 19

At least 24 people, including a child and Police officials, were killed and 49 others injured in twin bombings hours apart at a school and a crowded market in Peshawar, the provincial capital of NWFP. The first bomb exploded outside a school run by a Police welfare foundation in the Peshawar, killing a boy and injuring eight others. The second blast occurred at Qissa Khawani Bazaar of Peshawar when a suicide bomber walked into the crowd and detonated explosives.

21
April 23

The Taliban militants blew up a power supply tower in Maroofkhel village near Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

22
April 23

The Taliban militants blew up a power supply tower in Maroofkhel village near Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

23
April 28

At least four Policemen were killed and 15 others wounded as a suicide car bomber attacked a checkpost in the Pir Bala area on the outskirts of Peshawar.

24
May 11

The Peshawar Police shot dead an alleged militant, Amanullah, wanted over terror attacks including the 2009 murder of an official with the Iranian consulate, at Sheikhabad area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

25
May 11

Unidentified militants blew up a power supply tower in the Urmar area on the outskirts of Peshawar.

26
May 12

Five persons, including two young girls, were killed in two separate attacks at Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

27
May 21

The suspected militants blew up a girls' primary school in Ferozabad area under Matani Police Station on the outskirts of the Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

28
June 2

One woman and two children were injured when unidentified militants fired three rockets that landed in the jurisdiction of Pishtakhara Police Station of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in night.

29
June 21

Suspected militants blew up a shrine of a saint named Mian Umer Baba on the outskirts of Peshawar. No loss of life was reported.

30
June 25

Section 144 has been imposed in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province after reports of security threats in the city.

31
July 1

A boy was killed and three officials of the TESCO and a passer-by injured in a hand-grenade attack on a vehicle near a Police checkpost in Bara Qaeedm area of Peshawar District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

32
July 5

Unidentified militants shot dead a tribal elder, Malik Hashim Khan, in Kohi Hassankhel area in the Frontier Region of Peshawar.

33

July 6

The militants blew up a state-run primary school at Khattako Pul area in the outskirts of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

34

July 6

Police arrested a person, Jamaluddin, and recovered seven kilogrammes of explosives from his possession in Tajabad area, a suburban area of Peshawar.

35

July 7

A bomb blast destroyed five vehicles parked outside a showroom under Faqirabad Police Station in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

36

July 11

SFs arrested about seven key militant ‘commanders’ and some 225 other suspects from different cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including provincial capital Peshawar, Nowshera and Sarbanda.

37

July 12

Police arrested 410 suspects during a grand search operation in various parts of the provincial capital Peshawar. The operation was conducted in the limits of Khazana, Faqirabad and Paharripura Police Stations. According to police, 16 rifles, 10 AK-47 rifles, four Kalakovs, 13 pistols and 830 bullets were also seized during the operation.

38

July 14

The number of suspected persons during the last three days rose to 671 on July 14, as 91 more persons were arrested from parts of the provincial capital Peshawar. As many as 410 persons were arrested on July 12 while another 170 were held on July 13. A total of 200 personnel of the Frontier Police, 60 from the Elite Police Force and three platoons of the Frontier Constabulary took part in the operation.

39

July 21

The personnel of BDU defused a remote-control bomb planted by unidentified militants to attack a convoy of the SFs in Mattani area near Peshawar of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

40

July 22

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government closed two registration centres in Peshawar set up for the IDPs of Kurram Agency, after receiving threats from TTP asking the Government to close the centres or face attacks.

41

July 23

Two rockets fired from the nearby Khyber Agency landed in different parts of the Peshawar city, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the wee hours.

42

July 26

Eight persons, including three Policemen and two children, were killed, while 23 others were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the house of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain in the Khan Sher Garhi area of Peshawar.

43

July 26

Militants blew up a primary school for boys in Matani area of Peshawar.

44
August 4

The FC chief Sifwat Ghayoor along with his three bodyguards was killed in a suicide attack at FC Headquarters in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 11 persons were also injured in the attack.

45
August 5

Two FC personnel were injured in a hand grenade attack on a check post in Bara Qadeem area of Peshawar District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

46
August 8

The bomb disposal squad personnel defused a 12 kilogrammes bomb planted on a roadside near Askari Madarasa, situated on the main Hangu road in Peshawar of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

46
August 9

Gulalai Wali Khan, sister of Awami National Party (ANP) president Asfandyar Wali Khan, escaped an attempt on her life when three unidentified assailants fired three shots at her as she left her clinic in Karachi Market in the busy Khyber Bazaar in Peshawar.

47
August 13

The Police claimed to have foiled a sabotage attempt and recovered cache of various kinds of explosive material and mortar shells on the Peshawar-Bara Road in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

48
August 17

The Police arrested two young would-be suicide bombers, with suicide vests around their waists, while they were trying to enter Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

49
August 18

10 LI militants attacked a mosque and killed two anti-TTP fighters while they were praying in Adezai village on the outskirts of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

An hour later, about 100 militants from the same outfit attacked on a Police Post in Sarbanda village, on the western edge of Peshawar, leading to a 40-minute encounter but no injuries were reported. "They were Mangal Bagh's people," Muhammad Karim Khan, a Senior Police Official said.

50
August 21

Suspected militants attacked a Police check post located at Bara Qadeem (old Bara) area at Peshawar-Bara Road near Peshawar killing a civilian and injuring three Policemen.

51
August 22

Terrorists are regrouping outside Peshawar, the Tribal Areas and the flood-hit areas, and the Federal and Provincial Government should launch an immediate action against them, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said.

53

August 23

Three volunteers of an anti-Taliban lashkar were killed and 11 another injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast in Adezai near Peshawar of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

53

August 24

The militants killed a peace body activist, belonging to Frontier Region of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, but released his son.

54

August 26

A militant was killed and another injured during a clash with anti-Taliban volunteers and SFs in Matani area of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the night.

55

August 28

Army commandos and Frontier Constabulary personnel stormed an intelligence office in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and freed two people who were taken hostage by militant.

56
September 3

A Policeman was killed and another three sustained injuries when militants targeted a Police patrolling team by a remote control bomb in Achini Bala area of Peshawar.

57
September 6

The TTP bombed a Government girls' high school in the Landi Arbab area of Peshawar at 2am (PST) in the night.

58
September 7

The VC of the Islamia College University Ajmal Khan, and the cousin of ANP chief Asfandyar Wali Khan were abducted by unidentified militants from the Professors' Colony area of the university campus at around 9am (PST) in Peshawar.

59
September 19

The TTP militants bombed another school in Peshawar at 2:10 am in the night. Earlier on September 18, suspected TTP militants blew off the Iqra Rozatul Atfal Girls' School at Charkha Khel area of Peshawar.

The SFs and Adezai Qaumi Lashkar launched an operation against TTP militants in Frontier Region of Peshawar. A source said that increasing sabotage acts and recent threats by militants prompted SFs and lashkar to launch operation against them.

60
September 22

10 militants and three Security personnel were killed in an ongoing military operation in FR of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

61
September 23

Militants blew up three government-run schools in the Badbher area on the suburbs of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

62
September 24

The Peshawar Police banned the entry of all NATO containers and heavy vehicles destined for Afghanistan into the city for security reasons.

63
September 29

Suspected militants attacked and damaged a check post in Shahabkhel, a suburban village in the limits of Badbher Police Station, in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at midnight.

64
October 4

The SFs repulsed an attack by a group of 60 LI militants on Sarbanda checkpost in Peshawar.

65
October 7

The Police raided a madrassa (seminary) and arrested an Afghan Taliban commander 'Abdul Raziq' in the Jamia Imdad-e-Aloom-e-Islamia premises in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

66
October 8

Unidentified militants blew up a girls' primary school at Mashokhel and boys' primary school at Shaikhan Village villages of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

67
October 11

The Police neutralised a powerful explosive device planted under a bridge on Choha Gujar-Hazar Khwani Road under Chamkani Police Station in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

68
October 14

A religious scholar, Sardar Haider, was shot by unidentified assailants on his way to his office from his house in the Kotwali area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

69
October 16

Suspected TTP militants blew up a Government school in the Badhaber area of Peshawar, in the night. No loss of life was reported in the attack. Badhaber Police officer Mukamil Shah said a bomb disposal squad defused another six-kilogrammes bomb, which had failed to explode.

70

October 20

Police shot dead a militant who hurled a hand grenade at Bara Qadeemi checkpost on Peshawar-Bara Road under Sarbanda Police Station in Peshawar.

72

October 20

The Peshawar City Police recovered four NATO transport containers loaded with US Army jackets and laptop computers that had been stolen while on their way to Afghanistan.

73

October 22

An IED, detonated through a remote control, killed five persons and injured 22 others inside a mosque in Pishtakhara suburb of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

74

October 22

Police recovered stolen NATO goods at Kharkhano market, a known centre of smuggled goods on the outskirts of Peshawar near the border with Khyber Agency in FATA.

75
October 27

Two Policemen were killed when militants attacked a Police patrol party on Beri Bagh Road under Yakatoot Police Station in Peshawar.

76
November 1

Police foiled a sabotage attempt by defusing a powerful bomb, weighing about three kilogrammes, planted on a road in Gul Gasht Colony under Bana Mani Police Station in Peshawar.

77
November 5

At least three persons were killed and 17 other injured in the militant attack on a mosque in Sulemankhel area of Badbher near Peshawar.

78
November 11

A woman and her minor daughter were killed in a TTP attack on Adezai village under Matani Police Station of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

79
November 12

The militants in Peshawar warned drivers of girls' schools of dire consequences if they do not stop taking students to schools in two days' time.

80
November 13

Six people, including two women, were injured in a hand grenade attack at a property dealer's office in Latif Abad area of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

81
November 15

Two persons were killed and three others injured in a bomb explosion near the house of a slain anti-(TTP tribal elder in the Adezai area, some 12.5 miles (20 kilometres) south of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

82
November 19

The unidentified assailants set fire to 10 NATO oil tankers on the Ring Road in Peshawar of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Police also neutralised a half-kilogramme bomb recovered from the site of the attack.

83
November 19

Police foiled a sabotage attempt by neutralising a powerful bomb planted under a bridge in Chamkani area of Peshawar.

84
November 29

A FC constable, identified as Muhammad Yaqub, was killed when militants attacked a telephone exchange in Bora locality of Peshawar.

85
December 6

The oil tanker bearing registration number TLL-684-Lasbella, carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, was blown up at Ring Road in the limits of Pishtakhara Police Station in Peshawar of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

86
December 6

Suspected militants blew up a government-run primary school for girls in Jogian area near Tarnab Farm on Grand Trunk Road of Peshawar.

87
December 11

Two Police constables, Pir Ghulam and Tayyeb, were killed in a terrorist attack on a Police squad at Shakas Square under Hayatabad Police Station in Peshawar.

88

December 13

A bomb blast in the Sir Syed Islamic Model School’s bus killed a 13-year-old boy and injured five others, including two students and bus driver, on Charkhana Road in the Bhana Mari area of Peshawar.

89

December 14

Three caretakers of Ghazi Baba shrine, identified as Mohammad Ali, Ghazi and Aslam Khan, were shot dead by militants in Badbher area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at about 2am (PST).

90

December 14

Three women travelling in a car were injured when suspected militants detonated an explosive device near a van carrying a Police team on the Charsadda Road in Naguman area of Peshawar.

91

December 16

A child was killed while 25 mourners, including eight women and three children, sustained injuries when militants threw a hand grenade at a Muharram mourning procession at Yadgar Chowk in Peshawar.

92
December 24

Two students and a teacher sustained injuries when a bomb planted outside a Model Collegiate School went off at Palosai in the suburbs of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at 11.30 am (PST).


Note:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.

 

 

 

 

 
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