Terrorism-related Incidents in Peshawar - 2017

January 9

The BDU neutralised a 10 kilograms bomb in Karkhano Market of Peshawar.

January 15

Army and LEAs carried out joint combing operations in Shaheen town, Warsak Road, Dalazak and Pakka Ghulam areas of Peshawar in the evening.

The Police recovered two suicide jackets from Abu Bakar mosque under the Paharipura Police Station, on the outskirt of Peshawar.

At least nine people, including three FC personnel, were injured in a blast on Charsadda road of Peshawar.

The Driver of the civil judge vehicle was killed when a motorcycle bourne suicide bomber rammed his bike into the vehicle in Hayatabad area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Civil Judge Asif Jadoon and three female judges of the lower judiciary were travelling in an official car in Phase 5 area when an attacker on a motorcycle struck the front of the vehicle and exploded, killing the driver and injuring the four judges.

SFs conducted a search operation in Regi area of Peshawar in KP and killed three terrorists.

The CTD claimed thwarting a terrorism bid after arresting an Afghan national named Naimatullah from the Achini Khwar area of Peshawar.

A cache of arms and ammunition was recovered during a raid on a house in the New City Homes locality by a team of Chamkani Police.

25 kilogrammes of explosives, 34 hand-grenades and prima cord were seized during a raid jointly conducted by personnel of Police and intelligence agencies on a house in Shahpoor.

At least six militants were killed during a search operation in the Mosal Kor village of Michini area in Peshawar.

Unidentified gunmen shot dead a senior Afghan Taliban leader, Maulvi Daud, near Shamshato refugees' camp near Peshawar.

Three CTD officials sustain injuries when an IED exploded at Khattak Pull area of Peshawar.

A car was completely destroyed in three explosions outside a trader's house in Ghani Rehman Karlay area of Peshawar.

Police and law enforcement agencies recovered 400 kilogrammes of military-grade explosives during a joint raid at a house of one Hunzala in Shamshato Refugee Camp, an area falling within the jurisdiction of Mattani Police Station in Peshawar.

Four members of a defunct pro-government peace militia were killed and another was injured in a targeted attack in Mattani Bazaar in the outskirts of Peshawar.

A relative and former secretary of Afghanistan's former Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Haji Fareed, was shot dead in Tajabad area of Pishtakhara in Peshawar.

At least three Police personnel and one militant were during an ambush on the Police vehicle in Chamkani area of Peshawar.

Police killed three militants in an encounter near grid station of Shahpur in Chamkani area of Peshawar.

Two FC personnel were killed and four others injured when a suicide bomber targeted their vehicle in Hayatabad area of Peshawar.

A boy was killed and six other children were injured in a toy bomb explosion in Spinawari area under Pishtakhara Police Station in Peshawar.

At least 20 people sustained injuries in an explosion near a hospital located on Ring Road near Shinwari Town, within the jurisdiction of Paharipura Police Station in Peshawar.

Police and intelligence agencies in a joint operation rounded up two terrorists and recovered seven hand grenades, four IEDs and prima card and shrapnel from an under an construction house in Peshawar.

The Police claimed to have arrested four militants as they attempted to plant a bomb on Shah Alam bridge in Peshawar.

CTD has arrested two militants in Peshawar. Eight-kilograms of explosives and a hand grenade were recovered from the arrested militants.

Security in and around BKIA in Peshawar, has been put on high alert amid threat of an attack, on an international flight

AIG of Police, Muhammad Ashraf Noor was killed while seven other Policemen were injured, when a suicide bomber hit his motorbike into the vehicle carrying the AIG and other Personnel, near Zarghoni Mosque in the Hayatabad area between, Phase 1 and 2. There are however conflicting reports on the total number of casualties in the attack. Militant outfit LeJ claimed responsibility for the attack.

At least nine persons, including six students, were killed and 37 were injured when TTP terrorists attacked the ATI in Peshawar, KP. At least four attackers wearing suicide jackets under burqas reached the compound in a rickshaw. Their first target was the security guard, after which they headed inside towards the ATI students' hostel. Two soldiers were also injured in the rescue operation. A cache of arms and ammunition, including three suicide jackets, 20 hand grenades, AK-47 rifles and IEDs were recovered from the incident site. According to reports, about 120 college residents, out of a total of nearly 400, were present at the time of the attack. Most of the others had gone home for a long holiday weekend. TTP took the responsibility for the attack, claiming that it was not targeting the Institute, but a safe house belonging to Pakistan's ISI in the same area.

Two suspected militants were arrested near Jumma Khan Khwar in Nasir Bagh area of Peshawar in KP. The arrested militants were wanted in target killings and arms and explosives were recovered from them.

Police arrested nine suspects from Badhbher, Telaband, and other areas outside Peshawar. Arms and ammunition were recovered from the suspects.

Army and Police conducted a Joint-Search Operation and arrested 19 suspected militants in Gulberg and Riggi areas of Peshawar.

A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) acting on the petition filed by one Fazal Khan, disallowed the Government from releasing the former 'spokesperson' of TTP, Ehsanullah Ehsan, and directed the authorities to continue with the investigation. The petition stated that the Government was planning to give clemency to Ehsan who is in the custody of Security Agencies. Ehsanullah Ehsan had later joined JuA.