Bomb blasts in the North West Frontier Province - 2008

December 31: The main pipeline of the Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited was blown up at the Ring Road in Peshawar. The explosion caused suspension of gas supply to several localities, including Hayatabad, Badbher, Ormar, Achenay and adjacent villages.

December 29: The Police sources said an abandoned security post in Tando Dag village of Barikot revenue division was blown up by the militants. The explosion also damaged a number of nearby houses. However, no human loss was reported in the incident.

December 28: 43 people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car near a polling station in a Government school in the Buner District of NWFP. 16 persons were injured in the blast believed to have been carried out to disrupt the by-election for a National Assembly seat. "It was apparently a suicide attack," Deputy Superintendent of Police, Arsala Khan, said, adding the bomber detonated his explosive-laden car parked near camps set up by different parties in front of the school in Shalbandi village, 5kms from the District headquarters of Daggar.

December 26: Suspected Taliban militants blew up an Internet café destroying five other shops in the Gunj area of Peshawar. Locals told that the blast had damaged six shops in Mohallah Mawatyan area. However, no casualty was reported.

Suspected militants blew up a school in the Drushkhela area of Swat District. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.

December 23: In the Alamganj area of Khwazakhela, the militants blew up a bridge that suspended traffic.

December 22: Four persons were injured when the Taliban detonated a private school building after torching four buses in the limits of Mathra Police Station in Peshawar.

Militants blew up a music centre in the Dir Colony of Yakatut area in Peshawar. However, no casualty was reported. A police official said the explosion destroyed the building and other valuable items in the centre.

December 14: Four shops and a police post were damaged in two separate bomb blasts in the provincial capital Peshawar. However, there were no casualties. A police official told that a blast caused by a low-intensity explosive device at around 5am had damaged an electric store, a public call office, a snooker club and an embroidery shop in Gang Area in the Kotwali police station precincts. Another bomb blast later in the day damaged a police post on Ring Road in the Faqirabad police station jurisdiction. The suspected Taliban militants fired two rockets on the city, but there were no casualties. One rocket landed in Army Stadium and the other in open fields near Faqir Kilay.

Hundreds of armed Taliban militants attacked a bazaar in Tull tehsil (revenue division) of Hangu District and torched at least 18 shops. District Police Officer Sajjad Khan told that Taliban had blown up two shops with explosives and set fire to 16 others.

December 13: Five civilians were killed when a car hit a landmine in the Jano area of Khawazakhela tehsil in Swat.

December 12: Suspected militants blew up the house and Hujra (guest house) of Muzaffarul Mulk, Member of National Assembly of Awami National Party, in Manglawar area. No causality was reported as both places were already vacated.

December 9: A child was killed and four others were injured in a premature suicide blast in the Nari Oba area of Buner District. A congregation of Eid prayer, to be performed at 9 am, in Dagger village was the apparent target of the attack, but the suicide jacket exploded 25 meters away from the Eidgah (open-air mosque), killing a child, Zahid Hussain, and the suicide bomber. Four others Shakeela (6), Stooria (9), Saifullah (8) and Muhammad Hussain (7) were wounded.

December 5: A car bomb explosion outside an Imambargah (congregation hall for Shia rituals) near the Qisakhwani Bazaar in Peshawar, capital of the NWFP, killed at least 22 persons and injured more than 90. Hospital sources said the death toll might increase because some of the wounded are in a critical condition. Imambargah Alamdar Karbala and several adjacent buildings in the Kocha Risaldar alley were damaged and the ensuing fire engulfed buildings, markets and vehicles. The powerful explosion also damaged electricity wires, plunging the area into darkness.

December 4: A police constable was killed and 13 police and Frontier Corps personnel were injured when suspected militants attacked a police station in Bannu. The station was destroyed in the attack carried out with rockets, missiles, hand-grenades and other weapons.

Unidentified men detonated three bombs planted close to video and CD shops at Al-Noor and China markets near Timergara in Lower Dir. A Timeragara police official said the low-intensity improvised explosive devices went off in quick succession after the markets had been closed. The blasts damaged several video and CD shops, however no casualty was reported, he added.

December 3: Five people, including three SF personnel, were killed and six others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber rammed his auto rickshaw into a vehicle of the SFs at Pir Qala area of Shabqadar tehsil (revenue division) in the Charsadda district.

December 1: Eleven civilians were killed and 66 persons, including two soldiers, injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden mini-truck into the Sangota checkpoint in the Swat valley. The suicide blast brought the roof of a nearby house down, leaving a woman dead. All the dead were civilians waiting at the checkpoint. A military official said the checkpoint was the target of the bomber. After the blast, the SFs resorted to indiscriminate firing, which reportedly injured several people. Meanwhile, three persons - a trooper, an arrested militant and a 13-year-old boy - were killed when they came under fire. The SFs subsequently arrested 17 suspected militants during a crackdown. Separately, militants blew up two bridges at Khariri and Sambat and as many shops in Sambat.

November 28: At least seven people, including a policeman, were killed and 16 others, including four policemen, sustained injuries when a suicide bomber targeted a police patrol vehicle in Bannu district. Local sources told that a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a police car patrolling the streets near Tarezi Chowk on the main Bannu-Kohat road.

November 27: The militants attacked a bus carrying security force personnel to Madyan at Fatehpur with a remote-controlled bomb. However, no casualties were reported in the incident.

November 25: The NWFP Labour Minister Sher Azam Wazir survived an assassination bid in Bannu district, as a police pilot vehicle escorting him was blown up by a remote-controlled explosive device. Wazir was en route to his native village Sarkikhel. When his car and the police escort vehicle reached Kashu Nullah on Link Road, unidentified men triggered the remote-controlled device destroying the police vehicle. However, both the minister and police officials escaped without injuries.

November 24: Ten people, including a woman, were injured in two bomb blasts in Peshawar, capital of the NWFP. Syed Kamal Shah, the caretaker of Hussainia mosque, his wife and seven other people sustained injuries in the first blast which occurred in the second-storey washroom of his residence. According to Hashtnagri police, three to five kilograms of dynamite was used for the explosion, which damaged a room and some other parts of the house. The other blast took place in the Pando area injuring one person. Mohammad Ashraf complained to police that two persons had called him out of his house just before the explosion.

November 22: Five people, including two children, were killed and seven others injured when a bomb exploded in a mosque in the Tull tehsil (revenue division) of Hangu district. Hangu District Police Officer Sajjad Khan told the bomb went off at about 4:00pm (PST) during prayers in the Sewa Gul Mosque in the Mohallah Tandaroo Sunni neighbourhood.

November 20: An angry mob torched shops and vehicles and pelted police with rocks in Dera Ismail Khan in the NWFP after a bomb exploded at the funeral procession of a slain Shia cleric. 10 persons were killed and approximately 40 others were wounded in the blast. Deputy Superintendent of Police Sanaullah Khan told that a remote-controlled bomb exploded during the funeral of Syed Iqbal Shah at 11am. The bomb exploded on Bannu Road as the procession was headed for the Kotli Imam Graveyard.

November 17: Ten persons, including four soldiers, were killed and 17 others were wounded in a suicide blast in the Khawazakhela area of Swat. A military statement said the suicide bomber struck the security forces'' check post in an explosives-packed vehicle at 11:15 a.m. near Gashkor.

November 14: Two remote-controlled explosions destroyed six shops, including two shops renting out video CDs, and injured three persons in Dera Ismail Khan. The first blast occurred at 10pm on November 13-night in a CD shop at Circle Road near Swayra Hotel. Three adjoining shops were also destroyed completely. The second blast occurred near Circle Road Eidgah Klan Mor at 6am on November 14 in a video shop. The explosion destroyed two more shops.

November 12: Five persons, including four SF personnel, were killed and 15 others wounded as a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-filled bus into the gates of the Subhan Khaur village school in the Charsadda district. Two other civilians were killed as troops opened retaliatory fire. The school was being used by the SFs for carrying out operations against the Taliban and hence, there were no children in the school.

November 11: A suicide bomber blew himself up at a packed Qayyum Stadium in capital Peshawar, killing four people, including a policeman and three civilians. 13 more persons were wounded.

Unidentified militants blew up a police check post that was under construction in Bannu. According to police, the men planted explosives near the check post in the Ghoriwala area at Dera Ismail Khan Road. The bomb, which was fitted to the wall of the police check post, damaged three rooms and a corridor. However, there were no casualties.

November 10: Militants blew up two bridges, including a small bridge in Sangota and the newly-constructed Landakay-Shamozo Bridge.

The Taliban made an unsuccessful attempt at targeting an army convoy with a timed bomb in the Duaba area of Tall tehsil. The bomb was planted on Duaba Tora Wari Road with an army convoy as the apparent target, but the device exploded 10 minutes after the troops passed the spot. The explosion did not cause any casualties.

The militants blew up a school for girls in the Chukiatan area of Upper Dir district. Three rooms of the four-room building were razed to ground while the remaining one was damaged in two consecutive blasts.

November 7: Taliban militants blew up two checkposts and a market in Sakhi Pul area under Nasir Bagh police station.

November 6: Two FC personnel were killed when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a FC camp in the Mingora area.

A 500KV electricity pylon was blown up near Badabher, briefly disrupting power supply to Peshawar before it was restored through alternative sources.

November 5: Three Taliban militants were killed when a roadside bomb they were planting exploded in the Chamkanai area of Swat.

The militants destroyed one bridge each in Sangota and Fizzagat areas with explosives.

Unidentified militants detonated a remote-controlled bomb planted close to a house in the Bawbar area of Upper Dir district. However, no casualty was reported.

November 3: A bomb blast damaged Gambati police check post, injuring a policeman.

October 31: A suicide bomber killed nine persons and injured 21 in an attack on police in Mardan of NWFP. The suicide bomber attacked the police squad of Mardan DIG Akhtar Ali Shah outside his office at 1:30 pm, police said, adding that five among the dead and three among the injured were policemen. "The attacker blew himself up close to the escort when my guards tried to stop him from entering the office premises," Shah said. "I was the target but such attacks cannot stop us from doing our duty," said Shah. Police said a severed head, apparently that of the suicide bomber, was recovered from the explosion site.

October 28: The SFs shelled the hideouts of Taliban militants in the Sar Banda area of Matta tehsil (revenue division), a breeding ground for the militants, and wounded two important commanders, Abn-e-Aqil and his father.

Tthe militants blew up the Girls High School in Odigram, a town situated on the outskirts of Mingora city. No loss of life was reported in the blast.

October 21: In Swat, a FC soldier and a civilian were killed when a remote-controlled bomb targeted an FC convoy in the Sersenai area. Six people were injured and two vehicles damaged in the attack.

October 19: Taliban militants blew up Provincial Minister Ayub Khan’s rest house in the Ashari area of Swat.

October 16: A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into the Mingora Police Station in Swat in the NWFP, killing four security personnel and destroying the building. Nearby offices of newspapers and a TV channel were damaged in the earlier firing. Most of the 27 people injured were security forces and police, though two civilian bystanders were also injured.

October 15: Unidentified persons blew up a basic health unit (BHU) in the Chamtali area of Khwazakhela. The building and record were destroyed in the blasts.

October 13: Four people, including a leader of the Awami National Party, were injured when a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in the Dir district, an administration official said.

October 11: Three policemen and a soldier were injured when local Taliban militants attacked their convoy in the same tehsil with a remote-controlled bomb, officials said. Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan, however, claimed 10 soldiers were killed in the attack. He said two Taliban militants, including a nephew of the Taliban commander Fazlullah, were killed in the ensuing battle with security forces.

The Taliban also blew up two power plants in the Saidu Sharif and Mingora areas.

Three roadside bombs were defused in the Imam Dheri area.

October 10: The Taliban blew up two girls’ schools in Ali Grama and Sirsenai areas of Kabal tehsil.

Unidentified militants blew up a guesthouse owned by Awami National Party (ANP) Information Secretary Zahid Khan in the Haji Abad area of Lower Dir district.

October 9: Eleven persons were killed in the Dir area of NWFP when an improvised bomb exploded under a prison vehicle shortly after 1pm (PST) in the Khwago Oba area. The van was on its way to the Timergarah prison and carried prisoners who had been produced in a local court. The dead included four schoolchildren, three policemen and five prisoners.

October 8: A security convoy was also targeted with a remote-controlled bomb in the Abbas area of Darra Adam Khel.

The Taliban militants blew up the house of Union Council Nazim Jamshid Ali in the Kabal tehsil. However, no casualties were reported in these incidents.

Unidentified assailants blew up a CD shop with explosives.

October 7: Local Taliban militants blew up two private girls’ colleges in the Sangota area of Swat in the NWFP. Before bombing Excelsior Public Girls College and Sangota Public Girls College, the Taliban militants abducted two policemen and two security guards deployed there for security.

October 5: A remote controlled roadside bomb hit a military convoy in Sambat, injuring two soldiers and a civilian. Official sources told that soon after the blast, the troops resorted to firing that killed a man and a woman.

October 2: A suicide bomber blew himself up as he tried to enter a house owned by the Awami National Party (ANP) chief, Asfandyar Wali Khan, in the NWFP, killing four. Khan, the chairman of the Pakistani parliament's foreign relations committee, however, escaped unhurt in the attack. The incident took place in the town of Charsadda outside a hujra (guest house) belonging to Khan, a member of ruling coalition. The bomb exploded as Wali was visiting a guest in a room attached to the house during celebrations for the festival of Eidul Fitr, police and party officials told AFP. ‘Four people were killed in the suicide blats. The target was Asfandyar Wali but he is safe,’ Mian Iftikhar, the information minister for the NWFP, told local television. Provincial police chief, Malik Naveed, told AFP that guards shot the bomber before he blew himself up. "The suicide bomber tried to pass from the security scanner avoiding a physical search. Two security guards grabbed him but he tried to get away," Naveed said, adding, "Then he was shot and as soon as he fell on the ground he blew himself up." Police said the other victims included a policeman and a bank manager who was visiting to pay his respects to Khan. Meanwhile, Haji Adeel, a senior ANP member told Dawn, "The incident happened outside the hujra (guest house). One suicide bomber was trying to enter, he was stopped but the bomber blasted himself. The guard was killed."

October 1: One person was killed and two others injured when a bomb exploded in an ambulance at the Abdur Rahim market in the Feroz Khel area of NWFP.

September 28: In the Barikot bazaar area, two policemen, Javed and Rahim, and another person were injured when a suspected militant hurled a grenade on them.

September 27: Taliban blew up the houses of the NWFP provincial minister, Ayub Ashari and his brother, in the Dosha Gram area of Matta Tehsil (revenue division), killing three of the minister’s servants.

September 25: Two girls’ schools were blown up in the Sheen Kat area of Charbagh on September 24-night.

September 22: Nine security force (SF) personnel were killed and two other injured in a suicide car-bomb attack on a check post in Swat in the NWFP. A suspected Taliban militant rammed his explosives-laden car into a small roadside check post in Madyan town in Swat.

A security force personnel was killed while another was injured when their vehicle hit a landmine in the Darra Adam Khel.

The Munda station house officer, a constable and three guards sustained minor injuries in a remote-controlled blast in Lower Dir.

Unidentified men blew up the house of Kooza Bandai, Nazim Sher Afzal Khan, with explosives. However, no casualty was reported, according to Online.

September 21: Five persons, including a minor girl and a woman, were injured when unidentified militants blew up a grid station at Amman Kot chowk (Rahimabad) in the Mingora area of Swat in the NWFP, disrupting power supply to Swat and Shangla districts. The Online quoted an employee at the grid station as saying that unidentified men held the staff hostage and fixed remote control bombs in the control room.

September 19: Militants in the Dakorak area of Charbagh in the Swat valley of NWFP lobbed hand grenades at Brinks-armoured car, shifting cash amount, killing two occupants and injuring as many, and also looted PKR 9.8 million. The killed security officials were identified as Muhammad Omar and Ahmad. The vehicle was also badly damaged in the attack.

The security forces, that entered Koza Bandai a couple of days ago, blew up the houses of nine militants, including three commanders with explosives.

A bomb explosion in an empty container parked at Khyber Takya in the Landi Kotal area of NWFP caused slight damage to the trailer it was attached to. The trailer had reportedly come from Afghanistan and was on its way to Peshawar. The bomb had been planted under the fuel tanker, and might have been detonated using a remote control.

A bomb exploded in the Matta Bazaar and Adam Khor Bazaar areas of Miran Shah.

The security forces (SFs) bombed suspected Taliban hideouts in different areas of Swat district, including, Tehsil Matta, Tehsil Charbagh, Isharband, Mangol Tan and Allahabad.

The SFs operation to clear landmines and defuse explosive devices from Koza Bandi continued for the second consecutive day. Up to 60 percent areas have been cleared so far. According to a statement issued by the Media Information Centre Swat, around 75 Taliban have been killed with a similar number injured in the past 14 days in Koza Bandi.

September 18: Two suspected suicide bombers blew themselves up in the Upper Dir town of NWFP after residents foiled their attempt to take 300 schoolchildren hostage. The men entered into the town from Swat valley but people from the area chased them away, local police officer Johar Ali. They took refuge in a school building then and tried to take students hostage, local news agencies said, but police and villagers forced them to flee from there as well. Two of them then tried to take refuge in a forest where an exchange of gunfire took place. Subsequently, both bombers detonated the explosives strapped to their bodies, Johar Ali added. While a third bomber managed to flee.

September 17: A woman was killed and seven people were injured when a bomb exploded in the Nobel Town area of Dera Ismail Khan in the NWFP. The explosion was caused by around 20 kilograms of explosives attached to a cycle cart. The blast also destroyed two houses and partially damaged six others.

Unidentified militants blew up a bridge on the Indus Highway in the Darra Adam Khel area of NWFP. They blew up the fourth link bridge with explosives near Shenay Kalay area of Darra Adam Khel. Residents are facing severe problems because of the closure of the Kohat Tunnel and the Indus Highway.

September 16: A suicide bomber and Taliban militants attacked a security check post in the Kabal tehsil (revenue division) of Swat in the NWFP killing three soldiers. The attack occurred at a school building where around 350 personnel of the Frontier Corps and Frontier Constabulary were present. The bomber blew himself up as paramilitary soldiers approached his vehicle. Soon a group of Taliban tried to enter the post by firing on soldiers, but security forces managed to repulse their attack and three soldiers were martyred and six wounded.

September 11: six SF personnel were killed in an IED blast near a check-post of the Frontier Corps (FC) at Akhurwal area of the semi-tribal region in the Darra Adamkhel town.

The militants blew up a telephone exchange and several houses in the Kabal Tehsil.

A bomb blast damaged the house of former NWFP minister Ghaniur Rehman and provincial assembly member Atiqur Rehman.

September 10: At least 25 worshippers were killed and 50 others injured in a grenade-and-gun attack inside a mosque in the Maskanai area of lower Dir in NWFP.

Militants continued to target property of politicians and used bombs to destroy the ANP leader Afzal Khan's bus stand and seven shops in the Sumbat area of Matta tehsil (administrative division).

September 6: At least 30 persons, including seven policemen, were killed and more than 70 injured when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a security checkpoint in the outskirts of Peshawar

September 3: Gas supply to the Kohat Cement Company remained suspended when unidentified militants blew up a facility of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd on Siab Road in Kohat.

September 2: Six shops in Matta bazaar owned by the ruling Awami National Party leader Afzal Khan Lala were blown up.

August 30: In the Manglor area of Swat, militants bombed the houses of union council chief Jamshed Ali Khan and his two brothers.

August 29: Five persons were killed and 44 others, including 35 SF personnel, were wounded when an explosives-laden vehicle blew up after its driver was shot dead by the paramilitary Frontier Corps FC soldiers in the Darra Adamkhel town. According to official sources, the vehicle being driven by a would-be suicide bomber was on its way to hit the Orakzai Scouts check-post near Pakistan-Japan Friendship Tunnel at Darra Adamkhel.

August 28: 11 persons, including seven police officials and four civilians, were killed and 15 others injured when a powerful car bomb ripped through a prisoners van of the Bannu police on the Kurram Tangi Bridge on the Bannu-Kohat Road in Bannu. Police officials said the police van was en route to the Bannu Central Prison on the Bannu-Kohat Road from where it was supposed to carry prisoners to court.

August 27: Militants in the Matta sub-division blew up a market owned by Afzal Khan Lala, a senior leader of the ruling Awami National Party (ANP). Locals said that four shops were destroyed but there were no casualties.

August 26: Two children were killed as a mortar shell hit a house in the Madina Colony area of Kanjoo sub-division.

In the Shakardara area of Matta sub-division, militants blew up the houses of the ruling Awami National Party leader Muzaffar Ali Khan and his three brothers. The houses were empty at the time.

Militants also blew up a girls’ high school in Manglor.

August 25: A police post was blown up when militants detonated an improvised explosive device, injuring two policemen and two civilians.

A barber shop in Mardan was destroyed in a bomb blast. The blast also caused partial damage to several other buildings, including a private school.

August 23: A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden jeep into the Charbagh police station at 7.45am (PST), killing four policemen and three civilians. 20 others were wounded. About 100kg of explosives were reportedly used in the attack.

An elderly man and a child were killed and four students injured when a bomb planted by militants exploded in an abandoned police post in Aboha, a town near Bari Kot. A number of nearby homes and shops were damaged.

A girl was killed and five others sustained injuries when a shell hit their house in Kabal.

Another shell hit a house in Akhund Kalley, killing a man and injuring four others.

A vacant post was reportedly blown up in Deolai, near Kabal.

The militants blew up four bridges - two in Deolai and one each in Totano Banda and Dandary.

August 21: Unidentified militants fired five rockets at the Badabher Police Station in Peshawar at around 2:30am, killing a policeman, Zahir Shah, and injuring two Frontier Constabulary personnel, Habibullah and Shaukat. The rockets damaged the police station building and some vehicles parked nearby.

August 19: August 19: 32 persons, including seven policemen, were killed and 55 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up near the emergency ward of the District Headquarters Hospital in Dera Ismail Khan. The attack was carried out when a large number of people had gathered there to protest against the murder of the local Shia leader Basit Ali earlier in the day.

August 17: A bomb planted by suspected militants at a police post building in Dew near Landaki, exploded, damaging it completely. However, no casualty was reported.

August 16: Militants blew up a TV boaster in the Guli Bagh area of Charbagh and a bridge in Ashari area of Matta and set ablaze a grocery shop in the Dkorak area.

August 15: The government girls primary school in Charbagh was destroyed with three powerful blasts, police said, adding that the nearby basic health unit and local administration offices were partially damaged. The blasts also broke windowpanes of several nearby houses.

Nine masked militants planted two powerful bombs in the Ikram and Qalandar markets in Mingora town. Around 20 CD shops were completely destroyed and 22 others, not related to the CD business, were partially damaged in the explosions.

August 12: Six Pakistan Air Force (PAF) personnel and seven civilians were killed and 14 persons were wounded when a car bomb exploded near a bridge on the main Peshawar-Kohat Road in the southern part of Peshawar. The explosion occurred when a van carrying PAF personnel was going from the Badbher PAF base to Peshawar.

The militants bombed a primary girls’ school in Besh Banr and destroyed one bridge in Irkot and another in the Gulibagh area of Swat.

August 11: A suspected bomber was killed and his companion was wounded when a bomb they were planting exploded in the Gulbahar Police Station precincts of Peshawar. "A man suspected to be the bomber was killed in the blast and another suspect was injured. He has been admitted to hospital," police official Khurshid Khan told AFP. A police official said that the deceased was about 22-year old. He added that two others were also injured in the blast.

A bridge in Dherai, linking Mingora with Matta, was partially damaged when a bomb planted by the militants exploded. A basic health unit, a mosque and a number of shops were damaged.

August 10: Taliban militants blew up three bridges in the Sech Ban, Nazarabad and Khwazakhela Bandai areas of Swat.

Unidentified militants blew up a compact disk shop located on Parhoti Muhib Road in Mardan. The police defused a second bomb planted in another CD shop.

August 9: Unidentified militants blew up a bridge in Sinpora in the Matta sub-division, disconnecting the road network between Matta and Chitral, and a bomb disposal squad defused two bombs that were planted on the Khwaz Khela Bridge.

The building of a basic health unit was blown up in the Charbagh area.

August 8: Suspected militants blew up an electricity pylon in the Shaikh Muhammadi area, disrupting electricity supply for many hours.

Militants blew up three video shops in the Chatto Chowk area of Miingora city.

August 6: Three militants were killed when an explosive device they were planting in a Government school in Aligrama exploded.

Militants blew up a soap factory in Rahimabad on August 6-morning. However, there was no casualty.

August 2: Eight police personnel were killed and five others wounded when a remote-controlled bomb exploded near their vehicle in the Kabal town of Swat district. Officials said the police party was returning to base after a search operation in Kabal when the bomb planted by militants exploded.

In the Matta sub-division of Swat, a woman was killed and four children injured when a mortar shell hit a house in the Sen Pura area.

July 28: A remote-controlled bomb blast damaged a police mobile van, killing a boy and injuring 12 policemen and a passer-by in the Kohat district. Police officials said the bomb was planted on a bicycle. The bomb apparently targeted the police van which was on its way to take prisoners to court for hearings.

July 27: A boy was killed and seven persons were wounded in a bomb blast at a market in the Charbagh division of Swat district. Four shops were completely destroyed while eight others were partially damaged in the blast.

A minor boy, Rahmat Ali, was injured and two bridges destroyed when two bombs exploded in the Khareray and Seen Pora areas of the Matta division in Swat. The security forces later shelled suspected hideouts of militants in the Kharery area. However, no casualty was reported.

July 26: A bomb blast damaged the switch room of a cell-phone tower in the Bilitang area, a stronghold of the Taliban, on Rawalpindi Road in Kohat.

July 25: Suspected militants bombed a Government girls’ high school in the Tutano Banda area of Kabal division, a cloth market in Charbagh and a barbershop in Golibagh. However, no loss of life was reported in these incidents.

July 21: Four persons were injured when a remote controlled device exploded in the Maidan area of Lower Dir district.

July 19: Four persons, including a nine-year-old vendor, were injured in a grenade attack on the Garrison cinema owned by army in the Kohat district.

July 18: Unidentified militants hurled a hand grenade at a shop in the Teetabat village of Swat district, injuring four civilians.

July 17: Four mobile phone shops were destroyed and three others were partially damaged in a bomb blast in the Israr Market in Shabqadar near Charsadda district.

July 15: Five soldiers sustained injuries when some suspected militants fired rockets at the Dir Scouts fort in Balambat in the Lower Dir district. At least 10 rockets were fired at the fort from the hills of Safaray village at about 3 am. One of the rockets landed near the main gate of the fort wounding five soldiers on duty. One rocket hit the private residence of a doctor at the DHQ hospital in Timergara, Dr Zahir Rabbani, at the colony and damaged the roof of the house. Two of the rockets landed at the Dir Scouts ground, one near the official residence of the district coordination officer, one near the National Bank branch and telephone exchange while the remaining landed on trees on the bank of Panjkora River.

July 14: Militants blew up a Frontier Constabulary fort in the Shinawarai area of Hangu district on July 14-night after looting arms and ammunition.

July 13: Four persons were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up soon after the concluding session of the Shuhada-e-Islam Conference in Dera Ismail Khan. Eyewitnesses and the police said the participants of the Shuhada-e-Islam Conference of the Shias, held in Kotly Imam Hussain, were returning to their homes when a suicide bomber, aged about 16, blew himself up.

July 10: An explosion occurred near a Pakistan Army camp in the Kabal sub-division of Swat but no casualties were reported.

Unidentified militants lobbed a hand-grenade at the house of a female police constable, but no injuries were reported. However, the house was partially damaged.

June 29: At least seven persons, including two security force personnel, were killed in the Swat district of NWFP. Two soldiers who were on a routine patrol were killed when a bomb planted by suspected pro-Taliban militants exploded on a roadside, a local military spokesman said. Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan, however, denied that his group had any involvement in the attack. Unidentified attackers in different areas of Swat killed another five people, including a tribal elder, police said.

A bomb blast in the Darya Khan Market of Mingora city damaged about 25 shops. Mingora Police Station Inspector Muhammad Jan Khan said that no causality had been reported.

June 22: Three persons were injured when militants blew up a music shop by hurling some explosive materials into its premises in the Tirah Bazaar at Kohat district.

A bomb planted by unidentified militants near the outer wall of the Taj Cinema in Mardan exploded. However, no casualty was reported in the incident.

June 16: A bomb exploded inside a Shia mosque killing at least four people and injuring two others in the Dera Ismail Khan district of NWFP. Police said that the explosion was triggered inside Imambargah Hazrat Ali in Mohallah Roshan Chirgah when worshippers were coming out of the mosque after offering evening prayers. Police recovered a number of battery cells from the incident site indicating that the bomb was triggered by a time-device.

June 15: Four persons were killed and another was injured when a car drove over a landmine near Seenzala in the NWFP. So far no one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

A driver of a Sadda bound truck was killed when his vehicle drove over a landmine near Laddah in central Kurram. Six others were also injured in the incident.

June 12: A suicide bomber blew himself in the office of a cable operator in the jurisdiction of Gaon Police station in the Malakand Division of NWFP. The office was completely destroyed but no causalities were reported.

June 9: June 9 A bomb blast damaged an internet cafe in the Phandu Police station limits in Peshawar, the capital of NWFP.

June 6: Four people were killed in two explosions in Dera Ismail Khan in the NWFP. The first bomb exploded in the University Road area without causing any damage. As police and civilians gathered at the scene, another bomb exploded killing four people, including two policemen, and wounding another nine, police official Mohsin Shah told Reuters. Five people including four policemen were killed in the remote-controlled bomb attack. DI Khan District Police Officer Abdul Ghuffar said that the first bomb had been planted on a bicycle and the attack targeted police. He said 15 people had been injured in the blast, nine of who were policemen. He said the area had been cordoned of after the incident.

Unidentified militants blew up a Girls’ school in Upper Dir. However, no loss of life was reported.

June 4: Three civilians were killed and three others sustained injuries in a bomb blast at a video shop in a business centre at Kohat in the NWFP. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Meanwhile, the All Combined Bazaar Association has given a 24-hour ultimatum to the CD shop owners in the district to wind up their businesses to avoid action by the association.

June 2: Seven shops were destroyed and several others partially damaged as four bombs exploded at the CD shops and near a rural health centre (RHC) in the Billitang town of Kohat district. Officials said first blast occurred at 1:40 am at the Afridi market followed by another in Rauf market and then two more huge ones near the RHC with short intervals. According to the police, various CD centres, barber shops and two grocery stores were destroyed in the blasts and over 13 shops, including the RHC, were partially damaged.

The Government Girls School building and a CD centre were damaged when explosive materials detonated in Takht Bhai in the Mardan district. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.

May 30: A bomb blast at a CD centre at Amandara in the suburbs of Malakand damaged four shops. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.

May 24: Two Policemen were killed in a roadside bomb blast in the Nasir Bagh Police station precincts in Peshawar.

May 21: Militants disowned by Maulana Fazlullah’s spokesman Muslim Khan reportedly blew up the two girls schools in Koza Bandai and Nengolai areas of the Kabal sub-division.

The main gas supply line was blown up by one of the two bombs planted near Balogram area, affecting gas supply to Mingora. The second bomb was defused by a disposal squad.

May 20: Six soldiers and four civilians were injured when a bomb exploded near the division headquarters of the army on Hangu road. An army truck, carrying troops from Bannu to Parachinar, was hit by the blast, injuring the six soldiers. Three vehicles were also damaged in the explosion. The bomb is believed to have been activated by a cyclist with a remote control.

May 18: Thirteen persons, including five soldiers, were killed and 23 others, including 11 soldiers, sustained injuries in a suicide attack at the Punjab Regiment Centre (PRC) market in the Cantonment area of Mardan in NWFP. Security officials said the bomber was around 22 years old and detonated the bomb when stopped from entering a bakery at the PRC market.

May 16: Two security officials were killed and another sustained injuries when a remote-controlled bomb exploded and damaged their vehicle in the Kohat Cantonment area.

May 10: An explosion occurred in the Allah Dand area at the outskirts of Batkhela causing partial damage to the Ghaus-e-Azam mosque. According to police officials the bomb was planted outside the room of the mosque Imam Maulana Muhammad Javed, who escaped unhurt.

My 9: Three policemen were injured after a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into Mingora Police Station in the Swat district. The channel said the policemen tried to stop the car from entering the police station when the bomber detonated the explosives. The power supply to Mingora city was suspended.

Three security force personnel were injured when a landmine exploded near Darra Adamkhel when an army convoy was passing through the Shini Kali bridge.

May 6: A suicide bomber blew himself up at a checkpoint in Bannu, killing a police constable and two civilians and injuring 12 persons, including four army soldiers and four policemen.

May 5: Unidentified terrorists blew up a CD shop in the Ziarat Kaka Sahib area of Naushera district. The explosion destroyed all the CDs and equipment in the shop and also partly damaged another shop. No casualty was reported.

May 2: At least three persons were injured in bomb blasts in the Wazir Dhand area. Sources reported that three bombs exploded at around 9:00pm in the Aziz and Shah Noor Markets, arms markets near Karkhano Market, and injured three people, including two Afghan refugees. According to sources, there had earlier been significant pressure from the Lashkar-e-Islam group to shut down "illegal" liquor, music, and hashish shops, some of which were still operating until April 2008.

Unidentified militants blew up a music CD centre, along with 16 other shops, in the Kabal administrative division of Swat district. The remote-controlled device, which went off in the Kala Kilay area and destroyed the music centre, caused millions of rupees worth of lost property. Separately, police said that a bomb disposal squad had defused a 20-kilogram bomb.

April 25: At least three people were killed and 26 injured when a car bomb exploded near Mardan City Police Station in the NWFP. Mardan district Superintendent of Police Ijaz Abid said the bomb, planted in a car parked near the police station, detonated around 6am, killing two civilians and a police official, and injuring around 17 policemen and nine civilians. He also said that nearly 35 to 40 kilograms of explosives were used and the police station and adjacent shops were badly damaged. The TTP claimed responsibility for the attack. "This attack was carried out by our mujahideen to avenge the earlier killing of one of our commanders by police in Mardan," TTP spokesman Maulana Omar told Reuters by telephone.

April 7: Unidentified people exploded a bomb near an under-construction police station in the Hoti area of Mardan, destroying its building partially. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. The police station which was in the last stage of its completion had cost PKR 20 million so far.

April 5: Two children were injured in a hand grenade blast in a madrassa in the Sorani area of Bannu. The blast occurred in Darul Uloom Arabia located in the Sorani area – hometown of former NWFP chief minister Akram Khan Durrani.

April 3: Militants blew up four CD shops within the Badabher Police Station precinct of Peshawar. Militants planted four homemade bombs in front of the CD shops in the Baroo Stop area on Kohat Road, sources said. The blasts, which occurred at around 2pm, damaged the shops and shredded their shutters. However, no casualties were reported.

April 2: Militants blew up a school building and a portion of a check-post in Darra Adam Khel. Local elder Mohammad Akbar said three rooms of the Government Girls’ Middle School in the Kohi Wal locality were damaged in an explosion.

Another explosion occurred at the main hall of the Zarghunkhel check-post, damaging the infrastructure. Militants have so far reportedly damaged over a dozen school buildings and security posts in the area.

April 1: A bridge on the Indus Highway in Darra Adam Khel was damaged by two explosions. The explosions also damaged some nearby houses and shops. Ten people sustained minor injuries in these blasts.

March 31: Three policemen and a civilian were injured in a roadside bomb blast in the Swat district. The policemen were returning to the Kanjoo police post after defusing a bomb in Ningolai when the van they were traveling in hit a roadside bomb in Dherai. Police said they had arrested a militant commander after the blast.

Security forces arrested a suspected suicide bomber, identified as Saqib of Baffa area, from a place near the Shawal Najif Army Camp in the Mansehra district. They also claimed to have seized explosives.

An official source said two would-be suicide bombers – Azeem Khan (31), and Akbar Ali, who is about 16-years-old – had entered Mingora.

March 30: Suspected militants blew up two girl schools in Shiraki and Zargonkhel and one Khasadar check-post in Darra Adam Khel. However, no loss of life has been reported.

Militants detonated a remote-controlled bomb near the Saidu Sharif police post, damaging the building partially. However, no casualty was reported in the incidents.

Militants also blew up a mobile phone shop in Lakki Marwat with explosives. However, no casualty was reported in the incidents.

March 28: The DPO in Buner, Abdul Ghafoor Khan Afridi, narrowly escaped while two boys sustained injuries in a roadside explosion. Police said that as soon as the DPO arrived to inspect the site of Abubakar Sadeeq Mosque in Pir Baba bazaar, a remote-controlled bomb exploded. The DPO and his guard remained unhurt but the vehicle in which they were traveling was partially damaged. The shrapnel of the bomb hit a nearby car, causing injuries to two youths, Said Nawab and his nephew Kamran.

March 26: Traffic between Matta and Khawaz Khela was disrupted after unidentified men blew up a bridge that linked the two towns of Swat district. The blast damaged a portion of Gaman Bridge, situated near a security check-post.

March 23: Militants blew up a post of Khasaddar Force in the Sheraki area.

March 22: Militants blew up two government girls’ schools and the main transmission line in Darra Adam Khel. Local people said that the buildings of two middle schools for girls in Ferozkhel and Bazikhel localities were damaged by the blasts. Officials said that militants had earlier distributed pamphlets in the area warning the administration to close down the schools by March 20. The administration of two skill centres for girls in the area has also been warned to wind up activities or face consequences. A high transmission line damaged in the said area, plunged the Darra town and parts of Kohat district into darkness.

March 17: Two policemen, Toor Gul and Aanayatur Rehman, were killed and five others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber blew himself in the police barracks in Mingora in the Swat district. District Police Officer Waqif Khan said that a young man posing as a recruit and holding a police uniform entered the barracks at Mingora Police Line and subsequently approached the wireless room and blew himself up.

March 16: One policeman was killed and eight others sustained injuries after a police van hit an explosive device in the Dobai Ada area of Mardan district. The vehicle of the Choora police station was on routine patrol when it hit the bomb activated by a remote control.

Unidentified militants targeted security posts and government infrastructure in Darra Adam Khel, Kohat and Khar but no causality was reported. In the first incident, militants blew up a security post along the Indus Highway in Darra Adam Khel. Militants also blew up unmanned sales meter station of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) on Dhodha road. Separately, a remote control bomb, planted by unidentified militants on a road near Sadiqabad in Khar, exploded but no casualty was reported.

Militants blew up the building of a girls’ high school in the Akhurwal area of Darra Adam Khel. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported. Local people said the school administration had earlier received letters warning them to close the institution. Handbills purportedly distributed by local militants two days ago again warned women to stop going to schools and join seminaries.

March 14: A 12-year-old boy, identified as Anees, was killed in a blast while retrieving a ball from a stream along a cricket ground in the Samay area of the Kabal sub-division in the Swat district.

A car was blown with a remote-controlled device planted at the roadside in the Teghak area of Matta sub-division, injuring a man and his son.

Abdullah Khan, while driving his car, was also targeted by a remote-controlled bomb, planted at the roadside near Rahat Kot. He, however, remained unhurt in the blast which completely destroyed his vehicle.

Six police personnel sustained injuries when unidentified people hurled a hand grenade at a police check-post on the Shakar Darra road in Kohat.

March 12: Policemen Mustafa and Suleman were killed and two others were wounded when the roadside bomb they were defusing exploded in the Charbagh area in the Swat district.

Two people, suspected to be Taliban facilitators, were killed when the bomb they were making exploded in the Kabal sub-division.

March 9: Militants blew up an oil tanker in Landi Kotal with dynamite, but the political administration said the tanker was safe. The tanker, which was to carry fuel to Afghanistan, was parked near the Michini check-post.

March 7: Militants attacked a police van with a remote-controlled bomb in the Kabal sub-division of Swat district, injuring a policeman and damaging the van. Police retaliated and later also raided the Kabal area and arrested three suspected militants and seized rocket launchers and other weapons from their possession.

March 2: Forty-two people were killed and at least 58 others sustained injuries in a suicide bombing at a tribal peace jirga (council) near the Zarghunkhel check-post in Darra Adam Khel in the NWFP. The jirga of Zarghunkhel, Akhurwal, Sheraki, Bostikhel and Toor Chapper tribes had been convened to discuss the formation of a Lashkar (army) to drive militants out of the area. A severed head was reportedly found at the site and officials believed it was that of the bomber. Some people identified the teenager as a youth from the Sheraki area of Darra Adam Khel.

Unidentified persons fired rockets at the cantonment area of Bannu. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.

February 29: Forty people were killed and more than 75 others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the funeral prayers of the slain Deputy Superintendent of Police (Lakki Marwat), Javed Iqbal Khan, in the Mingora city of Swat district. District Police Officer Waqif Khan said the bomber was among the people taking part in the funeral. The blast occurred when the funeral concluded and the people had started to disperse. Deputy Superintendent of Police Javed Iqbal, who died in a bomb blast along with three other policemen in the troubled southern Lakki Marwat district on February 29-morning, belonged to Makan Bagh in Mingora city.

A military convoy escaped a bomb blast while two shops were destroyed in another attack in Peshawar. In the first incident, high powered explosives went off in the limits of Matni police station which blew up a general store and a computer shop. The second explosive went off near the Sepan police check post at PAF Road. According to an official, it was a remote controlled bomb that exploded after a military convoy passed through the area.

February 28: At least five police personnel were injured when a bomb exploded on the Sawal Dher road in the Mardan district.

February 27: An improvised device exploded near an under-construction service station in Kohat. However, no casualties were reported.

February 22: A remote-controlled bomb exploded at a wedding party procession, killing 14 people and wounding 13 others, mostly children, in the Matta administrative division of Swat district. The bomb, which was detonated in the Ronial Takh Maira area of the region, exploded around 4pm (PST) when the wedding party was travelling from Kandogai village to Pir Dar Baba village. The bride, four children aged between five and 12 years, and four bystanders died instantly.

February 20: Three SF personnel were injured in a hand grenade attack at a military check-post in the Kohat cantonment.

February 19: A suspected militant was killed and two others were arrested when the SFs opened fire at alleged hideouts of militants after an IED explosion near an army convoy in the Darra Adam Khel town. Sources said that a SF convoy was passing through Gidaro area when an IED planted on the road exploded, leading to injuries to one soldier. After the explosion, the SF personnel opened indiscriminate fire, which resulted in the killing of one suspected militant.

February 17: In the Matta area of Swat, Deputy Superintendent of Police Haroon Babar escaped unhurt when his car was attacked with a series of remote controlled devices near Bara Bandai in the Kabal sub-division where he had gone to inspect polling stations. No casualty was reported.

February 16: At least three people were killed and 18 others injured when a powerful bomb blast rocked the Media Centre in the Mingora area of Swat district. Sources said that following the blast, gunfire erupted in the region and security forces cordoned off all the entry points to the area.

February 13: A roadside bomb blast hit an election campaign convoy in Swat, killing two people and injuring three others. Mufti Hussain Ahmed, an independent candidate contesting for the NA-30 and PF-86 seats, was among the wounded. "Ahmed was travelling in a convoy of 8-10 vehicles on a campaign when the blast occurred, killing two people," said senior police official Waqif Khan. The government has reportedly blamed several recent blasts on Baitullah Mehsud, but Mehsud’s spokesman Maulana Omar said that the local Taliban would not interfere in the elections and would not be involved in any attack before or on election-day.

February 9: Twenty-seven people were killed and over 30 injured in a suicide attack on an election rally at Nakai near Charsadda town. Senior Awami National Party leader Afrasiab Khattak, who was addressing the gathering, escaped unhurt. The Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz Khan said, "I have been told that most probably it was a suicide attack."

February 3: Two bomb explosions damaged the house of Hidayat Ali Khan, a union council nazim (member), in the Kooza Bandai area of Kabal tehsil (administrative unit) of Swat district. However, no casualties were reported. The bombs were detonated with a remote control device, sources said.

January 31: A roadside bomb blast damaged a PAF truck at Akora Khattak in NWFP, but there were no casualties. "It was a remote controlled bomb planted between two roads. When the vehicle came close, unknown miscreants detonated the bomb," senior police official Mubarik Zeb said.

January 30: An explosion in a house in the outskirts of Peshawar, capital of the NWFP, killed three men who police said were making bombs when the explosives detonated prematurely. The blast occurred in the guestroom of a house located in the Badshah Dak area of Tauheed Colony in Phandu police precincts. "Initial evidence suggests that they were suicide attackers," police officer Farid Shah told AP. Gulbahar Deputy Superintendent of Police Ijaz Khan said the men were likely involved in an earlier attack on music shops in the Afridiabad area. He said police had detained one Ismail, originally from Lakary of Mohmand Agency, who had rented the house. The dead men included Ismail’s brother-in-law Saadullah and a cousin identified as Ali Rehman. The third body could not be identified. An AFP report said the men were 20 to 30 years old. Police seized a hand grenade, 10 kilograms of explosives, a pistol, three mobile phones, a dairy and religious literature from the house.

Two music shops were damaged in a bomb blast in the Afridiabad area of Peshawar. No casualties were reported. Police officials said that the shops were no longer selling music CDs. They said the owner of one of the shops had begun selling kebabs in his shop following violence against video and music stores.

January 29: A hand grenade was lobbed at the residence of JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on the Dera Ismail Khan-Bannu road. Rehman remained unharmed. Rehman’s servant Muhammad stated that the explosion caused no damage as the grenade exploded outside the residence’s boundary wall. The JUI-F chief was at home at the time of the explosion, having just arrived from Saudi Arabia.

January 27: There were two successive bomb blasts in a CD market near Wakho Pul on the Kohat Road in Peshawar. However, no casualty was reported.

January 26: A convoy of army vehicles escaped casualties when a remote-controlled bomb went off in the Badabher area near Peshawar, eyewitnesses said, adding the soldiers opened fire seconds after the blast and blocked the highway for a few hours. People were seen fleeing the Darra area as military action there continued for the second consecutive day.

January 23: Three persons, including two female students, sustained injuries when a landmine, planted in front of a house in Bahadur Khel village in Karak, exploded. According to police, the explosion injured Gul Shahib Jan and two schoolgirls.

January 22: A bomb exploded near the Tajazai area in Lakki Marwat, close to an army base camp set up in the District Headquarters Hospital. However, there was no loss of life or damage to property. "It seems that the device planted along a road near the Tajazai graveyard was set off by remote-control," said the district police officer of Lakki Marwat. He said a military convoy had passed through the area two or three minutes before the explosion.

January 19: A bomb blast damaged a bridge on the Kohat-Hangu road without causing any casualties. The explosives packed in a pressure cooker had been planted under the Parachao Bridge close to the residence of district official Gohar Saifullah Khan.

January 18: A bomb exploded outside a CD shop in Peshawar, capital of the NWFP, but no casualties were reported and the blast caused minimal damage. An official said that the explosives were placed outside the Gulab CD and Music Centre located within the Pandu Police Station jurisdiction.

January 17: At least 12 persons were killed and 25 others wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in an imambargah (congregation hall for Shia rituals) in Peshawar. Police said that the teenage bomber blew himself at the crowded Mirza Qasim Baig Imambargah in the Mohalla Janghi area at around 6.55pm (PST).

January 16: Four persons, including three children, were killed in a bomb blast near the Chashma Right Bank Canal in Dera Ismail Khan.

Security forces foiled an attempt by the militants to blow up one of their caravans at Nangolai in the Swat district. Col. Mohammad Nadeem stated that the caravan was heading towards Matta when the militants blew up a remote control device planted at the roadside. The security forces later cordoned off the area and arrested 19 suspected militants in the search operation.

January 14: A low intensity bomb exploded at a billiard club in the jurisdiction of Gulbahar police station in the provincial capital Peshawar. However no causality was reported.

January 13: A bomb blast occurred near the house of one Babrak in the Bachkan Ahmadzai village of Lakki Marwat district. However, there was no loss of life or damage to property, police said. This was the second explosion in the village in a fortnight.

January 8: In Buner district, two shops were destroyed when a bomb planted at a shop in a women’s shopping market in the Shalbandi Sharif village exploded. However, no casualty was reported as no one was around at the time of the explosion, officials said. This was the 13^th bomb blast in the Buner district and the first one targeting a women’s shopping market.

January 7: A suicide bomber blew himself up in an explosive-laden vehicle near a military base camp at Kabal in the Swat district of the NWFP, injuring 10 people, including eight soldiers. According to official sources, the suicide bomber was driving a single-cabin pick-up, which exploded at 11.15am in front of the gate of the Frontier Golf Club, a military base camp. The blast destroyed the building of a technical institute and partially damaged the buildings of the Iqra Academy. Security forces resorted to indiscriminate aerial fire in all directions after the incident, resulting in the killing of a college student named Imran Khan, residents said. However, Colonel Nadeem, the head of the Media Information Centre, rejected the eyewitness accounts as baseless.

Militants blew up 18 shops in the Jorre area of Buner district. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.

January 6: A man was killed and six shops, including two video centres and two barber shops, destroyed in two successive bomb blasts in the Shiekh Mohammadi village of Peshawar, capital of the NWFP. Unidentified terrorists, according to the police, had planted explosives to blow up two CD centres and an equal number of barber shops near Tangu Adda in Shiekh Mohammadi village, located 10 kilometers south of the provincial metropolis.

January 1: Unidentified militants blew up a CD centre at the old bus stand in Kohat city of NWFP. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.

An explosion damaged a portion of the house of a villager in the Bachkan Ahmadzai area of Lakki Marwat district.