Bomb blasts in the North West Frontier Province - 2009

June 26: Suspected Taliban militants blew up a girls’ primary school on the outskirts of provincial capital Peshawar. There were, however, no casualties. An official from the Mattani Police Station said that three militants broke into Government Girls Model Primary School Ghaziabad in the Frontier Road area, tied up the guard and planted explosives on the premises. Four devices went off in quick succession, destroying the boundary wall and five of the six rooms in the building, said the official.

June 22: Two Policemen were killed and seven people, including three Policemen, sustained injuries when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the Thakot Police check-post in Battagram District, completely destroying the check-post. "An explosion occurred in a small truck when it reached the Dandai bridge in Shangla district (of Swat) ... it was a suicide attack," said Gul Wali Khan, the District Police chief in Shangla, told. The attack was the first-ever suicide attack in Battagram District.

Taliban militants are reported to have blown up a girls’ school in Peshawar. A police official in the provincial capital said that four relatively minor blasts followed one another in quick succession and completely destroyed the two-room school building.

June 14: Nine people were killed and more than 40 others wounded when a in a bomb blast at a busy market in Dera Ismail Khan. Sources said the bomb, weighing five kilograms and apparently planted on a cycle cart, exploded in the busy Tejarat Gunj Bazaar. The blast also destroyed the windowpanes of the nearby shops and houses.

A Policeman and a passerby were killed and 20 people were injured when a bomb detonated by remote control hit a Police bus on the University Road in Kohat.

June 13: Two persons were killed and six others wounded when a roadside bomb targeting a Police vehicle exploded at Kohat. "A policeman and a civilian were killed in an improvised explosive device blast and six others, five policemen and one civilian, were injured," Kohat police chief Dilawar Khan Bangash told.

June 12: Five worshippers were killed and 105 others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden van into a mosque during the Friday prayers in the Cantonment area of Nowshera. Sources said the congregation was in the second Rakat (part) when the bomber in the vehicle, carrying 125 kilograms of explosives, struck the wall of the mosque near the Army Supply Depot. Two soldiers were among the four persons killed on the spot while 105 persons, including 30 civilians, were injured in the explosion. Most of the wounded were reportedly Army personnel. One of those wounded succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. While the blast brought down the entire structure of the mosque, windowpanes and doors of nearby buildings were smashed and walls cracked, injuring several persons, including women and children.

Four Police personnel were killed and six others injured by two remote-controlled bomb attacks in the Hangu District. In the first incident, suspected militants targeted a Police van in the Tull sub-division with an improvised explosive device, fitted in a pressure cooker. The blast killed four Policemen. In a second incident, militants reportedly attempted to attack another Police van with a remote controlled bomb in the Dawaba Police station precincts. However, the Police van narrowly escaped the blast.

A girl was injured when a mine exploded at a mountain in the Doog Darra area of Dir Upper District, where a local Lashkar (militia) was struggling to dislodge the militants from their last hilltop hideout despite heavily-pounding their position. The girl, whose name could not be immediately ascertained, was hit by the mine when she was roaming in the mountains of Shatkas area in Doog Darra. A Lashkar member said on June 11 that the militants, who had been pushed to their last hideout on a mountain in Kandao area of Ghazigay village, had planted mines to stop the advances of the Lashkar.

June 11: An unidentified motorcyclist lobbed a hand grenade on people in Topawala Bazaar in Dera Ismail Khan injuring 21 persons. The man attacked civilians near the Jadeed Cloth House around 11:55am, Police said.

A man was killed and 13 others, including nine Policemen, sustained injuries in a hand grenade-cum-suicide attack on a Police party in the Lateefabad area on Ring Road in Peshawar, the NWFP capital. Capital City Police Officer Safwat Ghayyur told the media that a Police party was on a routine duty on Ring Road in the jurisdiction of Faqirabad Police station when unknown miscreants hurled a hand grenade at the Policemen, injuring one of them. Even as reinforcements were being called for, a suicide bomber came near a Police pick-up and blew himself up. The blast destroyed two Police mobiles, a rickshaw and a motorcycle. Personnel of the Bomb Disposal Squad also recovered a pressure cooker and explosive material from the nearby fields.

In Buner District, an improvised explosive device planted by the militants exploded on Ambela-Daggar road. Three vehicles were partially damaged in the blast. The SFs, meanwhile, secured Gat Khela and Jowar areas and also destroyed a militants' hideout in Gatkala area.

June 10: Six more bodies were recovered from the debris of the damaged portion of Hotel Peal Continental in Peshawar, the NWFP capital, including that of the hotel's general manager, raising the toll of the June 9-suicide attack to 17. The explosion destroyed five floors of the hotel and the boundary wall between the hotel and the Flag Staff House. A Police official said the number of casualties could increase as more bodies were likely to be found under the debris.

June 9: Four Policemen and two other people were injured when a roadside bomb hit a Rescue-15 van in Dera Ismail Khan. The Policemen were on a patrol and when their van reached Ashyan Shopping Centre on the North Circular Road the bomb was detonated by a remote control. The vehicle was completely destroyed.

A massive truck bomb explosion at the five-star Pearl Continental hotel in Peshawar, the NWFP capital, at approximately 10.20pm killed 11 people and injured 60 others. The attackers entered the compound on two vehicles at about 10:30pm, firing at the security guards at the hotel gate with bullets from one and blowing up the other in the hotel parking. "It was a suicide attack," Capital City Police Officer Sefwat Ghayur told. "There are two foreigners among the dead," NWFP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said. Among those who were injured are the ruling Awami National Party's minister Zarshed Khan, Senator Nabi Bangash, UN officials, three foreigners and an airline's crew. 40 vehicles parked in the compound were destroyed and the building was seriously damaged. A Bomb Disposal Squad official told reporters at least 500 kilograms of explosives were used in the attack.

June 8: A Policeman was killed and two people were wounded when a roadside bomb blast destroyed a Police van near the Hazarkhwani village, triggering a crackdown on a religious seminary in the limits of the Agha Mir Jani Shah Police station in Peshawar. The explosion also created a six-foot-deep and five-foot-wide crater in the Hazarkhwani Road near the Akhun Darveza Baba graveyard. "A party of the Agha Mir Jani Shah police station had set up a barricade on the Hazarkhwani Road, while the official van with its driver, Amir Nawaz, was also parked at some distance from the cordon," said a Police official. Terrorists reportedly detonated explosives, planted at the roadside just under the vehicle, with a remote-controlled device when the rest of the Policemen were busy searching vehicles entering the city limits at 5:10 pm, the Police official said.

The militants blew up a CD shop at the adjacent Garhi Atta Muhammad town. "Many woke up by the huge explosion at 3 am, who saw six to eight people riding horses before and after the occurrence," said villager Jamroz.

An explosive devices planted beside a Police post in the Changal area of Battagram District went off. No casualty was, however, reported.

June 7: The Taliban blew up a Government school in Darra Adam Khel. The channel quoted its sources as saying that the Taliban planted explosives near the school in the Shira area of Darra Adam Khel. However, no casualties were reported since the school was closed.

June 5: A suicide bomber killed 49 worshippers, including 12 children, at a mosque in a remote village of the Dir Upper District. Dozens more were injured as a young man detonated explosives fastened to his body minutes before the Friday congregation in the Hayagay Sharqi village. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the suicide attack. The village, located in the mountains, is situated approximately 20 kilometers east of Dir town, the District headquarters.

June 4: Suspected Taliban militants blew up a girls' high school in the Badabher Police precincts of capital Peshawar. A Police official at the Badabher Police Station told that the suspects had planted explosives at the school and that the blast had severely damaged the building. A Bomb Disposal Squad official said militants had planted five bombs weighing around four to five kilograms each and also fired a rocket at the building. Sulimankhel Nazim Akmal Khan told that the local Taliban and Lashkar-e-Islam militants could be behind the attack. He said the suspects had also blown up CD shops in the union council a few months ago.

June 1: At least two people were killed and 18 others injured in a bomb blast at a bus station in the Tirah bazaar of Kohat town in Kohat District. Senior Police official Ehsanullah Khan said that the explosive device was hidden in a sack and was detonated by a remote control. A doctor at the main District hospital said two dead bodies had been brought in after the blast.

May 31: The SFs are reported to have successfully completed the clearance operation at Najigram village in the Buner District. One soldier was killed in an improvised explosive device explosion.

The Government High School in the Kuza Bandai village of the Kabal sub-division was blown up with explosives.

May 29: A man was killed in firing by the SFs and two others, including a minor, were injured in a roadside bomb blast separately in the Shangla District. Sources said Gul Mukhtiar was killed in firing allegedly by SFs. Further, in an improvised explosive device explosion, two persons were injured.

May 28: Terrorists attacked Peshawar, capital of the NWFP, and its environs as eight people were killed and over 68 sustained injuries. Two separate blasts took place in the Qissa Khwani bazaar while three Policemen were killed and nine others injured in a suicide attack on a Police vehicle at the Sra Khawra security post on the Kohat road. Two suspected militants were killed and two others arrested in an encounter between the Police and alleged terrorists who had taken shelter in a building located behind Qissa Khwani bazaar soon after the two blasts.

The first blast occurred at the congested Kabari bazaar at the back of Qissa Khwani bazaar at 5:40pm. Two minutes later, another bomb planted in a motorbike in front of a sweet shop in Qissa Khwani exploded. At least seven persons, including a minor girl, were killed, while 63 others wounded in these explosions. There were reports that three of the deceased were killed in cross-firing between the suspected militants and Police. Bomb disposal squad experts said 4 to 5 kilograms of explosives was used in the twin blasts.

When people were busy in rescue work in Qissa Khwani, a suicide bomber riding a vehicle hit a Police mobile vehicle parked near the security post in Sra Khawra area on Kohat road in the jurisdiction of Matani Police station. Three Policemen were killed and nine others injured in the attack on the outskirts of Peshawar. The vehicle was destroyed and the police post was partially damaged in the suicide bombing.

May 28: A Policeman and two passers-by were killed and 13 people wounded when a suicide attacker exploded an auto-rickshaw near a Police checkpoint in Dera Ismail Khan.

An improvised explosive device exploded near Piran village in Batkhela. However, no loss of life was reported.

May 27: SFs continued their advance on Kanju-Kabal, while securing their positions at Madyan, Bagh Derai, Kala Kot, and Sakhra Valley. In addition, two soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Qambar near Mingora.

May 26: A hand grenade attack on the house of a Shia family in Dera Ismail Khan killed a man and injured two others. According to Police, Zafar Abbas was at his house in Awanabad area with two other men when unidentified militants hurled a hand grenade at the house, killing Abbas and injuring the other two men. However, AFP put the number of the injured at three. The blast destroyed parts of the house, while nearby houses were also damaged. No one has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, Police said.

May 25: Suspected Taliban militants blew up a CD shop and a Police post in Peshawar, but there were no casualties. A Police official told that explosives planted in the CD shop went off around 3am and slightly damaged the shop. Suspected militants also targeted a Police check-post on the Pajjagi Road. There were, however, no casualties.

The Taliban destroyed a girls' school in Hangu District. A private TV channel reported that militants had planted explosives at the Government school in Shahidkhel area in the early hours of the morning, and the consequent blast destroyed the entire building. No casualties were reported.

May 20: A powerful car bomb exploded near the Tasveer Mahal Cinema hall in the busy Kabuli Chowk area of Peshawar, capital of the NWFP, killing at least 10 people and injuring over 65 others. Besides destroying the front elevation of the Tasveer Mahal Cinema, the powerful explosion also damaged another nearby movie hall, dozens of music centres and shops as well as several vehicles. The blast also disconnected power supply to the area hampering rescue efforts. Windowpanes of buildings in the adjoining Qissa Khwani, Khyber Bazaar, Mohallah Jhangi, Shoba Bazaar and Namakmandi areas were damaged due to the impact of the explosion.

May 19: Suspected militants blew up a police post in the suburbs of Peshawar, the NWFP capital. An official of the Mathra Police said explosives had been planted at the Police post located at Bacha Garhi, which went off at about 4am, destroying the structure. He said the Police post had been abandoned two months ago due to lack of personnel.

The building of a public call office near a CNG filling station on the Kohat Road was damaged when explosives planted there went off, the Bana Manai Police said.

May 16: At least 11 people, including two women and two children, were killed and another 31 injured when a powerful car bomb ripped through a congested locality in Peshawar. Superintendent of Police (City) Ijaz Abid told that the explosion was caused by a timed bomb in a car parked in the Kashkal area of the city. He said the apparent target of the blast was a nearby internet café. The bomb went off at around 2:20pm and destroyed 17 cars and around a dozen shops. Casualties from a special children's school bus passing the area and caught in the explosion could not be confirmed.

At least six people, including two women and two children, sustained minor injuries when a low-intensity explosive device went off in a busy market in Peshawar.

May 14: Eight Policemen were injured when terrorists on motorbikes attacked three Police posts in Dera Ismail Khan with hand-grenades. Police said the attacks carried out in a span of half an hour, partially damaged the posts. The first attack took place after evening prayers when a hand-grenade was hurled on a Rescue 15 post in Topawala Square on the Circular Road, injuring six Policemen. About 15 minutes later, Police Post No 3 at Tank Adda was attacked and two constables were injured. The third attack was on Police Post No 4 at Muslim Bazaar.

May 10: The Taliban’s indiscriminate mortar fire and roadside bombs planted in populated areas killed an unspecified number of civilians. The Taliban also blew up two schools at Barikot and Maniar, and killed a local prayer leader, Zahid Khan, at Nishat Chowk.

May 7: Taliban militants blew up a high school in Darra Adam Khel. According to a private TV channel, militants had planted explosives in a Government high school in the Bosti Khel area in Darra Adam Khel. While the blast damaged the building, no loss of life was reported.

May 6: 14 worshippers were wounded when unidentified motorcyclists lobbed a hand grenade at a mosque in Dera Ismail Khan. Sources said two unidentified men, riding a motorcycle, arrived at the Chichyan Mosque in the Kaneriyanwali locality and hurled the hand grenade when the people were offering ‘Isha’ prayers. "At least, 14 people were injured in the attack," an eyewitness said.

May 5: Seven people, including two children and a Frontier Corps soldier, were killed and 48 others sustained injuries an explosives-laden car rammed into a pick-up near a check-post on the Bara road near Peshawar. The Bara Qadeem check-post was manned by the Police and Frontier Constabulary. Eyewitnesses said the car on a suicide mission was following a Frontier Corps pick-up from Bara and hit it when it slowed down near the check-post. The pick-up was carrying students to a school in Peshawar. The Senior Superintendent of Police Mian Ghulam Mohammad said no one had accepted responsibility for the blast. According to bomb disposal personnel, the explosives weighed about 85 kilograms. The blast also reportedly caused a deep crater in the middle of the road and damaged dozens of houses and shops.

May 4: A suicide car bomber killed four SF personnel and wounded eight persons in the outskirts of provincial capital Peshawar. Police sources said the attacker rammed his car into a vehicle carrying SFs.

May 3: Armed Taliban militants blew up the Pakhtangi check-post in Shangla District and fled with the weapons of the Policemen stationed at the post. About 20 militants attacked the checkpoint on the Alpuri Puran main road, took the Policemen hostage, seized their weapons and then reportedly blew up the post with explosives. The locals said the Taliban wanted to abduct the Policemen but they managed to escape.

The Taliban blew up a girls’ high school in the Ningolai area of Kabal sub-division in Swat. While the building was destroyed, no casualty was reported.

May 2: The Taliban militants lobbed two hand grenades in a house in Upper Dir, injuring two civilians.

April 30: A roadside bomb blast in the Kohat District killed a Shia man and wounded six others traveling in a mini-bus in an apparent sectarian attack. "Seven people were injured in the bomb blast," local Police official Shafiq Khan said. "It appears to be a sectarian attack as all the passengers in the van were Shias," he said, adding the blast was caused by a crude, makeshift device.

April 29: Suspected militants blew up about 25 shops at Adezai bazaar in the suburb of Peshawar. A Police official of the Matani Police station said unidentified miscreants had planted explosives which went off at about 1am. Many of the shops were owned by one Mohammad Kalam. However, chief of the local Union Council, Haji Asad Khan, said the shops were owned by poor people who were selling items of daily use. In the past, he said, people used to sell CDs and cassettes in different areas but after threats by the Taliban they had abandoned the business.

April 28: The militants blew up a bridge, a Police post in Ambaila and occupied the Paacha Police Station.

April 27: Two persons, including Lakki Marwat Headquarters Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Asmatullah Khan, were killed when a bomb targeting a Police van exploded in Lakki Marwat. "The remote-controlled bomb was planted near a bridge. It went off when a police van was crossing the bridge," Lakki Marwat town's Police officer Habibullah Khan told. "We received two bodies, one of them was a Police officer," said Doctor Muhammad Shakirullah of the local hospital.

April 25: 12 children were killed and four others injured when girls of a local primary school in the in the Luquman Banda area of Lower Dir District had found the toy bomb and were playing with it when it exploded. The dead girls were aged between four and 12 years. Seven of the 12 dead children were from the same family. A woman and three children were injured.

April 18: At least 27 SF personnel were killed and 55 others injured in a suicide attack on a security check post in the Doaba area of Hangu District. Locals told that the attack on the checkpoint, about 45 kilometres southwest of Hangu, took place at around 4:15pm (PST) when SF personnel were visiting the area for the inspection. Two Police vehicles were passing by the check post when the suicide bomber driving a double-cabin pickup rammed the vehicle into the structure, they said. The explosion destroyed the check post, adjacent building housing troops and Police, and eight SF’s vehicles.

April 17: SFs blew up a militant headquarters in the Jarma area of Kohat District. Police said the militants were planning attacks on Police installations, armed robberies and kidnappings.

April 16: A woman was killed when an office of a NGO was blown up with explosives in the Hathian area of Mardan District. Unidentified saboteurs had planted the explosives close to the NGO’s office, which killed a woman walking past the building upon detonation.

April 15: At least 18 persons, including nine Policemen, were killed and five others injured when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the Harichand Police Post in Charsadda District. The NWFP Inspector General of Police, Malik Naveed, said Police wanted to stop the suicide bomber’s speeding car and fired at it, but it had reached close to them by the time the explosives went off. The blast also left a crater about three metres wide, damaged windows in nearby buildings and severed power cables, plunging the area into darkness.

April 13: The head of a bomb disposal squad, Gul Sher Khan, was killed when a bomb planted along Ladi Lora Bridge at Bannu detonated while he was trying to defuse the explosive. Two other persons were also injured in the explosion.

An explosion at a girls' primary school in Noor area destroyed the entire building. However, no casualties were reported.

April 10: Taliban militants triggered a bomb blast in the Chamkani area, outside provincial capital Peshawar, destroying six tankers supplying fuel to the NATO troops in neighbouring Afghanistan. Around 35 tankers were parked at the incident site, when militants placed a bomb under one of the vehicles loaded with diesel, petrol and aviation fuel, said Police official Asmatullah Khan. The blast triggered a fire which spread to another five tankers, he said.

A man was killed and two others sustained injuries in a bomb blast in Bannu. According to a private TV channel, a jirga (council of elders) was underway when the blast occurred.

April 7: Suspected Taliban militants planted a remote-controlled bomb that blew up a music shop and neighbouring stalls at Charsadda bus stand in Peshawar. "CD and music centres, as well as three other shops were destroyed when a locally-made bomb went off in front of a bus stand in Faqirabad area," local Police official Anwar Khan said. No casualties were reported as the shops were closed overnight when the bomb exploded, Police said.

April 5: Unidentified men blew up a girls' school in Jahangir Khel in the precincts of Miryan Police Station of Bannu District. Police sources said the men had placed explosives in the building of the Government Girls' School, damaging it. However, no casualties were reported.

April 2: A would-be suicide bomber shot himself dead before hitting his target i.e. the funeral prayers for slain Police official Fateh Rehman in the Haryan Kot area of Dargai sub-division. Five Police personnel, including Station House Officer Fateh Rehman, were killed in a rocket and rifle attack on a Police mobile van by militants near Jitkot village in Upper Dir District on April 1. Sources said the bomber abandoned a bag full of explosives and his suicide vest and hurled two hand-grenades at the people before fleeing. However, the hand-grenades did not explode and he shot himself on the spot with a pistol. The villagers found a national identity card with the body identifying him as Irshadul Haq, son of Niaz Muhammad, of Targhao area in Bajaur Agency.

March 30: Seven persons, including five Army soldiers, were killed and nine others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a military convoy near a filling station on the Bannu-Miranshah Road. The dead also included an Assistant Engineer of Radio Pakistan Razmak station, Basharat Afridi, and a lady travelling in a passenger coach. However, military spokesman and ISPR Director-General Major General Athar Abbas said the explosion was caused by an improvised explosive device planted in a roadside car.

March 26: 12 persons, including a woman, were killed and 22 others sustained injuries when a teenage suicide bomber blew himself up outside a crowded restaurant in the Jandola bazaar of Tank District. A pro-government group of Bhittani tribesmen, led by Haji Turkistan, is believed to have been the target of the suicide attacker. Eyewitnesses told from Jandola - the gateway to South Waziristan - that a young boy blew himself up outside the crowded restaurant in the bazaar. The bazaar is located in front of heavily guarded British-era fort, currently inhabited by the Frontier Corps and the Army. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

March 26: 29 shops were destroyed as suspected militants blew up two markets in the Thana town of the Malakand region. Suspected militants had planted three improvised explosive devices in the Mina Bazaar and the Bara (Upper) Bazaar in Thana, two of which exploded. 24 shops were destroyed in the Mina Bazaar and five in Bara Bazaar, causing huge financial losses to traders. The third, a home-made bomb, was defused by personnel of the Malakand Levies.

March 26: Unidentified men blew up a power pylon in the Mirza Kali Urmur area of Peshawar, the NWFP capital, suspending power supply to the adjacent areas. Police sources said the men had planted explosives under the 500KV tower. Shaukat Afzal, the Peshawar Electric Supply Company spokesman, said the assailants had blown up tower number 295.

March 22: Unidentified men blew up a girls’ school in the Mardan District. According to Police sources, the men planted explosives near the Government Girls High School Hattian, located near the residence of the NWFP senior minister Rahim Dad Khan. However, no casualties were reported.

An imambargah (a Shia place of worship) was partially damaged by an explosion near the building in Tank city. No casualties were reported.

March 19: Suspected Taliban militants blew up a 500kV electricity pylon in the limits of Urmur Police Station plunging several parts of Peshawar, capital of the NWFP, into darkness. A spokesman of the Peshawar Electric Supply Company told reporters the explosion destroyed the tower.

March 12: Unidentified men blew up 20 shops in three explosions at Khor Market in Nowshera. According to Police, at least 12 shops were damaged while five were destroyed in the explosion.

March 11: The NWFP Senior Minister and Awami National Party leader Bashir Ahmad Bilour survived an assassination attempt that left six persons, including two suspected suicide attackers, dead in Namak Mandi in the provincial capital Peshawar. Four persons, including a young girl, were wounded in the firing, grenade attack and suicide blast. "Bilour and others were coming back after opening a road project when a young man, followed by another, rushed towards him while loudly reciting Allaho Akbar. A security official pushed the attacker back after explosives around his vest did not go off despite his repeated attempts," said an eyewitness. A nearby shopkeeper said the attacker fell on the ground after which one of them lobbed a grenade at the crowd. Police, he added, also opened fire. A vendor, Tehmash, was killed while constable Himayatullah, a trader, Khalilur Rahman, and a six-year-old were injured in the incident. Even as the attackers managed to flee the Security Force personnel continued to chase them until the attackers forced their entry into the house of an auto-mechanic located around 500 meters from the earlier spot. Police besieged the house and "As the terrorists failed to find any way out, they triggered the explosives around the vest of one of them, killing the two attackers and three members of the family that owned the house," a Police official said.

March 7: At least eight persons, including five Policemen, two Frontier Corps personnel, and a civilian were killed in a remote-controlled car bombing at Mashugagr village in Peshawar. Some villagers also sustained minor injuries. Muhammad Wali, a villager, said the car was unlocked and the villagers had found the body of an old man in it. "The blast occurred when police officials walked towards the vehicle," he said. Security officials said about 40 kilogrammes of explosives were packed in the vehicle.

Two civilians were killed and seven others, including six SF personnel, injured in another car bombing at Darra Adam Khel. Eyewitnesses said the Taliban detonated a car parked alongside the road when a convoy of Mehsud Scouts reached Bazi Khel graveyard. They said SFs launched indiscriminate fire after the attack and arrested 15 locals. At least 10 people were injured.

March 6: A union council official was killed and his bodyguard injured in a remote-controlled bomb explosion in the Bannu District. Kakki Union Council chief Khairullah died and his bodyguard Safiullah sustained injuries in the explosion.

March 5: One person was killed and 19 others sustained injuries when a hand-grenade hurled by unidentified miscreants at the worshippers exploded in Ameer Hamza mosque on Circular Road in Dera Ismail Khan. Eyewitnesses said unidentified miscreants threw a hand-grenade at the worshipers from the main gate when they were offering their evening prayers in the mosque, which exploded killing a civilian and injuring 19 others.

Successive bomb blasts in the Khurshid Market of Takhtbhai destroyed 24 shops. No casualty was, however, reported. Shopkeepers told that the miscreants planted explosive devices at three places in the market. They said about three months ago they had received threats to wind up their "un-Islamic business". Bahadur Khan, the market watchman, said around 10 Taliban-styled men reached the market at midnight and after overpowering him, planted bombs in the market.

Suspected Taliban militants blew an ancient shrine of a 17th century Sufi poet - Rehman Baba - in the Akhund Baba graveyard of Peshawar, said locals and police, with the reporting that a letter delivered three days before the attack to the management of the mausoleum had warned against its promotion of ‘shrine culture’. The white-marble shrine was badly damaged when explosives planted along its pillars went off at around 5:10am. There were, however, no casualties.

March 1: Two FC soldiers were injured in the Kabal sub-division of Swat District in a gun and bomb attack on a security convoy. The banned TTP claimed responsibility for the attack in Sarsanai area of Kabal.

February 23: Two civilians were killed in a bomb blast targeting Police near the garrison town of Kohat. "An improvised explosive device planted on the Kohat-Rawalpindi Road went off as a police van passed," District Police Officer Abdullah Khan said. The Policemen were unhurt but the blast killed two motorcyclists in the Bahadurkot area, he added.

February 22: A Police guard was killed when he flung himself onto a suicide bomber to prevent him from entering a compound in Bannu. The attacker was trying to enter the compound, where judges and senior police officials live and work, when the guard intercepted him. "The suicide bomber tried to enter the compound. Then the police guard saw him, grabbed him and he exploded himself," local Police official Ghafar Ali told by telephone. Two other police guards were wounded in the attack.

Suspected Taliban militants blew up five houses in Adezai village near Darra Adam Khel. An official of the Mattani Police station told that the suspected Taliban militants had planted explosives near the houses. Three vehicles were also damaged in the explosion. However, no casualties were reported.

February 21: Two suicide bombers were killed when their explosives-laden car blew up before hitting its intended target in the Lakki town of Bannu District, Police said. The bombers intended to ram the vehicle into a Police post but it exploded a few metres short of its target, Police officer Muhammad Habibullah said. "We have found body parts of two bombers from the blown up vehicle," the officer told, adding, there were no Police casualties.

February 20: 32 persons were killed and 145 others injured when a suicide bomber exploded himself in the funeral procession of a slain employee of the Tehsil Municipal Administration near the busy Shubra Square in Dera Ismail Khan. Sources said the funeral procession of local Shia community leader Sher Zaman alias Shera, who was killed in firing by unidentified persons on February 19, was heading towards Kotly Imam Hussain for his Namaz-e-Janaza (funeral prayer) and burial when a suicide bomber ran into the mourners and blew himself up.

February 19: A bomb exploded at the Government Degree College in Peshawar. However, no casualties were reported. An unnamed Police official told that it was a low intensity device, which was only meant to create panic. The device was planted on the building’s second floor and exploded around 12pm.

February 17: Five people were killed and 17 injured in a car bomb blast outside the Hujra (male guest house) of the union council chief in Bazidkhel village of Peshawar. Faheemur Rahman, the union council chief of Bazidkhel, eight kilometres south of Peshawar on Kohat Road, alleged that the Mangal Bagh-led LI was involved in this "cheap act" of terrorism. Eyewitnesses said the blast occurred in a car parked on a street near the Hujra of Rahman. The blast also destroyed two cars and damaged six buildings.

February 15: Suspected militants destroyed a school in the Charbagh sub-division of Swat. The school was already in the custody of the Taliban, who were using it as a base camp.

February 12: SF personnel resorted to indiscriminate firing after a remote-controlled bomb attack on their convoy in Kanju. They said one soldier sustained injuries in the attack.

February 11: Alamzeb Khan, a Member of Provincial Assembly from the ruling Awami National Party (ANP), was killed in a remote-controlled bomb blast in Momin Town in Peshawar, the NWFP capital. The blast, which also injured seven others, including the driver, the gunman and personal assistant of the legislator, occurred on the day the newly-appointed special US envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, was paying a visit to the city and the adjacent Khyber Agency. Locals said Khan was on his way to attend a function in the city when his car was hit by a huge explosion at around 11:20 am on the main road of the Momin Town, close to his residence. "It was triggered through a remote control," Capital City Police Officer Safwat Ghayyur told journalists. Alamzeb Khan was elected a member of the NWFP Assembly from the PF-1 in the general elections in 2008.

February 10: A convoy of the SFs was attacked with an explosive device in the Bara Bandai area of Kabal, leaving a soldier injured.

February 9: At least 18 FC personnel were injured in a suicide attack on the Baran Pul check-post of the Frontier Reserve Police (FRP) in the jurisdiction of Bakkakhel police station in Bannu District. Sources said a suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden mini truck hit the building of the FRP check-post at Baran Pul, injuring 18 FC soldiers.

February 9: Suspected militants destroyed the Takhta Band Bridge by planting an explosive device.

February 5: A suicide attacker detonated an explosive-laden car near a Police station in the Mingora town, injuring a dozen officers and destroying part of the building, said Dilawar Khan Bangash, the Police chief. Bangash said militants also fired three rockets before the attack and one damaged a nearby hotel.

A truck driver was injured when a remote-controlled device, planted by militants on the Mingora-Takhta Band Road, exploded. The truck, which was loaded with ration, was part of a convoy of Security Forces.

February 3: A man was killed and 18 others injured in a hand grenade attack on a Sunni mosque at Mohallah Joginwala in the Dera Ismail Khan District. The attacker hurled the hand grenade at the worshippers in Madani mosque during Maghrib prayers, Police said. Local Police officer Yaseen Khan told that the explosion had caused a stampede as panicked people tried to flee.

January 30: Four soldiers were killed and eight injured when an Army convoy was attacked with a remote-controlled bomb in the Jalala area of Malakand. Official sources told that a military convoy of the Sindh Regiment was on its way to provincial capital Peshawar from the militancy-hit Swat valley when a remote-controlled explosive device, planted by militants near a school building on Ghat Koto Road, went off, killing four soldiers and injuring eight others.

January 27: In the Matta sub-division of Swat District, a convoy of SFs was targeted in a remote-controlled bomb attack, but there were no casualties.

The Taliban blew up two more schools at Kabal in Swat, taking the number of destroyed schools to 188.

January 26: Six people were killed and 22 others sustained injuries when a bomb rigged to a bicycle exploded in a populated area in Dera Ismail Khan. Three of the victims were in a car while the other three were walking past the bicycle parked in front of the main gate of the town hall.

January 21: Taliban militants destroyed two more Government-run schools and a health centre in the Swat District. Explosive devices planted at the high school for boys and a basic health unit in Sher Falam in the Matta sub-division, and the girls primary school in Mangalstan in Charbagh sub-division, went off early in the morning, razing the buildings to the ground.

January 20: Four Policemen and four civilians were injured when a Police patrol van was hit by a roadside bomb on Ring Road in the Hazarkhwani area of Peshawar. The blast took place at about 8:03am (PST) near a security check-post when Pandu Police Station officials were patrolling the Ring Road. "Almost 1kg explosives, planted in a gas pipeline, exploded when the police patrol vehicle was passing through the spot," Superintendent of Police (City Circle), Mohammad Ashraf said.

January 19: Two SF personnel were injured in a remote-controlled bomb attack on their vehicle in the Shand area of Madian in Swat District.

The Taliban blew up five boys’ and a girls’ school in Swat. Militants reportedly planted bombs around the buildings of five schools, which detonated late on January 18, while the sixth was detonated in the afternoon of January 19. However, no reports of casualties were received.

January 18: A faith-healing centre on the Circular Road in Peshawar was damaged when an explosives device went off late on January 18. However, no loss of life was reported.

January 17: Suspected militants blew up an abandoned police post in the Balogram area of Swat.

January 16: Militants destroyed a house owned by the Awami National Party chief Asfandyar Wali Khan in Madyan Chaktari area. The militants reportedly planted explosives in the house, completely destroying it. However, no loss of life was reported as the house had been abandoned by the family of Asfandyar Wali.

January 15: Approximately 20 shops were damaged when an explosive device went off in a market in Shabqadar. However, no loss of life was reported.

January 14: Several CD shops and offices were completely destroyed when three time devices planted by suspected militants at three separate markets in Swat exploded in the wee hours. Six other shops and the house of a Pakistan People’s Party leader were partially damaged. However, no casualty was reported, as nobody was present in the market.

January 13: A remote-controlled bomb exploded near the convoy of SFs in Sambat near Matta town. However, no casualty was reported.

January 10: A bomb blast partially damaged two cellular phone shops in Naurang bazaar in Lakki Marwat.

January 9: A bomb blast at the Nehar Chowk area of Mardan destroyed a CD centre and some other shops. However, no casualty was reported in the incident.

January 6: Sub-Inspector Rehamtullah of the Bomb Disposal Squad in Bannu District Police was killed while defusing a bomb in Bannu.

January 5: Unidentified persons in the Shakardara area of Matta sub-division blew up the house of a local journalist, Hameedullah.

January 4: Ten persons, including four Policemen, were killed and 27 others injured in two bomb blasts near the Polytechnic College in Dera Ismail Khan. Sources said an explosive device, planted by militants near the main gate of the Polytechnic College, went off at 7:07 pm, injuring four persons. Eyewitnesses said soon after the blast, Police personnel and people rushed to the spot. As a large number of Policemen and people gathered at the site, a 16-year-old suicide bomber forced his entry into the crowd and blew himself up, killing 10 persons, including four Policemen, and injuring 21 others.

A suicide bomber was killed while two people sustained injuries near a check-post in Officers’ Colony in Bannu. The suicide bomber blew himself up in an attempt to target a check-post but could not succeed as the bomb exploded before he could reach his target.

January 1: Three Policemen were killed and six injured in two bomb blasts in Peshawar and Bannu districts, Police said. Unidentified men blew up a Police check-post near Jabba Mosque in the Mathra Police station precincts of Peshawar, killing constable Asif Khan. Senior Police official Jamilur Rehman said the attack could be a reaction to the ongoing military operation in Khyber Agency. Meanwhile, two Policemen - Abbas Ali Khan and Muhammad Ali Khan - were killed and six injured when a bomb being defused by officials of the Bannu Bomb Disposal Squad exploded.