Bomb blasts in the North West Frontier Province - 2010

March 1: Suspected Taliban militants blew up a tanker carrying fuel for NATO troops based in Afghanistan near Jamil Chowk on Ring Road of Peshawar, the capital of NWFP. A Police official of the Chamkani Police Station said the driver sustained injuries in the attack and the tanker caught fire.

February 27: A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a Police Station in Karak District, killing four persons including two Policemen and wounding 23 others. DPO of Karak District said there were two suicide bombers. One blew him up at the gate of Police Station, killing a Policeman there. Then, another suicide bomber brought his vehicle with explosives into the building and blew him up, killing a child and a coach driver.

February 25: Suspected militants blew up a tanker carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan in Bhanamari Police Station area of Peshawar. A police official said that the blast occurred at around 8:00 am (PST) on the Ring Road.

February 23: The Taliban militants attacked a vehicle owned by a local lashkar (army) chief in Adezai village on the outskirts of the provincial capital of NWFP, Peshawar. A Mattani Police official said that while a blast had been reported in Adezai village, police had no further information. However, Adezai lashkar chief Dilawar Khan said that he was the target of the attack, as the vehicle targeted was in his use. He said his nephew was using the vehicle at the time of the attack, as "I had sent him to attend a jirga (council) in my place at Mattani Police Station".

February 22: 13 persons, including three Security personnel and four women, were killed and 41 others injured when a suicide bomber hit a SFs convoy at the Nishat Chowk in Mingora city of NWFP. A British woman, who had converted to Islam a month ago, also died in the attack while her husband was injured. Malakand Deputy Inspector General Idress Khan told reporters that evidence recovered from the crime scene suggested it could be a suicide bombing. Meanwhile, a suicide car bomber hit the military convoy and killed nine people, including children, in Mingora. Police said they had recovered parts of the Suzuki car used by the bomber.

February 20: Two suicide bombers attacked Police Stations in Balakot and Mansehra areas of NWFP, killing a SHO and wounding several others. According to Police sources, Khalilur Rehman, SHO of Balakot Police Station, was killed and several others injured in the attacks at the police stations. DPO Waqaruddin said the suicide attacks took place at around 9:30 am (PST). He said two suicide bombers tried to enter Mansehra Police Station. One of the attackers hurled a hand grenade at the building and opened fire. Police personnel deployed at the entrance gate retaliated and killed one of the attackers, while the other managed to flee. Three Police personnel, including a female constable, were injured in the attack, Waqaruddin added. Another suicide bomber entered the Balakot Police Station and blew himself up after Police guards fired at him. SHO Khalilur Rehman died on the spot. Three passers-by identified as Kaleemullah, Rashid, a resident of Jaba Raftaj Bibi, a resident of Sanghar and two policemen Gul Nawaz and Humayun were injured, Waqaruddin added further.

February 11: At least 15 persons were killed and 24 others injured in a twin bomb blast in Bannu of NWFP. This is the third of its kind against Security Force personnel in northwest part of Pakistan in 24 hours. Official sources said two explosions, at least one of which was caused by a suicide bomber, went off in quick succession outside a Police training centre in Bannu just as a patrol headed by local District Police Officer Iqbal Marwat was returning. Eight Policemen, a child and six civilians had been killed, the doctor said, having mentioned an earlier toll of 12 Policemen. He said another 24 people, including two children, were brought in wounded. "There were two blasts. The first one was near the gate. The second was a suicide attack. We have confirmed reports it was a suicide attack," said Sardar Abbas, the Senior Administrator of Bannu District said.

February 10: At least two persons were injured in a bomb blast in a CD shop in the main bazaar of Hangu in NWFP. This was the first militant attack after the Government brokered peace agreement of February 4, according to which the rival sects are bound not to target shops and houses.

February 6: The Taliban militants blew up a girls' school in the Huwaid village, eight kilometres north of Bannu in NWFP. However, there was no causality and injuries. "The explosive material was planted at three different places in the girls' primary school, which completely destroyed five out of seven rooms of the building," NWFP Education Minister Sardar Hussain Babak said.

February 3: Three US troopers and four female students were among nine persons killed when a blast targeted a military-led convoy in Lower Dir of NWFP. The US troopers were travelling in a convoy with local troops, journalists and officials to the opening of a girls' school. At least 115 persons, including 95 schoolgirls, were also injured in the attack. While the ISPR said an IED was used in the attack, the Associated Press said there were conflicting reports about the source of the blast. Some officials said it was a roadside bomb detonated by a remote control, while others claimed it was a suicide car bomb. A statement by the US embassy in Islamabad said that the US troopers killed in the attack were training FC troops on a request by the Pakistani Government. "Three Americans were killed and two injured in an explosion," according to the statement. A statement by the Pakistan Army said the dead included a FC soldier. However, it said three "foreigners" were among the injured. Lower Dir District Police Chief Mumtaz Zarin said that nine persons, including four schoolgirls and "three foreigners", were killed in the remote-controlled blast.

February 1: Unidentified Taliban militants blew up a tanker carrying oil supply to NATO forces in Afghanistan on the ring road in the Chamkani Police Station area of Peshawar in NWFP. Chamkani Police officials said that an Afghanistan-bound tanker carrying oil supply for NATO forces was attacked by unidentified Taliban militants. The militants fired at the tanker and destroyed it with a magnet bomb, the Police official added.

January 31: Unidentified militants blew up a Government-run girls' primary school on the outskirts of Bannu in NWFP.

January 28: Suspected militants blew up a bridge on a link road connecting Peshawar's Badbher village in NWFP to Khyber Agency's Bara town in the FATA. The explosion took place at around 1:30am, blowing up the bridge over the Frontier Road.

January 27: Three children were killed in a bomb explosion in Nanger Khani village of Dir District. "It was a timed device. Three children were killed on the spot. Apparently it is an act of terrorism. The terrorists want to create fear and terrify the residents," District Police Chief Rauf Khan was quoted saying.

January 24: Taliban militants blew up a girls' school at Shabqadar area in Peshawar.

January 23: At least four persons including a Security Force (SF) were killed in a suicide car bombing near a Police Station at Gomal, about 25 kilometres south of Tank District. "The bomber struck outside the Police Station, killing one Policeman and three passers-by, including two children," District Police Chief Ejaz Abid said. He said 11 persons, including five Policemen, three passers-by and three prisoners in the Police lock-up, were also injured.

January 20: Five persons, including an Awami National Party (ANP) member of the provincial assembly, Aurangzeb Khan, were injured in a remote-controlled bomb explosion in Peshawar.

January 13: A teenager, Muhammad Shoaib, was killed and six other boys were injured when an explosive device exploded at a playground in the Civil Lines area of Tank, the headquterer of Tank District. "Unidentified militants had planted an explosive device at the playground, which went off at 3.20 pm (PST)," a Police official said, adding that seven boys, who were playing at the ground, were injured in the explosion.

January 10: An ANP lawmaker, Alamgir Khalil, in the NWFP Assembly survived a bomb attack in Pavaka area under Pishtakhara Police Station area in Peshawar. A Police Official said that the bomb targeting the vehicle of Alamgir Khalil went off at around 4 pm (PST). No casualties were reported. The official said the blast occurred just moments after Khalil’s vehicle passed the area.

January 9: Seven Policemen were injured when an alleged suicide bomber blew himself up in a house in Adezai village in Mattani area of Peshawar in NWFP. The Security Forces raided a house during a search operation to arrest two Taliban militants Saifullah and Bilal – who were wanted by Police in various cases of terrorism. During the raid, Taliban ‘commander’, Irfan, who was the only one present in the house, blew himself up.

January 8: A suspected militant ‘commander’, identified as Irfan, blew himself up during a Police raid in the Adezai village in Matni on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of NWFP. Six Policemen were injured in the incident. Four suspected militants were also arrested in the raid.

January 3: A roadside bomb killed at least four people in Hangu District, including former NWFP Irrigation Minister Ghaniur Rehman. The explosion took place in Bagto village, about 10 kilometres from Hangu. Bagto is close to Orakzai Agency, one of the tribal agencies where the military is operating against the Taliban. Hangu DPO Abdul Rashid said that three people including Rehman, father of sitting NWFP assembly member Attiqur Rehman, his bodyguard Mashkoor and Frontier Crops personnel Zahir Shah were killed in a remote controlled bomb blast. Two Police Officials were also inured in the attack. However, Associated Press reported that Rehman’s driver had also been killed in the attack.

January 1: At least 90 persons were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden pickup truck in the middle of a volleyball game in the Shah Hasan Khel village of Lakki Marwat District in the Bannu Division of the North West Frontier Province NWFP. Police said more than 60 persons are being treated at local hospitals. Local Police chief Ayub Khan told Reuters the bomber blew himself up in an SUV in the middle of the field and there was believed to be a second vehicle, which fled the scene. Khan said the bomber drove a vehicle loaded with around 250 kilogrammes of high-intensity explosives into the field, which lies in a congested neighbourhood. Some nearby houses collapsed and "we fear that some 10 or so people might have been trapped in the rubble." Khan said that more than 20 houses, on both sides of the open ground where the match was being played, had collapsed. In addition, a group of local tribal elders was holding a meeting at a nearby mosque. The mosque was damaged and some people inside were killed, he added further. "Four paramilitary soldiers are also among the dead," he informed. Another Police official said that some 300 people were on the field when the incident took place. A large number of them are said to have been elderly residents and children. Meanwhile, the NWFP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said the death toll might rise further, adding, "The locality has been a hub of militants. Locals set up a Lashkar (tribal militia) and expelled the militants from this area. This attack seems to be a reaction to their expulsion." Security Forces have cordoned off the village.

January 1: Daily Times quoting Hangu District Police Officer Abdul Rashid Khan said that two suicide bombers were killed when explosives in their jackets went off accidentally due to a malfunction in the Zargari area of the Hangu District in NWFP.