Peshawar (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2016

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January - 3	Two soldiers suffered injuries on January 3 when their convoy was damaged in a roadside bomb blast near the PeshawarIslamabad Motorway Toll Plaza in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports The Express Tribune. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)Operation Dr Mian Saeed said Read more... Two soldiers suffered injuries on January 3 when their convoy was damaged in a roadside bomb blast near the PeshawarIslamabad Motorway Toll Plaza in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports The Express Tribune. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)Operation Dr Mian Saeed said that a remotecontrolled improvised explosive device (IED) weighing around four kilogrammes was used in the attack. Read less...
January - 8	Special Police Unit (SPU) on January 8 claimed to have arrested three suspects for campaigning for proscribed militant organisations in Dir Colony of provincial capital Peshawar, reports Dawn. The arrested suspects, identified as Raheemullah, Sibghatullah and Sajjad, were found distributing pamphlet Read more... Special Police Unit (SPU) on January 8 claimed to have arrested three suspects for campaigning for proscribed militant organisations in Dir Colony of provincial capital Peshawar, reports Dawn. The arrested suspects, identified as Raheemullah, Sibghatullah and Sajjad, were found distributing pamphlets in support of banned militants outfits. However, the SPU did not specify the name of the outfit. Read less...
January - 12	Special Police unit on January 12 arrested an Afghan terrorist, Hamidullah alias Hamzaullah, involved in the attack on Pishtakhara Police Station van in Academy town on September 11, 2015, during a raid at Board bazaar bus stop in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports The N Read more... Special Police unit on January 12 arrested an Afghan terrorist, Hamidullah alias Hamzaullah, involved in the attack on Pishtakhara Police Station van in Academy town on September 11, 2015, during a raid at Board bazaar bus stop in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports The News. Police constable Ajmal Khan was killed, while ASI Jamal Shah, head constable Tahir and constable Shehzad had received injuries. Read less...
January - 15	Unidentified militants on January 15 attacked the residence of an Afghan consulate official in cantonment area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports Daily Times. Consulate official Humayun Yousafzai is unhurt. Initial investigation revealed a sub-machine gun was used to Read more... Unidentified militants on January 15 attacked the residence of an Afghan consulate official in cantonment area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports Daily Times. Consulate official Humayun Yousafzai is unhurt. Initial investigation revealed a sub-machine gun was used to fire at the house and 29 bullet casings have been recovered from the site of the attack. Photos from the crime scene show the boundary wall of the house marred with bullets. A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against unidentified individuals and an investigation is under way. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack as yet. Read less...
January - 20	Separately, an improvised explosive device, weighing three to four kilograms, was defused by Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) personnel near the Haji Camp Bus Stand in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP, on January 20, reports Dawn. BDS personnel said that the three to four kilograms of explosive mater Read more... Separately, an improvised explosive device, weighing three to four kilograms, was defused by Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) personnel near the Haji Camp Bus Stand in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP, on January 20, reports Dawn. BDS personnel said that the three to four kilograms of explosive material was used in the making of the bomb which was also fitted with a remote controlled detonator. Police also claimed to have arrested a suspicious person from the vicinity. Read less...
January - 22	UnhideWhenUsed="falseName="Medium Grid 2 Accent Unidentified militants shot dead personnel of Police Elite Force Unit in Rasheed Ghari area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on January 22, reports Daily Times. Superintendent of Police (SP) Imtiaz said that Elite Force Poli Read more... UnhideWhenUsed="falseName="Medium Grid 2 Accent Unidentified militants shot dead personnel of Police Elite Force Unit in Rasheed Ghari area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on January 22, reports Daily Times. Superintendent of Police (SP) Imtiaz said that Elite Force Policemen Shahzeb and Ihsanullah were riding a motorcycle en route their office when unidentified militants opened fire. The SP said that both the victims were well trained in the use of security scanners. The motorcycleriding assailants escaped from the attack site. Read less...
January - 24	Four persons suffered injuries when a roadside bomb exploded near Phandu Chowk area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on January 24, reports The News. Police said the bomb was planted near a bridge with an aim to target the vehicle of Salahuddin, the caretaker of a local Mas Read more... Four persons suffered injuries when a roadside bomb exploded near Phandu Chowk area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on January 24, reports The News. Police said the bomb was planted near a bridge with an aim to target the vehicle of Salahuddin, the caretaker of a local Masjid Read less...
January - 26	An improvised explosive device (IED), allegedly meant to target a school, was defused by Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) personnel in Bashirabad area of Peshawar , the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on January 26, reports Dawn. Officials say unidentified suspects handed over the improvised bomb Read more... An improvised explosive device (IED), allegedly meant to target a school, was defused by Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) personnel in Bashirabad area of Peshawar , the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on January 26, reports Dawn. Officials say unidentified suspects handed over the improvised bomb, fitted in a pressure cooker, to a child, asking him to take it to his school. But the little boy instead of taking it to school brought the IED home. A Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) slogan was written on the pressure cooker, officials said. On seeing the explosive, family members of the child alerted Police and BDS personnel were called in. According to BDS officials, around five kilogrammes of explosive material was used in the device. Read less...
January - 27	A joint team comprising Police and Intelligence Officials on January 27 recovered a huge cache of weapons and ammunition from warehouses on GT Road and Kohat Road areas of provincial capital Peshawar, reports Dawn. Officials claim militants wanted to carry out a major act of terrorism in the area, f Read more... A joint team comprising Police and Intelligence Officials on January 27 recovered a huge cache of weapons and ammunition from warehouses on GT Road and Kohat Road areas of provincial capital Peshawar, reports Dawn. Officials claim militants wanted to carry out a major act of terrorism in the area, for which they were dumping dangerous weapons at the locations raided. Recovered arms include over a thousand M4 and M6 rifles, telescopes and a large numbers of bullets, officials said. An unnamed official said that the arms were foreign made. Read less...
January - 28	Police defused five bombs planted under a 132KV electric tower in provincial capital Peshawar on January 28, reports Dawn. The bombs, comprising 20 kilograms of explosive materials, were packed into four pressure cookers and a canister in Phando area the main transmission lines powering Peshawar. Read more... Police defused five bombs planted under a 132KV electric tower in provincial capital Peshawar on January 28, reports Dawn. The bombs, comprising 20 kilograms of explosive materials, were packed into four pressure cookers and a canister in Phando area the main transmission lines powering Peshawar. Read less...
January - 29	The dead body of a polio worker, identified as Shah Faisal, who had gone missing from Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 27, 2016, was found in Regi area of provincial capital Peshawar, on January 29, reports The News. Political tehsildar at Jamru Read more... The dead body of a polio worker, identified as Shah Faisal, who had gone missing from Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 27, 2016, was found in Regi area of provincial capital Peshawar, on January 29, reports The News. Political tehsildar at Jamrud, Asmatullah Wazir, said that Shah was a contractual employee with the Health Department. Read less...

*Data till , November 27, 2020

Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.

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