Terrorism-related Incidents in Peshawar - 2010

2010

No Date Incident
1 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.
2 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.
3 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.
4 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
in North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
5 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.
6 February 22 A prominent member of the Shia community was shot
dead while his friend sustained injuries when unidentified
attackers opened fire on them in Yakatoot area of
Peshawar in NWFP. An alleged attacker was overpowered
while trying to escape from the spot. Saqlain, a prominent
figure of the Shia community and brother of Major (Retd.)
Hasnain, a leader of Tehrik Nifaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jaferia (TNFJ),
was killed and his friend Abbas was wounded when
unidentified attackers opened fire on them near their
Imambargah in Yakatoot.
7 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".
8 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.
9 February 28 SFs killed 25 militants in frontier region of Peshawar in
NWFP in the first four days of Operation Spring Cleaning,
according to officials. The officials said that operation was
jointly launched on February 24, 2010 and would continue
until the elimination of militants form the area. They said
one Frontier Crop trooper had been killed in fighting and
five others were injured.
10 March 01 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.
11 March 02 The SFs killed a supplier of suicide jackets and explosives,
Mohammad Iqbal, who operated a key inter-city network
during an encounter in the north-western part of Peshawar.
The Army sources said Iqbal belonged to TTP faction of
Khyber Agency. "He was a key supplier of suicide bomb
jackets and explosives to Islamabad and other cities of
Pakistan," the Army said. He was accused of supplying
explosives for "21 suicide vehicles" to Swat District, where
Pakistan launched a military operation in 2009.
12 March 12 Four persons were killed and 25 others injured when a
powerful bomb exploded near the Bara Qadeem checkpost
close to a market on the Bara Road in Peshawar.
13 March 16 A Bajaur-based militant 'commander', identified as
Mohammad Rehan, was arrested during an operation in
Wakho Pul on Kohat Road under Bhanamari Police Station
area of Peshawar. Rehan was head of a faction of militants
that had parted ways with Maulvi Faqir Mohammad-led
TTP in Bajaur Agency of FATA.
14 March 21 An injured militant 'commander' under treatment at hospital
of the International Committee of Red Cross in University
Town of Peshawar, the capital of NWFP, managed to
escape taking the cover of night.
15 March 22 SFs arrested a key Taliban 'commander', Iliyas also known
as Usman, from the Bakhsh Pul area near Charsadda road
of Peshawar. Law enforcement agencies said Usman is
accused of running a parallel court in the Pundyali tehsil of
the Mohmand Agency in FATA.
16 March 28 A bomb attack injured five persons and destroyed a
compact disc shop in the Hayatabad area of Peshawar.
SSP (Coordination) Sher Akbar said that five persons were
injured when a bomb explosion at around 4:30pm
completely destroyed the Afghan compact disc shop in
Bilal Market.
17 April 5 A series of three powerful blasts followed by heavy
gunfight in a brazen suicide mission, apparently planned to
target the US Consulate in Peshawar, left eight persons
dead and 18 others injured in Peshawar, the provincial
capital of NWFP.
18 April 6 Police shot dead two suspected suicide bombers during a
raid in Mattani area on the outskirts of Peshawar, the
provincial capital of NWFP. One of the two alleged
attackers killed, was wearing a suicide vest, said Liaquat
Ali, a Senior Police Official.
19 April 7 The Taliban militants bombed three Government schools
with explosives in different areas of Peshawar, the
provincial capital of NWFP, late in the night.
20 April 19 At least 24 people, including a child and Police officials,
were killed and 49 others injured in twin bombings hours
apart at a school and a crowded market in Peshawar, the
provincial capital of NWFP. The first bomb exploded
outside a school run by a Police welfare foundation in the
Peshawar, killing a boy and injuring eight others. The
second blast occurred at Qissa Khawani Bazaar of
Peshawar when a suicide bomber walked into the crowd
and detonated explosives.
21 April 23 The Taliban militants blew up a power supply tower in
Maroofkhel village near Peshawar, the provincial capital of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
22 April 23 The Taliban militants blew up a power supply tower in
 Maroofkhel village near Peshawar, the provincial capital of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
23 April 28 At least four Policemen were killed and 15 others wounded
as a suicide car bomber attacked a checkpost in the Pir
Bala area on the outskirts of Peshawar.
24 May 11 The Peshawar Police shot dead an alleged militant,
Amanullah, wanted over terror attacks including the 2009
murder of an official with the Iranian consulate, at
Sheikhabad area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
25 May 11 Unidentified militants blew up a power supply tower in the
Urmar area on the outskirts of Peshawar.
26 May 12 Five persons, including two young girls, were killed in two
separate attacks at Peshawar, the provincial capital of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
27 May 21 The suspected militants blew up a girls' primary school in
Ferozabad area under Matani Police Station on the
outskirts of the Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber-
Pakhtunkhwa.
28 June 2 One woman and two children were injured when
unidentified militants fired three rockets that landed in the
jurisdiction of Pishtakhara Police Station of Peshawar in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in night.
29 June 21 Suspected militants blew up a shrine of a saint named
Mian Umer Baba on the outskirts of Peshawar. No loss of
life was reported.
30 June 25 Section 144 has been imposed in Peshawar, the capital of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province after reports of security
threats in the city.
31 July 1 A boy was killed and three officials of the TESCO and a
passer-by injured in a hand-grenade attack on a vehicle
near a Police checkpost in Bara Qaeedm area of
Peshawar District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
32 July 5 Unidentified militants shot dead a tribal elder, Malik
Hashim Khan, in Kohi Hassankhel area in the Frontier
Region of Peshawar.
33 July 6 The militants blew up a state-run primary school at
Khattako Pul area in the outskirts of Peshawar in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa.
34 July 6 Police arrested a person, Jamaluddin, and recovered
seven kilogrammes of explosives from his possession in
Tajabad area, a suburban area of Peshawar.
35 July 7 A bomb blast destroyed five vehicles parked outside a
showroom under Faqirabad Police Station in Peshawar,
the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
36 July 11 SFs arrested about seven key militant ‘commanders’ and
some 225 other suspects from different cities of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, including provincial capital Peshawar,
 Nowshera and Sarbanda.
37 July 12 Police arrested 410 suspects during a grand search
operation in various parts of the provincial capital
Peshawar. The operation was conducted in the limits of
Khazana, Faqirabad and Paharripura Police Stations.
According to police, 16 rifles, 10 AK-47 rifles, four
Kalakovs, 13 pistols and 830 bullets were also seized
during the operation.
38 July 14 The number of suspected persons during the last three
days rose to 671 on July 14, as 91 more persons were
arrested from parts of the provincial capital Peshawar. As
many as 410 persons were arrested on July 12 while
another 170 were held on July 13. A total of 200 personnel
of the Frontier Police, 60 from the Elite Police Force and
three platoons of the Frontier Constabulary took part in the
operation.
39 July 21 The personnel of BDU defused a remote-control bomb
planted by unidentified militants to attack a convoy of the
SFs in Mattani area near Peshawar of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa.
40 July 22 The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government closed two
registration centres in Peshawar set up for the IDPs of
Kurram Agency, after receiving threats from TTP asking
the Government to close the centres or face attacks.
41 July 23 Two rockets fired from the nearby Khyber Agency landed
in different parts of the Peshawar city, the provincial capital
of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the wee hours.
42 July 26 Eight persons, including three Policemen and two children,
were killed, while 23 others were injured when a suicide
bomber blew himself up outside the house of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain in
the Khan Sher Garhi area of Peshawar.
43 July 26 Militants blew up a primary school for boys in Matani area
of Peshawar.
44 August 4 The FC chief Sifwat Ghayoor along with his three
bodyguards was killed in a suicide attack at FC
Headquarters in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa. 11 persons were also injured in the attack.
45 August 5 Two FC personnel were injured in a hand grenade attack
on a check post in Bara Qadeem area of Peshawar District
in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
46 August 8 The bomb disposal squad personnel defused a 12
kilogrammes bomb planted on a roadside near Askari
Madarasa, situated on the main Hangu road in Peshawar
of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
46 August 9 Gulalai Wali Khan, sister of Awami National Party (ANP)
president Asfandyar Wali Khan, escaped an attempt on her
life when three unidentified assailants fired three shots at
her as she left her clinic in Karachi Market in the busy
Khyber Bazaar in Peshawar.
47 August 13 The Police claimed to have foiled a sabotage attempt and
recovered cache of various kinds of explosive material and
mortar shells on the Peshawar-Bara Road in Peshawar,
the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
48 August 17 The Police arrested two young would-be suicide bombers,
with suicide vests around their waists, while they were
trying to enter Peshawar, the capital of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa.
49 August 18 10 LI militants attacked a mosque and killed two anti-TTP
fighters while they were praying in Adezai village on the
outskirts of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

An hour later, about 100 militants from the same outfit

attacked on a Police Post in Sarbanda village, on the
western edge of Peshawar, leading to a 40-minute
encounter but no injuries were reported. "They were
Mangal Bagh's people," Muhammad Karim Khan, a Senior
Police Official said.
50 August 21 Suspected militants attacked a Police check post located
at Bara Qadeem (old Bara) area at Peshawar-Bara Road
near Peshawar killing a civilian and injuring three
Policemen.
51 August 22 Terrorists are regrouping outside Peshawar, the Tribal
Areas and the flood-hit areas, and the Federal and
Provincial Government should launch an immediate action
against them, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister
Mian Iftikhar Hussain said.
53 August 23 Three volunteers of an anti-Taliban lashkar were killed and
11 another injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast in
Adezai near Peshawar of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
53 August 24 The militants killed a peace body activist, belonging to
Frontier Region of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, but
released his son.
54 August 26 A militant was killed and another injured during a clash with
anti-Taliban volunteers and SFs in Matani area of
Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the night.
55 August 28 Army commandos and Frontier Constabulary personnel
stormed an intelligence office in Peshawar, the provincial
capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and freed two people who
were taken hostage by militant.
56 September 3 A Policeman was killed and another three sustained
injuries when militants targeted a Police patrolling team by
a remote control bomb in Achini Bala area of Peshawar.
57 September 6 The TTP bombed a Government girls' high school in the
Landi Arbab area of Peshawar at 2am (PST) in the night.
58 September 7 The VC of the Islamia College University Ajmal Khan, and
the cousin of ANP chief Asfandyar Wali Khan were
abducted by unidentified militants from the Professors'
Colony area of the university campus at around 9am (PST)
in Peshawar.
59 September 19 The TTP militants bombed another school in Peshawar at
2:10 am in the night. Earlier on September 18, suspected
TTP militants blew off the Iqra Rozatul Atfal Girls' School at
Charkha Khel area of Peshawar.

The SFs and Adezai Qaumi Lashkar launched an

operation against TTP militants in Frontier Region of
Peshawar. A source said that increasing sabotage acts
and recent threats by militants prompted SFs and lashkar
to launch operation against them.
60 September 22 10 militants and three Security personnel were killed in an
ongoing military operation in FR of Peshawar, the
provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
61 September 23 Militants blew up three government-run schools in the
Badbher area on the suburbs of Peshawar, the provincial
capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
62 September 24 The Peshawar Police banned the entry of all NATO
containers and heavy vehicles destined for Afghanistan
into the city for security reasons.
63 September 29 Suspected militants attacked and damaged a check post in
Shahabkhel, a suburban village in the limits of Badbher
Police Station, in Peshawar, the provincial capital of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at midnight.