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The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing occurred in Peshawar, Pakistan, when a car bomb was detonated in a Mina Bazar (Market for women and children) of the city.The bomb killed 137 people and injured more than 200 others, making it the deadliest attack in Peshawar's history.
The Pearl Continental hotel bombing occurred on 9 June 2009 in Peshawar, Pakistan, in which 17 people were killed and at least 46 people injured. The blast occurred at the five-star Pearl Continental hotel in the city. The force of the explosion caused the hotel to partially collapse. [3]
2009 Usterzai bombing, a suicide car bombing killed at least 39 people in Usterzai Pakistan. 26 September :- Two suicide attackers on Saturday separately rammed their explosives-laden vehicles into a police station in Bannu and a military-owned commercial bank in Peshawar cantonment, killing at least 23 people and injuring around another 200.
The Pakistan Army General Headquarters attack (Codename: Operation Janbaz; Urdu: فوجی آپریشن جانباز), was a hostage-rescue mission carried by SSG Division on 10 October 2009, when 10 gunmen [7] in military uniform opened fire on the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. [8]
Islamic State (Daish/ISIL/IS/ISIS) Jamaat-ul-Ahrar; Tehreek-e-Azaadi Jammu and Kashmir; Jundallah; Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation; Pak Turk International CAG Education Foundation; Balochistan RaajiAjoi-R-Sangar; Jeay Sindh Quami Mahaz- Aresar Group; Sindhu Desh Liberation Army; Ghazi Force
The Consulate General of the United States is a diplomatic mission of the United States in Peshawar, Pakistan. [a] It operates under the U.S. embassy in Islamabad and serves U.S. consular interests in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region. The current consul-general is William Martin, appointed in 2012. [1]
Benazir Bhutto, September 2004. Bhutto had opted for self-exile while her court cases for corruption remained pending in foreign and Pakistani courts. [14] After eight years in exile in Dubai and London, Bhutto returned to Karachi on 18 October 2007 to prepare for the 2008 national elections, allowed by a possible power-sharing deal with President Pervez Musharraf.
The 9 October 2009 Peshawar bombing was a minibus bomb that was detonated at the crowded Khyber Bazaar in Peshawar on 9 October 2009 killing 41 and injuring at least 100. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] See also