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Terrorism in Pakistan, according to the Ministry of Interior, poses a significant threat to the people of Pakistan. The wave of terrorism in Pakistan is believed to have started in 2000. [ 1 ] Attacks and fatalities in Pakistan were on a "declining trend" between 2015 and 2019, but has gone back up from 2020-2022, with 971 fatalities (229 ...
Pakistan and state-sponsored terrorism refers to the involvement of Pakistan in terrorism through the backing of various designated terrorist organizations.Pakistan has been frequently accused by various countries, including its neighbours Afghanistan, [1] Iran, [2] and India, [3] as well as by the United States, [4] [5] the United Kingdom, Germany, [6] [7] and France, [8] [9] of involvement ...
4 January – An improvised explosive device (IED) detonated near a military convoy in Turbat, Balochistan, killing a soldier and injuring 35 others. [1]9 January – Sixteen miners were abducted from a vehicle by militants in Lakki Marwat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Terrorism against the miners is threatening key foreign investment in Pakistan. At least 20 miners were killed and seven others wounded in an attack on a coal mine in Duki district, in the ...
Candlelight vigil in London, UK for the victims of the terrorist attack. Many international media organizations referred to the attack as Pakistan's "9/11". [43] The popular opinion was one of anger against the TTP soon after the attacks. Pakistan's Government and its Armed Forces showed immediate reaction to the incident. [44]
Fatalities in terrorist violence in Pakistan, (2000–2018) In 2008, the country saw 2,148 terrorist attacks, which caused 2,267 fatalities and 4,558 injuries. [ 3 ] Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) in its annual report indicated that there were at least 67 suicide attacks across Pakistan killing 973 people and injuring 2,318. [ 4 ]
26 March - 6 killed (including one paramilitary soldier) in a militant attack on Pakistan naval airbase. [14] 26 March - Five Chinese nationals killed in suicide bomb attack in Pakistan. [15] 30 March – One person killed and 14 others, including three soldiers, are injured in a bomb attack in Harnai District, Balochistan. [16]
The Pakistani Taliban (Urdu: پاکستانی طالبان), formally called the Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan (Urdu: تحریکِ طالبان پاکستان, lit. ' Pakistani Taliban Movement ', TTP), is an umbrella organization of various Islamist armed militant groups operating along the Afghan–Pakistani border.