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The attack came as the Pakistani Army continued its offensive against militants in South Waziristan, in the country's north-west. A string of attacks rocked Peshawar, Swat, Rawalpindi, Lahore, and Islamabad dating back to 5 October 2009, killing more than 250 people. The bombings made October one of the bloodiest months since the beginning of ...
In addition to Islamabad, there were similarly large riots in Karachi, Lahore, and Rawalpindi, where a number of American cultural centers were attacked and burned down. [3] [4] Four embassy personnel were killed in the attack: a U.S. Marine Security Guard, a U.S. Army warrant officer, and two local Pakistani
The Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing occurred on the night of 20 September 2008, when a dumper truck filled with explosives was detonated in front of the Marriott Hotel in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, killing at least 54 people, injuring at least 266 and leaving a 60 ft (20 m) wide, 20 ft (6 m) deep crater outside the hotel. [4]
The death toll from an Islamic State group’s suicide bombing at a campaign rally over the weekend of a pro-Taliban Pakistani cleric’s party rose to 63 on Wednesday, after eight people died in ...
(Reuters) - A suicide bombing that killed at least 45 people at a political rally in Pakistan on Sunday has again brought into focus the challenges in keeping Islamist militants at bay.
The attack on the Protestant International Church in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 17 March 2002, killed five people and wounded more than 40 others. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The attack occurred at the nondenominational church in the diplomatic enclave , just 400 yards from the United States embassy.
2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad; E. Attack on the Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan; I. 2009 International Islamic University bombing; 2022 Islamabad suicide ...
On 27 May 2005, a suicide bombing in Islamabad, Pakistan killed about 20 people and wounded about 150 others. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The attack occurred inside the shrine of the city's patron saint , Bari Imam , which is located in Noorpur Shahan , between the city's 3rd and 4th avenues.