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message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Terrorism in Pakistan</b>, according to the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Interior_(Pakistan)" title="Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)">Ministry of Interior</a>, poses a significant threat to the people of Pakistan. The wave of terrorism in Pakistan is believed to have started in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 civilians, 379 Security Force (SF) personnel and 363 terrorists) in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-SATP-2023_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SATP-2023-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2001, the Pakistan military has launched a series of military offensives against terrorist groups in the <a href="/wiki/Federally_Administered_Tribal_Areas" title="Federally Administered Tribal Areas">Federally Administered Tribal Areas</a> (FATA). The offensive brought peace in those areas and the rest of the country.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many terrorists belonging to various terrorist groups were killed. However, some militants managed to flee to Afghanistan.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From Afghanistan, those militants continue to launch attacks on Pakistan military posts located near the border.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, Afghanistan's Chief Executive <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_Abdullah" title="Abdullah Abdullah">Abdullah Abdullah</a> admitted that <a href="/wiki/Tehrik-i-Taliban_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan">Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan</a> (TTP) has a foothold in Afghanistan.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">United States Department of Defense</a> claimed that about 3,000 to 5,000 terrorists belonging to TTP are in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fatalities_in_Terrorist_Violence_in_Pakistan.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Fatalities_in_Terrorist_Violence_in_Pakistan.png/220px-Fatalities_in_Terrorist_Violence_in_Pakistan.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Fatalities_in_Terrorist_Violence_in_Pakistan.png/330px-Fatalities_in_Terrorist_Violence_in_Pakistan.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Fatalities_in_Terrorist_Violence_in_Pakistan.png/440px-Fatalities_in_Terrorist_Violence_in_Pakistan.png 2x" data-file-width="2851" data-file-height="2071" /></a><figcaption>Fatalities in terrorist violence in Pakistan, (2000–present)</figcaption></figure> <p>According to a report by <a href="/wiki/Brown_University" title="Brown University">Brown University</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Watson_Institute_for_International_and_Public_Affairs" title="Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs">Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs</a>, 23,372 Pakistani civilians and 8,832 Pakistani security personnel were killed in the <a href="/wiki/War_on_Terrorism" class="mw-redirect" title="War on Terrorism">War on Terrorism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Moreover, according to the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Pakistan" title="Government of Pakistan">Government of Pakistan</a>, the direct and indirect economic costs of terrorism from 2000–2010 total $68 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, Pakistani newspaper <a href="/wiki/Dawn_News" title="Dawn News">Dawn News</a> reported that the Pakistani economy suffered a total loss of $126.79 billion since 2001 due to the War on Terror.<sup id="cite_ref-lossesfrom_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lossesfrom-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pakistan officials often blame India and Afghanistan for supporting terrorism in Pakistan. India has denied Pakistan's allegations. However, Afghanistan has admitted to providing support for terrorist groups such as <a href="/wiki/Tehrik-i-Taliban_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan">Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan</a> (TTP). In 2013, the United States conducted a raid on an Afghan convoy that was taking <a href="/wiki/Latif_Mehsud" class="mw-redirect" title="Latif Mehsud">Latif Mehsud</a> to <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a>. Latif was a senior commander of <a href="/wiki/Tehrik-i-Taliban_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan">Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan</a> (TTP).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Afghan <a href="/wiki/Hamid_Karzai" title="Hamid Karzai">President</a>'s spokesperson, Aimal Faizi, told reporters that the <a href="/wiki/National_Directorate_of_Security" title="National Directorate of Security">National Directorate of Security</a> (NDS) was working with Latif. Latif was a conduit for funding to TTP. Some of the funding for TTP might have come from NDS.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former NDS head <a href="/wiki/Asadullah_Khalid" title="Asadullah Khalid">Asadullah Khalid</a> posted a video belonging to TTP on his Twitter account where he claimed that the <a href="/wiki/2015_Camp_Badaber_attack" title="2015 Camp Badaber attack">Badaber Camp attack</a> was <a href="/wiki/Tit_for_tat" title="Tit for tat">tit for tat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2022, most terrorist activities in Pakistan have been concentrated in provinces of <a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Balochistan,_Pakistan" title="Balochistan, Pakistan">Balochistan</a>. KP accounting for 64 percent of the reported casualties (633 fatalities in 2022), followed by 26 percent in Balochistan, 5.8 percent in Sindh and 2.8 percent in Punjab. <sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_terrorist_incidents_since_2001">List of terrorist incidents since 2001</h2></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl 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style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div><i> <b>Italics</b> indicates attacks resulting in more than 40 deaths</i><br /><i> <b>‡</b> indicates attacks resulting in more than 100 deaths <br /> <b><u>Underline</u></b> indicates the deadliest terrorist attack/s to date</i></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2001" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2001">2001</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bahawalpur_church_shooting" title="Bahawalpur church shooting">1st Bahawalpur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2002" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2002">2002</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2002_Karachi_bus_bombing" title="2002 Karachi bus bombing">1st Karachi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2003" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2003">2003</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_Quetta_mosque_bombing" title="2003 Quetta mosque bombing"><i>1st Quetta</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2004" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2004">2004</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_Quetta_Ashura_massacre" title="2004 Quetta Ashura massacre"><i>2nd Quetta</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2004_Multan_bombing" title="2004 Multan bombing">1st Multan</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2005" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2005">2005</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2005_Mong_shootings" title="2005 Mong shootings">1st Mandi Bahauddin (Ahmadiyya)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2006" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2006">2006</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jamaat_Ahle_Sunnat#History" title="Jamaat Ahle Sunnat"><i>4th Karachi</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Dargai_bombing" title="2006 Dargai bombing"><i>Dargai</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2007" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2007">2007</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2007_Dera_Ismail_Khan_suicide_bombing" title="January 2007 Dera Ismail Khan suicide bombing">1st Dera Ismail Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2007_Charsadda_bombing" title="April 2007 Charsadda bombing">1st Charsadda</a></li> <li><u><i><a href="/wiki/July_2007_Pakistan_bombings" title="July 2007 Pakistan bombings">July bombings ‡</a></i></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2007_bombings_in_Rawalpindi" title="September 2007 bombings in Rawalpindi">2nd Rawalpindi</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2007_Karsaz_bombing" title="2007 Karsaz bombing"><u>5th Karachi ‡</u></a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Charsadda_mosque_bombing" title="2007 Charsadda mosque bombing"><i>2nd Charsadda</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Benazir_Bhutto" title="Assassination of Benazir Bhutto">3rd Rawalpindi (Bhutto assassination)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2008" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2008">2008</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Charsadda_bombing" title="2008 Charsadda bombing">3rd Charsadda</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2008_Parachinar_bombing" title="2008 Parachinar bombing">2nd Parachinar</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Mingora_funeral_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Mingora funeral bombing">1st Swat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Danish_embassy_bombing_in_Islamabad" title="2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad">1st Islamabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Lal_Masjid_bombing" title="2008 Lal Masjid bombing">2nd Islamabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Dera_Ismail_Khan_suicide_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Dera Ismail Khan suicide bombing">2nd Dera Ismail Khan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2008_Wah_bombing" title="2008 Wah bombing">1st Wah</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2008_Peshawar_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="September 2008 Peshawar bombing">1st Peshawar</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Islamabad_Marriott_Hotel_bombing" title="Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing">3rd Islamabad</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2008_Orakzai_bombing" title="2008 Orakzai bombing">1st Orakzai ‡</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2008_Peshawar_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="December 2008 Peshawar bombing">2nd Peshawar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2009" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2009">2009</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2009_Dera_Ismail_Khan_bombings" title="January 2009 Dera Ismail Khan bombings">4th/5th Dera Ismail Khan (January violence)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Dera_Ismail_Khan_suicide_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Dera Ismail Khan suicide bombing">6th Dera Ismail Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_attack_on_the_Sri_Lanka_national_cricket_team" title="2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team">2nd Lahore (Sri Lankan cricket)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2009_Jamrud_mosque_bombing" title="2009 Jamrud mosque bombing">1st Khyber</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Lahore_police_academy_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Lahore police academy attacks">3rd Lahore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Chakwal_mosque_bombing" title="2009 Chakwal mosque bombing">Chakwal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2009_Dera_Ismail_Khan_bombings" title="May 2009 Dera Ismail Khan bombings">7th/8th Dera Ismail Khan (May attacks)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Lahore_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Lahore bombing">4th Lahore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Continental_hotel_bombing" title="Pearl Continental hotel bombing">3rd Peshawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarfraz_Ahmed_Naeemi" title="Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi">5th Lahore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Usterzai_bombing" title="2009 Usterzai bombing">Usterzai</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/9_October_2009_Peshawar_bombing" title="9 October 2009 Peshawar bombing">4th Peshawar</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Janbaz" title="Operation Janbaz">4th Rawalpindi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Alpuri_bombing" title="2009 Alpuri bombing">Alpuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2009_Lahore_attacks" title="October 2009 Lahore attacks">6th Lahore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_International_Islamic_University_bombing" title="2009 International Islamic University bombing">5th Islamabad</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/28_October_2009_Peshawar_bombing" title="28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing">5th Peshawar ‡</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2009_Rawalpindi_bombing" title="November 2009 Rawalpindi bombing">5th Rawalpindi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Peshawar_judicial_complex_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Peshawar judicial complex bombing">6th Peshawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2009_Rawalpindi_attack" title="December 2009 Rawalpindi attack">6th Rawalpindi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2009_Lahore_attacks" title="December 2009 Lahore attacks">7th Lahore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Dera_Ghazi_Khan_bombing" title="2009 Dera Ghazi Khan bombing">1st Dera Ghazi Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2009_Lower_Dir_mosque_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="December 2009 Lower Dir mosque bombing">1st Lower Dir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Karachi_bombing" title="2009 Karachi bombing">6th Karachi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2010" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2010">2010</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/2010_Lakki_Marwat_suicide_bombing" title="2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing">1st Lakki Marwat ‡</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2010_Bajaur_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="January 2010 Bajaur bombing">1st Bajaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2010_Lower_Dir_bombing" title="February 2010 Lower Dir bombing">2nd Lower Dir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2010_Karachi_bombings" title="February 2010 Karachi bombings">7th Karachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2010_Khyber_bombing" title="February 2010 Khyber bombing">2nd Khyber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2010_Khyber_Mosque_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="February 2010 Khyber Mosque bombing">3rd Khyber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2010_Lahore_bombings" title="March 2010 Lahore bombings">8th, 9th & 10th Lahore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5_April_2010_North-West_Frontier_Province_attacks" title="5 April 2010 North-West Frontier Province attacks">U.S consulate/Timergarah attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2010_Kohat_bombings" title="April 2010 Kohat bombings">2nd/3rd Kohat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19_April_2010_Peshawar_bombing" title="19 April 2010 Peshawar bombing">8th Peshawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2010_attacks_on_Ahmadi_mosques_in_Lahore" class="mw-redirect" title="May 2010 attacks on Ahmadi mosques in Lahore">11th Lahore (Ahmadiyya)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Dera_Ismail_Khan_bombing" title="2010 Dera Ismail Khan bombing">9th Dera Ismail Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2010_Lahore_bombings" title="July 2010 Lahore bombings">12th Lahore (Sufi)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mohmand_Agency_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohmand Agency attack">1st Mohmand ‡</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2010_Lahore_bombings" title="September 2010 Lahore bombings">13th Lahore (Shia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2010_Quetta_bombing" title="September 2010 Quetta bombing">3rd Quetta</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2010_Darra_Adam_Khel_mosque_bombing" title="2010 Darra Adam Khel mosque bombing">2nd Darra Adam Khel</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_CID_building_attack" title="Pakistan CID building attack">8th Karachi (CID)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2010_Mohmand_Agency_bombings" title="December 2010 Mohmand Agency bombings">2nd Mohmand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2010_Bajaur_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="December 2010 Bajaur bombing">2nd Bajaur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2011" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2011">2011</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Faisalabad_bombing" title="2011 Faisalabad bombing">Faisalabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2011_Peshawar_bombing" title="March 2011 Peshawar bombing">9th Peshawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Dera_Ghazi_Khan_bombings" title="2011 Dera Ghazi Khan bombings">2nd Dera Ghazi Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Hazara_Town_shooting" title="2011 Hazara Town shooting">4th Quetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Charsadda_bombing" title="2011 Charsadda bombing">4th Charsadda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PNS_Mehran_attack" title="PNS Mehran attack">9th Karachi (PNS Mehran)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2011_Peshawar_bombings" title="June 2011 Peshawar bombings">10th Peshawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Kulachi_police_station_attack" title="2011 Kulachi police station attack">10th Dera Ismail Khan (police station)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Khyber_Agency_bombing" title="2011 Khyber Agency bombing">4th Khyber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2011_Quetta_bombing" title="August 2011 Quetta bombing">5th Quetta</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/July_and_August_2011_Karachi_targeted_killings" title="July and August 2011 Karachi targeted killings"><u>Karachi targeted killings ‡</u></a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Mastung_bus_shooting" title="2011 Mastung bus shooting">1st Mastung</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2012" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2012">2012</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Khyber_Agency_bombing" title="2012 Khyber Agency bombing">5th Khyber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Rahim_Yar_Khan_bombing" title="2012 Rahim Yar Khan bombing">1st Rahim Yar Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2012_Kohistan_Shia_Massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="February 2012 Kohistan Shia Massacre">1st Kohistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2012_Mansehra_Shia_Massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="August 2012 Mansehra Shia Massacre">Mansehra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Bacha_Khan_International_Airport_attack" title="2012 Bacha Khan International Airport attack">13th Peshawar (airport)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Dera_Ismail_Khan_bombing" title="2012 Dera Ismail Khan bombing">11th Dera Ismail Khan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2013" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2013">2013</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/January_2013_Pakistan_bombings" title="January 2013 Pakistan bombings">8th Quetta/3rd Swat ‡</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2013_Quetta_bombing" title="February 2013 Quetta bombing">9th Quetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2013_Karachi_bombing" title="March 2013 Karachi bombing">10th Karachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Pakistan_election_day_bombings" title="2013 Pakistan election day bombings">Election day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Quaid-e-Azam_Residency_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 Quaid-e-Azam Residency attack">Quaid-e-Azam residency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2013_Quetta_attacks" title="June 2013 Quetta attacks">10th Quetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Mardan_funeral_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 Mardan funeral bombing">Mardan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Nanga_Parbat_massacre" title="2013 Nanga Parbat massacre">Nanga Parbat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2013_Pakistan_bombings" title="June 2013 Pakistan bombings">11th Quetta/17th Peshawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Lahore_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 Lahore bombing">14th Lahore</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2013_Parachinar_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 Parachinar attack">5th Parachinar</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Dera_Ismail_Khan_prison_attack" title="2013 Dera Ismail Khan prison attack">12th Dera Ismail Khan (prison attack)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2013_Karachi_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="August 2013 Karachi bombing">11th Karachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2013_Quetta_bombing" title="August 2013 Quetta bombing">12th Quetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2013_Quetta_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="August 2013 Quetta shooting">13th Quetta</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Peshawar_church_bombing" title="Peshawar church bombing">18th Peshawar ‡</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qissa_Khawani_Bazaar_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="Qissa Khawani Bazaar bombing">19th Peshawar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2014" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2014">2014</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chaudhry_Aslam_Khan" title="Chaudhry Aslam Khan">12th Karachi (Chaudhry Aslam assassination)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Bannu_bombing" title="2014 Bannu bombing">1st Bannu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Mastung_bus_bombing" title="2014 Mastung bus bombing">2nd Mastung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Peshawar_cinema_bombings" title="2014 Peshawar cinema bombings">20th Peshawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Jinnah_International_Airport_attack" title="2014 Jinnah International Airport attack">13th Karachi (Jinnah International Airport)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Quetta_Airbase_attack" title="2014 Quetta Airbase attack">14th Quetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Wagah_border_suicide_attack" title="2014 Wagah border suicide attack">Wagah border</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2014_Peshawar_school_massacre" title="2014 Peshawar school massacre"><u>21st Peshawar (school massacre) ‡</u></a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2015" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2015">2015</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2015_Shikarpur_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 Shikarpur bombing"><i>Shikarpur</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Peshawar_mosque_attack" title="2015 Peshawar mosque attack">22nd Peshawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lahore_church_bombings" title="Lahore church bombings">15th Lahore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Karachi_bus_shooting" title="2015 Karachi bus shooting"><i>14th Karachi</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Mastung_bus_attack" title="2015 Mastung bus attack">3rd Mastung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Attock_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 Attock bombing">Attock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Camp_Badaber_attack" title="2015 Camp Badaber attack">Camp Badaber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taunsa_Sharif_bombing" title="Taunsa Sharif bombing">Taunsa Sharif</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Quetta_bus_bombing" title="2015 Quetta bus bombing">15th Quetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Jacobabad_bombing" title="2015 Jacobabad bombing">Jacobabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Parachinar_bombing" title="2015 Parachinar bombing">6th Parachinar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2016" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2016">2016</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2016_Quetta_suicide_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="January 2016 Quetta suicide bombing">16th Quetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bacha_Khan_University_attack" title="Bacha Khan University attack">5th Charsadda (Bacha Khan University)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Peshawar_bus_bombing" title="2016 Peshawar bus bombing">23rd Peshawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Lahore_suicide_bombing" title="2016 Lahore suicide bombing"><i>16th Lahore</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2016_Quetta_attacks" title="August 2016 Quetta attacks"><i>17th Quetta</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Mohmand_mosque_bombing" title="2016 Mohmand mosque bombing">3rd Mohmand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Quetta_police_training_college_attack" title="2016 Quetta police training college attack"><i>18th Quetta</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Khuzdar_bombing" title="2016 Khuzdar bombing"><i>2nd Khuzdar</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2017" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2017">2017</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_Dera_Ismail_Khan_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 Dera Ismail Khan bombing">13th Dera Ismail Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Parachinar_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 Parachinar bombing">7th Parachinar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2017_Lahore_suicide_bombing" title="February 2017 Lahore suicide bombing">17th Lahore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Hayatabad_suicide_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 Hayatabad suicide bombing">24th Peshawar</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2017_Sehwan_suicide_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 Sehwan suicide bombing">Sehwan</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Charsadda_suicide_bombing" title="2017 Charsadda suicide bombing">6th Charsadda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2017_Parachinar_suicide_bombing" title="March 2017 Parachinar suicide bombing">8th Parachinar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2017_Lahore_suicide_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="April 2017 Lahore suicide bombing">18th Lahore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2017_Peshawar_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="May 2017 Peshawar bombings">25th Peshawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Mastung_suicide_bombing" title="2017 Mastung suicide bombing">4th Mastung</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/June_2017_Pakistan_attacks" title="June 2017 Pakistan attacks">19th Quetta/9th Parachinar</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Chaman_suicide_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 Chaman suicide bombing">Chaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2017_Lahore_suicide_bombing" title="July 2017 Lahore suicide bombing">19th Lahore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2017_Lahore_explosion" class="mw-redirect" title="August 2017 Lahore explosion">20th Lahore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Bajaur_bombing" title="2017 Bajaur bombing">4th Bajaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2017_Quetta_suicide_bombing" title="August 2017 Quetta suicide bombing">20th Quetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Harnai_bombing" title="2017 Harnai bombing">1st Harnai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Ataullah_Shah" title="Assassination of Ataullah Shah">14th Dera Ismail Khan (Ataullah Shah)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Jhal_Magsi_suicide_bombing" title="2017 Jhal Magsi suicide bombing">Jhal Magsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Peshawar_Agriculture_Directorate_attack" title="2017 Peshawar Agriculture Directorate attack">27th Peshawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Quetta_church_attack" title="2017 Quetta church attack">21st Quetta</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2018" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2018">2018</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Peshawar_suicide_bombing" title="2018 Peshawar suicide bombing">28th Peshawar</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2018_Mastung_and_Bannu_bombings" title="2018 Mastung and Bannu bombings"><u>5th Mastung/2nd Bannu ‡</u></a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Kulachi_suicide_bombing" title="2018 Kulachi suicide bombing">15th Dera Ismail Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Pakistani_general_election_violence" title="2018 Pakistani general election violence">2018 election violence</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Quetta_suicide_bombing" title="2018 Quetta suicide bombing">22nd Quetta</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Orakzai_bombing" title="2018 Orakzai bombing">2nd Orakzai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karachi_Chinese_consulate_attack" title="Karachi Chinese consulate attack">15th Karachi (Chinese consulate)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2019" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2019">2019</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Loralai_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 Loralai attack">1st Loralai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2019_Balochistan_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="February 2019 Balochistan attacks">2nd Loralai/Panjgur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Quetta_bombing" title="2019 Quetta bombing">23rd Quetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Lahore_bombing" title="2019 Lahore bombing">20th Lahore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Pearl_Continental_Hotel_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 Pearl Continental Hotel attack">1st Gwadar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2020" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2020">2020</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2020_Quetta_bombing" title="January 2020 Quetta bombing">24th Quetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2020_Quetta_bombing" title="February 2020 Quetta bombing">25th Quetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Pakistan_Stock_Exchange_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Pakistan Stock Exchange attack">16th Karachi (Stock Exchange)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2021" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2021">2021</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Machh_attack" title="2021 Machh attack">2021 Machh attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Chaman_bombings" title="2021 Chaman bombings">3rd Chaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quetta_Serena_Hotel_bombing" title="Quetta Serena Hotel bombing">26th Quetta (Serena Hotel)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Lahore_bombing" title="2021 Lahore bombing">21st Lahore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Karachi_grenade_attack" title="2021 Karachi grenade attack">17th Karachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2021_Quetta_bombing" title="August 2021 Quetta bombing">27th Quetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2021_Quetta_bombing" title="September 2021 Quetta bombing">28th Quetta</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2022" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2022">2022</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Lahore_bombing" title="2022 Lahore bombing">22nd Lahore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Kech_District_attack" title="2022 Kech District attack">1st Kech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Panjgur_and_Naushki_raids" title="2022 Panjgur and Naushki raids">Panjgur and Naushki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2022_Quetta_bombing" title="March 2022 Quetta bombing">29th Quetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Sibi_suicide_bombing" title="2022 Sibi suicide bombing">Sibi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Peshawar_mosque_attack" title="2022 Peshawar mosque attack"><i>29th Peshawar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Sibi_IED_explosion" title="2022 Sibi IED explosion">Sangan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Karachi_bombing" title="University of Karachi bombing">18th Karachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Karachi_Saddar_bombing" title="2022 Karachi Saddar bombing">19th Karachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2022_Miranshah_suicide_bombing" title="May 2022 Miranshah suicide bombing">1st Miranshah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Swat_bombing" title="2022 Swat bombing">4th Swat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Lakki_Marwat_attack" title="2022 Lakki Marwat attack">2nd Lakki Marwat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2022_Quetta_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="November 2022 Quetta bombing">30th Quetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2022_Miranshah_suicide_bombing" title="December 2022 Miranshah suicide bombing">2nd Miranshah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Bannu_counterterrorism_centre_attack_and_siege" title="2022 Bannu counterterrorism centre attack and siege">3rd Bannu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Islamabad_suicide_attack" title="2022 Islamabad suicide attack">7th Islamabad</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2023" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2023">2023</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2023_Peshawar_mosque_bombing" title="2023 Peshawar mosque bombing"><i>31st Peshawar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Karachi_police_station_attack" title="2023 Karachi police station attack">20th Karachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Barkhan_bombing" title="2023 Barkhan bombing">Barkhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolan_suicide_bombing" title="Bolan suicide bombing">Bolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haripur_rocket_attack" title="Haripur rocket attack">Havelian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Lakki_Marwat_terrorist_attack" title="2023 Lakki Marwat terrorist attack">3rd Lakki Marwat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Khyber_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Khyber bombing">8th Khyber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Kandahari_Bazar_bombing" title="2023 Kandahari Bazar bombing">31st Quetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Muslim_Bagh_attack" title="2023 Muslim Bagh attack">Muslim Bagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2023_Peshawar_bombing" title="May 2023 Peshawar bombing">32nd Peshawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Zhob_suicide_attack" title="2023 Zhob suicide attack">Zhob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_North_Waziristan_suicide_bombing" title="2023 North Waziristan suicide bombing">1st N Waziristan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Bara_bombing" title="2023 Bara bombing">Bara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Khar_bombing" title="2023 Khar bombing"><i>Khar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_North_Waziristan_landmine_attack" title="2023 North Waziristan landmine attack">2nd N Waziristan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Mastung_bombing" title="2023 Mastung bombing"><i>6th Mastung</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hangu_mosque_bombing" title="Hangu mosque bombing">Hangu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Dera_Ismail_Khan_bombing" title="2023 Dera Ismail Khan bombing">16th Dera Ismail Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Gwadar_ambush" title="2023 Gwadar ambush">2nd Gwadar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mianwali_air_base_attack" title="Mianwali air base attack">Mianwali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilas_bus_shooting" title="Chilas bus shooting">Chilas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daraban_police_station_attack" title="Daraban police station attack">Daraban</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_in_2024" title="Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2024">2024</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Balochistan_bombings" title="2024 Balochistan bombings">2024 Balochistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Gwadar_attack" title="2024 Gwadar attack">BLA Gwadar attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Shangla_bombing" title="2024 Shangla bombing">Shangla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Lakki_Marwat_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Lakki Marwat bombing">Lakki Marwat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Quetta_railway_station_bombing" title="2024 Quetta railway station bombing">32nd Quetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Kurram_massacre" title="2024 Kurram massacre">Kurram</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_Pakistan_since_2001" title="List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan since 2001">List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan since 2001</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Causes">Causes</h2></div> <p>The roots of terrorism in Pakistan can be traced back to 1979 when <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> had occupied Afghanistan.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. Letter to the editor? (March 2023)">unreliable source?</span></a></i>]</sup> Terrorism in Pakistan originated after Pakistan supported the Afghan <a href="/wiki/Mujahideen" title="Mujahideen">mujahideen</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War" title="Soviet–Afghan War">Soviet–Afghan War</a>, and the subsequent civil war that erupted in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Mujahideen" title="Mujahideen">mujahideen</a> fighters were trained by Pakistan's military, American CIA and other western intelligence agencies who continued operations in the area after the war officially ended.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <span class="extendedconfirmed-show"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Terrorism_in_Pakistan&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a></span><span class="nonextendedconfirmed-show"><span class="sysop-show"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Terrorism_in_Pakistan&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a> or </span><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ATerrorism_in_Pakistan&preload=Template%3ASubmit+an+edit+request%2Fpreload&action=edit&section=new&editintro=Template%3AEdit+extended-protected%2Feditintro&preloadtitle=Extended-confirmed-protected+edit+request+on+22+November+2024&preloadparams%5B%5D=edit+extended-protected&preloadparams%5B%5D=Terrorism+in+Pakistan">making an edit request</a></span></span>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In a report published by the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Pakistan)" title="Ministry of Defence (Pakistan)">Defence Ministry</a>, It said that the incidents of terrorism in Pakistan had seen an increase in 2023 compared to 2018 and 2021 after the <a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_of_United_States_troops_from_Afghanistan" title="Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan">US withdrawal from Afghanistan</a>. The subsequent takeover of Afghanistan by the <a href="/wiki/Afghan_Taliban" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghan Taliban">Afghan Taliban</a> was followed by the release of 1500 <a href="/wiki/Pakistani_Taliban" title="Pakistani Taliban">TTP</a> militants from Afghan jails.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Afghanistan was identified to give unchecked and ungovernable spaces for freedom of movement for multiple anti Pakistan terrorist groups such as the TTP, JUA, BLA, BNA, BLF and ISIS–K settled and operating along the <a href="/wiki/Durand_Line" title="Durand Line">Pak-Afghan</a> border.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alleged_Indian_Involvement">Alleged Indian Involvement</h3></div> <p>In 2017, <a href="/wiki/Kulbhushan_Jadhav" title="Kulbhushan Jadhav">Kulbhushan Jadhav</a>, an Indian national was arrested in March 2016 by Pakistani authorities and charged with espionage and sabotage. He was accused of operating a covert terror network within Balochistan. According to them, he was a serving Indian Navy officer who was arrested from <a href="/wiki/Balochistan" title="Balochistan">Balochistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Pakistani military released a video of Jadhav in which he confessed that he was tasked by India’s intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), to plan and organise espionage and sabotage activities in Balochistan and Karachi.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, India responded that he was an ex - Indian Navy serviceman, and had been abducted by Pakistan from Iran and wrongfully detained for three weeks without informing the Indian consulate. He was subsequently sentenced to death by a military court in what India called would be "premediated murder".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pakistan also denied consular access to Jadhav, until the International Court of Justice intervened, by placing a stay the death sentence and forcing Pakistan “to cease internationally wrongful acts of a continuing character”. <sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2020, the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Office_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Office of Pakistan">Foreign Office of Pakistan</a> made public a dossier allegedly containing 'irrefutable proofs' of Indian sponsorship of terrorism in Pakistan. It allegedly contained proof of India's financial and material sponsorship of multiple terrorist organisations, including UN-<a href="/wiki/List_of_designated_terrorist_groups" title="List of designated terrorist groups">designated terrorist organisations</a> <a href="/wiki/Jamaat-ul-Ahrar" title="Jamaat-ul-Ahrar">Jamaat-ul-Ahrar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balochistan_Liberation_Army" title="Balochistan Liberation Army">Balochistan Liberation Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tehreek-i-Taliban_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan">Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="War_on_terrorism">War on terrorism</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Pakistan%27s_role_in_the_War_on_Terror" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan's role in the War on Terror">Pakistan's role in the War on Terror</a> and <a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Balochistan" title="Insurgency in Balochistan">Insurgency in Balochistan</a></div> <p>The current wave of terrorism peaked during 2009. Since then it has declined as result of selective military operations conducted by the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-decline_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-decline-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to South Asian Terrorism Portal Index (SATP), terrorism in Pakistan has declined by 89% in 2017 since its peak years in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-decline_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-decline-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, the Pakistani leadership sat down to sort out solutions for dealing with the menace of terrorism and in 2013, political parties unanimously reached a resolution on Monday 9, September 2013, at the All Parties Conference (APC), stating that negotiation with the militants should be pursued as their first option to counter terrorism.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the terrorists attacks continuing in late 2013 the political leadership in Pakistan initiated a military operation against terrorists named <a href="/wiki/Operation_Zarb-e-Azb" title="Operation Zarb-e-Azb">Operation Zarb-e-Azb</a>; a joint military offensive against various militant groups, including the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Jundallah, al-Qaeda, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) and the Haqqani network.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The operation was launched by the Pakistan Armed Forces on 15 June 2014 in North Waziristan (part of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas along the Afghan border) as a renewed effort against militancy in the wake of the 8 June attack on Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, for which the TTP and the IMU claimed responsibility.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Operation_Zarb-e-Azb" title="Operation Zarb-e-Azb">Operation Zarb-e-Azb</a> has been described as turning point in Pakistan war on terrorism. The operation was successful and Pakistan experienced sharp decline in terrorism since the launch of the operation.<sup id="cite_ref-fencing_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fencing-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to National Counter Terrorism Authority (Nacta), Pakistan experienced largest number of terrorist attack in 2010. Since 2014, terrorist attacks in Pakistan have significantly declined. Pakistani officials state that the terrorism in Pakistan will decline more once the fencing of Pakistan-Afghanistan border is complete.<sup id="cite_ref-fencing_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fencing-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pakistani newspaper, <a href="/wiki/Dawn_news" class="mw-redirect" title="Dawn news">Dawn news</a>, reports that Pakistan's economic losses due to war on terrorism declined by 62% from 2014 to 2018. The Pakistani economy suffered $23.77 billion in 2010-11 due to expenses related to war on terrorism. This amount declined to $12 billion in 2011-12. In 2016-17, Pakistan economy suffered $5.47 billion and $2.07 billion on 2017-18. Pakistani government estimates that Pakistan has suffered total losses of $126.79 billion since 9/11 attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-lossesfrom_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lossesfrom-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Afghan <a href="/wiki/Hamid_Karzai" title="Hamid Karzai">President</a>'s spokesperson, Aimal Faizi, told reporters that the <a href="/wiki/National_Directorate_of_Security" title="National Directorate of Security">National Directorate of Security</a> (NDS) was working with Latif. Latif was conduit for funding to TTP. Some of the funding for TTP might have come from NDS.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former NDS head, <a href="/wiki/Asadullah_Khalid" title="Asadullah Khalid">Asadullah Khalid</a>, posted a video belonging to TTP on his Twitter account where he claimed that <a href="/wiki/2015_Camp_Badaber_attack" title="2015 Camp Badaber attack">Badaber Camp attack</a> was <a href="/wiki/Tit_for_tat" title="Tit for tat">tit for tat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thousands of people participated in peace rallies in different towns in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, condemning the recent attack on the Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines in Peshawar and the resurgence of militancy in the province. The participants demanded that the government eliminate militancy and ensure sustainable peace. The rallies were attended by prominent leaders, including Manzoor Pashteen of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) and Sardar Hussain Babak of the Awami National Party.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Zarb-e-Azb" title="Operation Zarb-e-Azb">Operation Zarb-e-Azb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Radd-ul-Fasaad" title="Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad">Operation Radd-ul-Fasad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_on_terror" title="War on terror">War on terror</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan%27s_role_in_the_War_on_Terror" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan's role in the War on Terror">Pakistan's role in the War on Terror</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Balochistan" title="Insurgency in Balochistan">Insurgency in Balochistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sectarian_violence_in_Pakistan" title="Sectarian violence in Pakistan">Sectarian violence in Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-China_terrorism_in_Pakistan" title="Anti-China terrorism in Pakistan">Anti-China terrorism in Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangers_Anti-Terrorism_Wing" title="Rangers Anti-Terrorism Wing">Rangers Anti-Terrorism Wing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_and_state-sponsored_terrorism" title="Pakistan and state-sponsored terrorism">Pakistan and state-sponsored terrorism</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Sharpe, 2004. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7656-1497-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-7656-1497-9">0-7656-1497-9</a></li> <li>Zahid Hussain. <i>Frontline Pakistan: The Struggle with Militant Islam</i>, New York: Columbia University Press, 2007. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-231-14224-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-231-14224-2">0-231-14224-2</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <ul><li>Ali, Nosheen. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01436591003701075#.Ufn8Cr39_wM">Books vs Bombs? Humanitarian development and the narrative of terror in Northern Pakistan</a>." <i><a href="/wiki/Third_World_Quarterly" title="Third World Quarterly">Third World Quarterly</a></i>. Volume 31, Issue 4, 2010 ("Special Issue: Relocating Culture in Development and Development in Culture"). p. 541-559. DOI: 10.1080/01436591003701075. Published online on 28 June 2013. 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title="Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2011–2016)">Withdrawal</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a> (2003–2011) (<a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_of_United_States_troops_from_Iraq_(2007%E2%80%932011)" title="Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq (2007–2011)">Withdrawal</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symbolism_of_terrorism" title="Symbolism of terrorism">Symbolism of terrorism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Participants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Operational</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_Security_Assistance_Force" title="International Security Assistance Force">ISAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Participants_in_Operation_Enduring_Freedom" title="Participants in Operation Enduring Freedom">Operation Enduring Freedom participants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Afghanistan" title="Islamic Republic of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Alliance" title="Northern Alliance">Northern Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Armed_Forces" title="Iraqi Armed Forces">Iraqi Armed Forces</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Targets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Individuals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden" title="Osama bin Laden">Osama bin Laden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamza_bin_Laden" title="Hamza bin Laden">Hamza bin Laden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki" title="Anwar al-Awlaki">Anwar al-Awlaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirajuddin_Haqqani" title="Sirajuddin Haqqani">Sirajuddin Haqqani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalaluddin_Haqqani" title="Jalaluddin Haqqani">Jalaluddin Haqqani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anas_Haqqani" title="Anas Haqqani">Anas Haqqani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalil_Haqqani" title="Khalil Haqqani">Khalil Haqqani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hafiz_Saeed" title="Hafiz Saeed">Hafiz Saeed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Mohamed_Ahmed_Bahaziq" title="Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Bahaziq">Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Bahaziq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi" title="Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi">Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Factions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_the_Arabian_Peninsula" title="Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula">al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Sayyaf" title="Abu Sayyaf">Abu Sayyaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Shabaab_(militant_group)" title="Al-Shabaab (militant group)">Al-Shabaab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boko_Haram" title="Boko Haram">Boko Haram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harkat-ul-Jihad_al-Islami" title="Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami">Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hizbul_Mujahideen" title="Hizbul Mujahideen">Hizbul Mujahideen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Courts_Union" title="Islamic Courts Union">Islamic Courts Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaish-e-Mohammed" title="Jaish-e-Mohammed">Jaish-e-Mohammed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jemaah_Islamiyah" title="Jemaah Islamiyah">Jemaah Islamiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lashkar-e-Taiba" title="Lashkar-e-Taiba">Lashkar-e-Taiba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Movement_of_Uzbekistan" title="Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan">Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State" title="Islamic State">Islamic State</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Conflicts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom" title="Operation Enduring Freedom">Operation<br /><i>Enduring Freedom</i></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">War in Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom_%E2%80%93_Philippines" title="Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines">OEF – Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Train_and_Equip_Program" title="Georgia Train and Equip Program">Georgia Train and Equip Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Sustainment_and_Stability_Operations_Program" title="Georgia Sustainment and Stability Operations Program">Georgia Sustainment and Stability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom_%E2%80%93_Horn_of_Africa" title="Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa">OEF – Horn of Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Juniper_Shield" title="Operation Juniper Shield">OEF – Trans Sahara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan" title="Drone strikes in Pakistan">Drone strikes in Pakistan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Active_Endeavour" title="Operation Active Endeavour">Operation Active Endeavour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_the_Maghreb_(2002%E2%80%93present)" title="Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)">Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_the_North_Caucasus" title="Insurgency in the North Caucasus">Insurgency in the North Caucasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moro_conflict" title="Moro conflict">Moro conflict in the Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_insurgency_(2011%E2%80%932013)" title="Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)">Iraqi insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Linda_Nchi" title="Operation Linda Nchi">Operation Linda Nchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorism_in_Saudi_Arabia" title="Terrorism in Saudi Arabia">Terrorism in Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Somalia_(2006%E2%80%932009)" title="War in Somalia (2006–2009)">War in Somalia (2006–2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Lebanon_conflict" title="2007 Lebanon conflict">2007 Lebanon conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_insurgency_in_Yemen" title="Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen">al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Policies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patriot_Act" title="Patriot Act">Patriot Act</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torture_Memos" title="Torture Memos">Torture Memos</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Commissions_Act_of_2006" title="Military Commissions Act of 2006">Military Commissions Act of 2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Commissions_Act_of_2009" title="Military Commissions Act of 2009">Military Commissions Act of 2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President%27s_Surveillance_Program" title="President's Surveillance Program">President's Surveillance Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protect_America_Act_of_2007" title="Protect America Act of 2007">Protect America Act of 2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorist_Surveillance_Program" title="Terrorist Surveillance Program">Terrorist Surveillance Program</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse" title="Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse">Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axis_of_evil" title="Axis of evil">Axis of evil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bush_Doctrine" title="Bush Doctrine">Bush Doctrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clash_of_Civilizations" title="Clash of Civilizations">Clash of 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