Map 12 · Conflict
Militant attacks in Pakistan, 2007–2014
- Region
- Pakistan, 2007–2014
- Data
- SATP major incidents, 2007 to 2014, plus 17 attacks SATP misses, from Wikipedia.
- Rule
- Same rules and circle scale as map 4. Reports of one attack in the same district within four days are merged, keeping the highest toll.
1,322 attacks between 2007 and 2014 killed 11,094 people, not counting the attackers. From the Lal Masjid siege to the Peshawar school attack, the years when the Pakistani Taliban were strongest. The list is the South Asia Terrorism Portal’s record of major incidents, those with three or more deaths, plus 17 deadly attacks it misses, taken from Wikipedia’s yearly lists. Attacks launched by militants are kept; security-force operations, drone strikes, militant infighting, tribal feuds and party or ethnic violence in Karachi are left out. Each circle sits at the named village or town where one could be matched, otherwise at the district.
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Who was blamed
| Group | Attacks | Killed | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unclaimed or unidentified | 940 | 7,350 | 66% |
| TTP and allied jihadist groups | 300 | 2,857 | 26% |
| Sectarian groups | 19 | 418 | 4% |
| Baloch separatist groups | 55 | 359 | 3% |
| Other named groups | 8 | 110 | 1% |
Deadliest attacks
| Date | Place | Blamed on | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-12-16 | Warsak Road Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan | 141 |
| 2007-10-18 | Karsaz bridge Karachi, Sindh | unknown | 138 |
| 2009-10-28 | Meena Bazaar Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | unknown | 105 |
| 2013-01-10 | Alamdar Road Quetta, Balochistan | Lashkar-e-Jhangvi | 105 |
| 2010-11-05 | Kohat Kohat, FATA | Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan | 95 |
| 2010-01-01 | Shah Hasan Khel Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | unknown | 90 |
| 2011-05-13 | Shabqadar Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | unknown | 90 |
| 2013-02-16 | Hazara Town Quetta, Balochistan | unknown | 84 |
| 2013-09-22 | Qissa Khawani Bazaar Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Janood-e-Hafsa | 81 |
| 2009-03-27 | Jamrud Khyber, FATA | Taliban | 76 |
| 2010-09-03 | Meezan Chowk Quetta, Balochistan | Pakistani Taliban | 73 |
| 2008-08-21 | Wah Rawalpindi, Punjab | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan | 70 |
- Attacks with one or two deaths are not in the source list, so the map undercounts the total toll. SATP’s list is thin before 2004.
- A group is named only when it claimed the attack or was blamed in the report; most attacks in these years were never claimed, so the grey share is large.
- The former tribal areas (FATA) are counted separately in the province totals, as they were administered then; they are drawn inside today’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
All attacks
Every attack on the map. Select a row to find it on the plate.
1,322 attacks
| Army Public School attack, PeshawarWarsak Road, Peshawar, Khyber PakhtunkhwaAt least 148 persons, including 132 children, nine school staff members and all seven suicide atatckers, were killed by when Tehreek-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants stormed and opened fire at the school children in Army Public School located on Warsak Road in. | 141 | |
| Twin suicide bombings at Benazir Bhutto rally, KarachiKarsaz bridge, Karachi, SindhA suicide bombing in a crowd welcoming former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed 138 persons and injured approximately 550 others on October 18-night in Karachi, according to The News. | 138 | |
| Remote-controlled car bomb at Meena BazaarMeena Bazaar, Peshawar, Khyber PakhtunkhwaA remote-controlled car bomb killed at least 105 people – including women and children – and injured around 200 others at the Meena Bazaar in Peshawar, capital of the NWFP, on October 28, Daily Times reported. | 105 | |
| Alamdar Road twin blasts, toll rises to 105Alamdar Road, Quetta, BalochistanThe death toll in January 10 twin blasts near a snooker club at Alamdar Road in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, increased to 105 on January 11, reports The Times of India. | 105 | |
| Darra Adam Khel mosque bombing toll rises to 95Kohat, FATAMeanwhile, death toll of the suicide attack on a mosque in Darra Adam Khel on November 5 reached 95, as 27 injured persons succumbed to injuries, reports Daily Times. | 95 | |
| Suicide vehicle bombing at volleyball match, Lakki MarwatShah Hasan Khel, Lakki Marwat, Khyber PakhtunkhwaAt least 90 persons were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden pickup truck in the middle of a volleyball game in the Shah Hasan Khel village of Lakki Marwat District in the Bannu Division of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on Janu. | 90 | |
| Twin suicide bombing, FC centre ShabqadarShabqadar, Charsadda, Khyber PakhtunkhwaThe death toll in the twin suicide attacks on Frontier Constabulary (FC) training centre in the Shabqadar tehsil (revenue unit) in Charsadda District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on May 13 increased to 90, Times of India reported on May 14. | 90 | |
| Remote bomb kills Shias in Hazara Town, QuettaHazara Town, Quetta, BalochistanDaily Times reports that a remote-controlled bomb targeting Shias killed 84 people including women and children and wounded more than 200 in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan on February 16, Police and officials said. | 84 | |
| Suicide bombing at All Saints Church, PeshawarQissa Khawani Bazaar, Peshawar, Khyber PakhtunkhwaAs many as 81 persons were killed and 145 others injured when two suicide attackers blew themselves up at the end of a service at All Saints Church near Qissa Khawani bazaar in Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Sept. | 81 | |
| Suicide bombing at Jamrud mosqueJamrud, Khyber, FATA76 persons, including 16 Security Force personnel, were killed and over 100 injured in a suicide attack on a mosque at Peshawar-Torkham Highway in the Jamrud sub-division of Khyber Agency in FATA during the Friday congregation on March 27, The News reported. | 76 | |
| Quds Day rally bombing, QuettaMeezan Chowk, Quetta, BalochistanAt least 73 people were killed and more than 200 others were reportedly injured in a suspected suicide bombing upon a Shia Muslim rally within the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta. | 73 | |
| Suicide bombing at POF WahWah, Rawalpindi, PunjabTwo suicide bombers blew themselves up on August 21 at the gates of the Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) in the high security cantonment town of Wah in Rawalpindi District of Punjab, killing at least 70 persons in what was described as the deadliest attack on. | 70 | |
| Double suicide bombing at Yakka Ghund political officeYakka Ghund, Mohmand, FATAAt least 65 persons were killed, including women and children, and 110 persons injured, as two suicide bombers blew themselves up through political offices, just seconds apart from each other, in Yakka Ghund tehsil (revenue unit) of Mohmand Agency in Federally. | 65 | |
| RA Bazaar twin suicide bombing, LahoreRA Bazaar, Lahore, PunjabThe death toll in R. A. bazaar suicide attacks of March 12 rose to 62 after an injured driver, Faqeer Shah, succumbed to his injuries on March 18, according to Daily Times. | 62 | |
| Marriott Hotel suicide truck bombing, IslamabadIslamabad Capital Territory, IslamabadA suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with explosives at the Marriott Hotel in capital Islamabad on September 20, killing at least 60 people, reports Daily Times. | 60 | |
| Suicide bombing at Wagah Rangers checkpostWagah, Lahore, PunjabSixty people, including three Rangers officials, were killed and over 150 received injuries when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the third Rangers checkpost, around 500 yards away from the Wagah international border in Punjab on November 2, reports The New. | 60 | |
| Suicide bombing at Ghundai mosqueGhundai, Khyber, FATAAt least 56 persons were killed and 123 injured in a suicide attack during the Friday prayer at Jamia Masjid Madina in Ghundai area of Jamrud area of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on August 19, reports The Express Tribune. | 56 | |
| Suicide bombing at Sherpao mosqueSherpao, Charsadda, Khyber PakhtunkhwaAt least 50 persons were killed and 80 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the midst of worshippers offering Id-ul-Adha prayers at the Markazi Jamia Masjid Sherpao in Charsadda, 20-km from Peshawar in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). | 50 | |
| Suicide car bombing, Khyber Bazaar PeshawarSoekarno Chowk, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa49 persons, including a woman and seven children, were killed and 90 others were injured when a suicide attacker detonated his explosives-laden car at the crowded Soekarno Chowk in Khyber Bazaar in Peshawar, capital of NWFP, on October 9, The News reported. | 50 | |
| Sakhi Sarwar blast toll rises to 49Sakhi Sarwar, Dera Ghazi Khan, PunjabThe death toll in April 3 Sakhi Sarwar shrine blasts rose to 49 when eight of the injured died at the Dera Ghazi Khan District Head Quarter Hospital in Punjab on April 4, reports Dawn. | 49 | |
| Twin suicide bombings in Parachinar bazaarParachinar bazaar, Kurram, FATAOn July 26, at least 48 persons were killed and 100 others were injured in a coordinated twin suicide attacks at Parachinar in the Kurram Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), reports The News. | 48 | |
| Twin suicide attacks on TTP, Bagh TirahBagh, Khyber, FATAForty-six militants, including an Uzbek ‘commander’, were killed in twin suicide attacks on the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the headquarters of the Ansarul Islam (AI) in Bagh area of Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas . | 46 | |
| Mir Ali clashes, 45 soldiers killedMir Ali, North Waziristan, FATAPakistani helicopter gunships and troops have killed 130 militants during clashes near the Afghan border, while 45 soldiers have also died, the army sources said October 8, reports Associated Free Press. | 45 | |
| Suicide bombing at ANP rally, TimergaraTimergara Rest House, Lower Dir, Khyber PakhtunkhwaAt least 45 persons were killed and over 100 others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a public meeting of the Awami National Party (ANP) at the Timergara Rest House in Lower Dir District of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on April. | 45 | |
| Woman suicide bomber at WFP aid centre, KharKhar, Bajaur, FATAA woman suicide bomber on December 25 blew herself up at a distribution centre of the World Food Programme at Khar in Bajaur Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), killing 45 persons who had queued for aid and injured another 80 persons, reports. | 45 | |
| Samar Bagh suicide bombing, JandolSamar Bagh, Lower Dir, Khyber PakhtunkhwaThe death toll in September 15 suicide bombing in Samar Bagh area of Jandol town in Lower Dir District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa rose to 45, District Coordination Officer (DCO) Mahmood Aslam Wazir said on September 16, reports Dawn. | 45 | |
| Vehicle bomb at Abbas Town imambargahAbbas Town, Karachi, SindhAt least 45 persons were killed and another 70 were injured in a huge explosion that ripped through a Shia-majority neighbourhood in Karachi (Karachi District), the provincial capital of Sindh, on March 3, reports The News. | 45 | |
| Twin suicide bombing at Kohat IDP campKacha Pakka IDP camp, Kohat, Khyber PakhtunkhwaTwo burqa-clad suicide bombers targeted a crowd of internally displaced persons (IDP) waiting to get themselves registered and receive relief goods at the Kacha Pakka IDP camp on the outskirts of Kohat in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on April 17, killin. | 44 | |
| Suicide bombing at Adezai funeral, PeshawarAdezai village, Peshawar, Khyber PakhtunkhwaA suicide bomber killed 43 persons and injured another 52 others in an attack on a funeral prayer for the wife of a volunteer of Qaumi Lashkar (community tribal militia) in Adezai village on the outskirt of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhw. | 43 | |
| Kurmi Bazaar bombing toll rises to 43Kurmi Bazaar, Kurram, FATAThe death toll of February 17 suicide attack in Kurmi Bazaar of Parachinar in Kurram Agency reached 43 as two more injured persons succumbed to their injuries on February 19. | 43 | |
| Jirga suicide bombing, Darra Adam KhelDarra Adam Khel, Kohat, FATA2 March:- At least 42 people were killed and 58 injured in a suicide attack, when the bomber struck the meeting of tribal elders and local officials in Darra Adam Khel, FATA. The town of Darra was the (Wikipedia, Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2008). | 42 | |
| Car bomb in Kissa Khawani Bazaar, PeshawarKissa Khawani Bazaar, Peshawar, Khyber PakhtunkhwaA car bomb blast killed at least 42 persons and injured 100 others on September 29 in Kissa Khawani Bazaar of Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports Daily Times. | 42 | |
| Suicide car bomb at Buner polling station kills 41Shalbandi, Buner, Khyber PakhtunkhwaAt least 41 people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car near a polling station in a Government school in the Buner District of NWFP on December 28, Dawn reported. | 41 | |
| Suicide bomb on convoy, Alpuri bazaarAlpuri, Shangla, Khyber PakhtunkhwaAt least 41 persons - including six soldiers - were killed and 45 others were injured on October 12 in a suicide attack on a military convoy in the Alpuri area of Shangla District (which borders Swat District), NWFP Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain and a . | 41 | |
| Suicide bombing at DSP funeral, MingoraMingora, Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa40 people were killed and more than 75 others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the funeral prayers of the slain Deputy Superintendent of Police (Lakki Marwat), Javed Iqbal Khan, in the Mingora city of Swat district on February 29-eve. | 40 | |
| Suicide car bomb at anti-Taliban jirga, OrakzaiKhadezai, Orakzai, FATAAt least 40 persons were killed and around 90 others wounded when a suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle set off an explosion in an anti-Taliban jirga (council) of the Ali Khel tribe in the Khadezai area of Upper Orakzai Agency in the Federally Admini. | 40 | |
| Suicide bombing at Hayagay Sharqi mosqueHayagay Sharqi, Upper Dir, Khyber PakhtunkhwaA suicide bomber killed 40 worshippers, including 12 children, at a mosque in a remote village of the Dir Upper District of NWFP on June 5, The News reported. | 40 | |
| Suicide car bombing, Kacha Pakka KohatKacha Pakka, Kohat, Khyber PakhtunkhwaAt least 30 people were killed and more than 50 injured in a suicide attack in Kohat District of NWFP on September 18, hospital and Police sources said, reports Daily Times. | 40 | |
| Attack on Parade Lane mosque, RawalpindiParade Lane, Rawalpindi, Punjab40 persons, including 17 children besides serving and retired Army officers and personnel, were killed and over 86 others injured, when a Friday congregation at the Parade Lanes mosque in Rawalpindi was attacked by a group of terrorists, The News reported. | 40 | |
| Triple suicide bombing at Data Darbar shrineData Darbar, Lahore, PunjabAt least 40 persons were killed and 175 others injured when three suicide attackers blew themselves up inside the shrine of Lahore’s patron saint Syed Ali Hajwairi popularly known as Data Gunj Bakhsh, at about 11 pm (PST) in the night of July 1, according to D. | 40 | |
| Twin suicide bombing at Mohmand jirga, GhalanaiGhalanai, Mohmand, FATAAt least 40 persons, including tribal elders, Security Force personnel and journalists were killed and another 70 injured on December 6 in twin suicide bombings on a jirga (Tribal council) being held outside the office of the assistant political agent of Mohma. | 40 | |
| Hangu car bomb, toll rises to 39Hangu, Khyber PakhtunkhwaThe death toll in the car bomb explosion in Hangu of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa rose to 39 as seven more bodies were recovered from the debris of the destroyed buildings on May 27, reports Daily Times. | 39 | |
| Suicide car bomb at Parachinar election officeParachinar, Kurram, FATAA suicide bomber on February 16 rammed his explosives-laden car into the election office of an independent candidate in Parachinar city of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), killing at least 38 persons, including six children, and injuring 109 others, re. | 38 | |
| Moon Market twin blasts, LahoreAllama Iqbal Town, Lahore, PunjabTwo bomb blasts killed at least 38 people, and injured more than 100 at the crowded Moon Market in Allama Iqbal area of Lahore in Punjab on December 7, according to Daily Times. | 38 | |
| Suicide blast at police funeral, QuettaPolice Lines, Quetta, BalochistanThirty eight persons, including 21 Police officials, were killed and 40 others were injured in a suicide blast at a funeral in the Police Lines area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, on August 8, reports The News. | 38 | |
| Suicide bomb outside NBP branch, RawalpindiShalimar Plaza, Rawalpindi, PunjabAt least 35 persons, including two women and children, were killed and 63 others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a branch of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) in Rawalpindi on November 2, Daily Times reported. | 35 | |
| Pickup bomb at Jamrud petrol stationJamrud bazaar, Khyber, FATAA powerful bomb planted in a pick-up van exploded at a petrol station in Jamrud bazaar in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), killing 35 persons, four of them Khasadar personnel, and injuring 78 others on January 10, reports Dawn. | 35 | |
| Suicide bombing at funeral in Shergarh, MardanShah Zaman Qala, Mardan, Khyber PakhtunkhwaAt least 35 persons, including a newly-elected Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Imran Mohmand, were killed and over 57 others were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral prayer in Shah Zaman Qala village of Shergarh town in Mardan Distri. | 35 | |
| Car bomb at Charsadda bazaar intersectionFarooq-i-Azam Chowk, Charsadda, Khyber PakhtunkhwaAt least 34 persons were killed and nearly 100 others sustained injuries in a powerful car bomb blast at a crowded intersection in the Charsadda bazaar of Charsadda District in the NWFP on November 10-afternoon, Dawn reported. | 34 | |
| Suicide car bomb in Dera Ghazi Khan marketDera Ghazi Khan, PunjabA suicide car bomb exploded in a market outside the home of the Punjab Chief Minister’s senior adviser, Zulfiqar Khosa in Dera Ghazi Khan District of Punjab, killing 33 people and injured 60 others on December 15, according to Daily Times. | 33 |
Sources
- South Asia Terrorism Portal, Major incidents of terrorism-related violence in Pakistan, 2021–2026 (satp.org).
- Wikipedia, Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2000 to … in 2020 (raw wikitext), used only to add attacks missing from SATP; each added row is marked in the CSV.
- Place names: GeoNames gazetteer for Pakistan, India and Saudi Arabia. Neighbouring countries: Natural Earth.
- District geometry: Blank Districts of Pakistan.svg by Abbasi786786 on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); geoBoundaries IND ADM2 (Local Government Directory, 2021) and CHN ADM0, aligned to the Commons map.