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February 15
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Three security force personnel and a civilian
are injured in a landmine blast in the Chamlang area of Quetta,
capital of Balochistan province.
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February 24
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Three persons, including two Frontier Corps officers,
are injured in a landmine explosion in the Chamalang area of Kohlu
district.
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June 8
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In a sectarian attack, 13 trainee police personnel
belonging to the local Hazara community of the Shia sect are killed
and eight others injured at Sariab Road in Quetta.
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July 4
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At least 53 persons are killed and 57 others injured
as three armed terrorists, including a suspected suicide bomber,
attack a Shiite Muslim mosque in Quetta during the Friday prayers.
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July 6
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Police in Quetta detain 19 suspects for interrogation
in connection with the July 4 massacre at a mosque in which 53
persons were killed.
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July 7
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President of the Baluchistan Shiite Conference,
Syed Ashraf Zaidi, claims that the al
Qaeda was responsible for the July 4 attack on a mosque in
Quetta in which 53 persons were killed.
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July 16
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Proscribed Sunni group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
claims responsibility for the July 4-Quetta mosque attack in which
at least 53 persons were killed.
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July 17
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A former Taliban
'commander', Zainuddin Achakzai, is reportedly shot dead by unidentified
assailants in the Pashtoonabad area on the outskirts of Quetta.
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November 10
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Two journalists and seven police personnel are
injured in three bomb blasts in the Satellite Town area of Quetta.
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November 20
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Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami in Dera Bugti, Amanullah
Bugti, and his two associates are killed near Dera Bugti, approximately
340 kilometers from Quetta.
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