Suicide Attacks in FATA

2008

May 1, 2008: A suicide bomber blew himself up in a madrassa (seminary) in the Khyber Agency injuring at least 18 people in an apparent attempt to assassinate Haji Namdar, the head of a religio-militant organisation Amar Bil Maroof Wa Nahi Anil Munkar (Promotion of Virtue and Suppression of Vice).

March 20, 2008: A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into a military vehicle in front of the brigade headquarters at Zari Noor in South Waziristan, killing five soldiers and injuring 11 others.

March 1, 2008: Two persons were killed and 23 others, including eight security force personnel, injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a security forces vehicle in the Jardar area of Bajaur Agency. The dead included a civilian and a Bajaur Levies trooper.

February 16, 2008: A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into the election office of an independent candidate in Parachinar city of FATA, killing at least 47 persons, including six children, and injuring 109 others. According to eyewitness, the bomber hit the election office of independent candidate for NA-37 Kurram Agency, Syed Riaz Hussain Shah, where a large number of people had gathered.

February 11, 2008: At least 10 people were killed and 13 others sustained injuries when a teenaged suicide bomber blew himself up amidst a gathering of the Awami National Party (ANP) and tribal Lashkar (force) at Mirali in North Waziristan. President of the North Waziristan chapter of the ANP, Haji Anwar Shah, was among the dead.

February 1, 2008: At least six persons, including five security personnel, were killed and eight others were injured when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into a security check post at Kajhori near Miranshah in North Waziristan.

2007

September 1, 2007: Six soldiers were injured when a suicide bomber targeted a check-post of the troops in the Jandola area of South Waziristan.

August 24, 2007: A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into the military convoy near the Qamar Picket built on a roadside hill near the Mir Ali town in North Waziristan, killing five soldiers and injuring 10 others.

The same convoy, which had come from Bannu in the North West Frontier Province and was on its way to Razmak, was attacked once more when it proceeded further. Another suicide bomber riding a vehicle struck the convoy near Asadkhel village on the road to Razmak, killing two soldiers and injuring two others.

August 18, 2007: Two soldiers were killed and two others injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into the Tharkhobi check post in North Waziristan.

August 17, 2007: A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden jeep into a military vehicle near Jandola in South Waziristan, killing himself and wounding five soldiers.

July 20, 2007: Four persons, including two civilians, were killed and five others injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a security check post at Boya near Miranshah in North Waziristan.

July 17, 2007: Four persons, including three soldiers, were killed in a suicide attack at the Kajhri security check-post in North Waziristan.

July 14, 2007: At least 24 Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed and 27 others injured when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed car into their convoy. An unnamed senior administration official said the attack occurred 20-kilometres southeast of Miranshah when a FC convoy was heading towards Miranshah from the Razmak area.

July 12, 2007: A suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the Political Agent's office in the Miranshah area of North Waziristan, killing four people and injuring three others. Political agent Pirzada Khan, who was in the office at the time, is reported to have escaped unhurt.

July 4, 2007: 11 people, including six security force (SF) personnel, died in a suicide attack on a caravan of SFs in North Waziristan. The caravan of SFs was going to Bannu in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) from Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan. A suicide attacker rammed his explosive-laden car with the caravan near Mir Ali. Four SF personnel and a passer-by child died on the spot while two soldiers and three passers-by succumbed to injuries at a hospital. The suicide attacker also was killed.

January 22, 2007: A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a military convoy near Mirali in North Waziristan, killing four SF personnel and a woman, and injuring 23 persons, including 20 soldiers. The incident occurred at the Khajori checkpoint, about two kilometres east of Mirali town, when a joint convoy of the army and paramilitary force was heading from the Bannu Garrison to Miranshah. Eye-witnesses said that three military vehicles and a passenger coach were also damaged in the first attack since the Government and Taliban-backed militants signed a peace agreement on September 5, 2006.

June 26, 2006: Six security force personnel are killed when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car at Aisha checkpoint, 10 kilometres east of Miranshah in North Waziristan.

June 3, 2004: A suspected Uzbek operative of al Qaeda and a soldier of Shawal Scouts are killed in a suspected suicide attack, while two soldiers sustain injuries at a check-post in North Waziristan, close to the Afghanistan border.