FATA: Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2018

Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Law and Order Officials confirmed on January 2 that 6,112 civilians were killed and another 6,707 others have been injured in the ‘war against terrorism’ since 2001 (period not specified during a meeting of the standing committee on the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) in Islamabad, reports The Express Tribune. Families of the killed have been paid 3.7 billion rupees in compensation so far. Families of 244 Levies and 178 Khasadar Personnel were among the 5,690 civilians, who had received the compensation amount. Read less...

An IED planted near the residence of Malik Hayat Gul of Masood Adamzai in Safi Tehsil (revenue unit) in Mohmand Agency in FATA went off early on January 4, reports Dawn. No casualties or injuries were reported. Read less...

An IED recovered and defused by the Bomb Diposal Unit (BDU) of Mohmand Rifles at Olai Top Border area in Biazai sub-division in Mohmand Agency in FATA on January 4, reports Dawn.  Read less...

Four missiles were fired near sub-division complex Bahai Daag in Mamad Kore area of Khewazai Biazai in Mohmand agency of FATA from across the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border on January 4, reports Dawn. No casualties or injuries were reported.  Read less...

A Frontier Corps (FC) Personal was injured in Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion in Ainger area of Mohmand Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 5, reports The Nation. Read less...

One suspect, identified as as Gul Qayum s/o Akhtar Qayum, was arrested and arms and ammunition were recovered by Khasdar Force in the Zergraan area of Landi Kotal Tehsil (revenue unit) in Khyber agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 6, reports Daily Times. The recovery included 55 Sub-Machine Guns (SMGs) and 1150 rounds. Read less...

One soldier was killed while two others were injured in a landmine explosion in the Sarobai area of the North Waziristan agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 11, reports Dailytimes. The deceased was identified as Sepoy Amanullah while Havaldar Fazal Abbas and Sepoy Nafees received injuries. Read less...

A total of 324 violent incidents including 153 terrorism and 171 counter terrorism actions were recorded during 2017, which marked a 16 percent increase in militancy incidents, compared to the preceding year, says FATA Annual Security Report issued by FATA Research Centre, Islamabad, reports Daily times on January 14. Out of the total 153 terrorist incidents in 2017, 73 terrorist attacks (48 percent) targeted the security forces, while 71 attacks (46 percent) were directed against civilians. Seven terrorist attacks (five percent) targeted members of civil militia or Amn Lashkar. Two incidents of infighting between terrorist groups were also report during the year 2017. The violent incidents both militants and counter-terrorists, resulted in a total of 1207 casualties 539 killed and 668 injured across FATA, marking an increase of 37 percent in overall casualties. Of the total casualties, 76O (138 Killed and 437 Injured) were that of civilians, accounting for 63 percent of the overall casualties. The report claimed that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Islamic State of Khorasan (IS-K), Khan Said and Hakeemullah group of Mehsud Taliban, Wazir Taliban, Haqqani Network, Lashkar-e-JhangviAlmi and TTP-Jamat-ul-Ahrar remained the major actor of instability during the year 2017, adds The Nation. Read less...

Two children were injured in an explosion in Sarkokae area of South Waziristan Agency (SWA) in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 14, reports Daily times. The injured were identified as nine-year-old Kalsum and seven-year-old Rasheed. Read less...

A man was injured in a US drone strike in Badshah Kot area near the Pak-Afghan border in Kurram Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 17, reports The News. According to officials, the man severely injured in the strike was identified as Khalid, said to be an "Afghan militant". Read less...

An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion has killed eight people including three women and a child at Maqbal area of Kurram Agency on January 30, reports Daily Times. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. Read less...