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August 2017 Lahore Bombing
On 7 August 2017, a truck bombing occurred at Band Road in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan. Two people were killed and 35 others were wounded. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan is suspected to have perpetrated the attack. Background Lahore suffered several terrorism in Pakistan, terrorist incidents terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2017, in 2017. This attack came two weeks after July 2017 Lahore suicide bombing, a suicide bombing that claimed 26 lives, which followed April 2017 Lahore suicide bombing, a blast targeting a census team in April and February 2017 Lahore suicide bombing, a bombing that killed 13 people in February. Intelligence before the attack According to a news article published in ''Daily Dunya'' on 1 August, law enforcement in Pakistan, law enforcement agencies had diligently informed the Inspector General of the Punjab Police (Pakistan), Punjab Police, Arif Nawaz, about the details and specific locations of the highly possible terror attacks. The ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insurgency In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, also known as the War in North-West Pakistan or Pakistan's war on terror, is an ongoing armed conflict involving Pakistan, and Islamist militant groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jundallah (Pakistan), Jundallah, Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI), Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi, TNSM, al-Qaeda, and their Central Asian allies such as the Islamic State – Khorasan Province, IS–Khorasan (IS-K), Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Turkistan Islamic Party, East Turkistan Movement, Islamic State – Caucasus Province, Emirate of Caucasus, and elements of Organised crime in Pakistan, organized crime.Varun Vira and Anthony Cordesma"Pakistan: Violence versus Stability: A Net Assessment." ''Center for Strategic and International Studies'', 25 July 2011. Formerly a war, it is now a low-level insurgency as of 2017. The armed conflict began in 2004 when tensions rooted in the Pakistan Army's Battle of Wanna, search for al-Qaeda fighters in P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
