The February 2010 Khyber bombing was a
suicide bombing
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Khyber Agency
Khyber District ( ps, خېبر ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Peshawar Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas; with the merger of FATA with Khyber Pak ...
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Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
, on February 10, 2010. At least 19 people including 13 policemen were killed in a suicide bomb attack against a police patrol.
[Salman Masood]
"Suicide Attack Kills 17, Mostly Police, in Pakistan"
''The New York Times
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'', 11 February 2010, page A8.[Khyber Agency suicide bombing toll climbs to 19]
The News International
''The News International'', published in broadsheet size, is one of the largest English language newspapers in Pakistan. It is published daily from Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi/Islamabad. An overseas edition is published from London that cater ...
, 2010-02-12[Ibrahim Shinwari]
"Brigadier among 22 killed in Khyber attack "
''Dawn'', 11 February 2010
Background
Khyber Agency is located in Northwest Pakistan. It is on the main supply route for
NATO
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forces stationed in
Afghanistan
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. It has seen several militant attacks against convoys carrying supplies in the past.
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Attack
According to officials a local police officer Zurmat Khan appeared to be the target of the attack. Zurmat Khan had been nominated for a gallantry award Tamgha-i-Jurat which was to have been given on March 23.[ He had been previously awarded Rs 350,000 for his bravery in a prior operation against ]Taliban
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.[ He was leading a patrol when the suicide bomber ran towards his vehicle and detonated himself.][ Militants had earlier attacked his home, but no one was injured in that attack.][ The attack happened on the road ]NATO
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uses to supply troops in Afghanistan
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Aftermath
No group has yet claimed responsibility for this attack.[ Pakistani police killed in suicide bomb attack]
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, 2010-02-10 A senior police officer in Peshawar stated the most likely the bombing was carried out by Taliban in retaliation for killing of Hakimullah Mehsud.Suicide bomb attack kills 17 in Pakistan
Financial Times
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, 2010-02-10 Altaf Hussain chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Muttahida Qaumi Movement (abbreviated MQM) is a name currently claimed by two competing Pakistani political factions:
* Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London, a political faction managed from the UK
* Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan
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strongly condemned the blast and expressed his grief. Rehmatullah Kakar Pakistan's Minister for Housing and Works also condemned the attack[Suicide hit, Cobra crash, ambush kill brigadier, 20 others]
he News International, 2010-02-11
See also
*List of terrorist incidents, 2010
This is a timeline of incidents in 2010 that have been labelled, or investigated as possible cases of "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).
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* List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan since 2001
References
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