Major Pakistani Taliban attacks

The following are some of the deadliest terror attacks carried out by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) since its inception in 2007:

Sep 2, 2013: Two suicide bomb attacks took place at All Saints Church in Peshawar in which over 80 people were killed and dozens injured. It was the deadliest attack on the Christian minority in Pakistan.

July 1, 2010 : At least 50 people died and 200 were injured when two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the Sufi shrine, Data Durbar Complex. This was the biggest attack on a Sufi shrine in Pakistan since 2001.

Aug 19, 2011: A suicide bomber blew himself up in a packed mosque, killing at least 50 worshippers and injuring more than 100 in Pakistan’s tribal belt of Khyber.

June 8, 2014: At least 28 people, including 10 attackers, were killed in an attack on Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport. The attack derailed the peace process between the TTP and the Pakistan government.

April 9, 2014: A deadly bomb blast in a busy market on the outskirts of Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, killed at least 20 people and injured 100 others.

July 6, 2008: Eighteen policemen and a civilian were killed when a a 30-year old suicide bomber blew himself up near the Lal Masjid mosque in Islamabad. The attack occurred amid tight security, when thousands of Islamic students came to mark the first anniversary of the siege of Lal Masjid by Pakistani troops. About 12,000 students attended the rally and the attack was directed at police, former Pakistani interior minister Rehman Malik said.

March 3, 2014: At least 11 people were killed in an attack at a court in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. A judge and several lawyers were reported to be among those killed.

March 13, 2009: Twelve gunmen took over the main building of the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore during a morning parade when 750 unarmed police recruits were present on the compound’s parade ground. Five trainees, two instructors and a passer-by were killed and three of the attackers blew themselves up to avoid arrest.

July 12, 2012: Nine policemen were shot dead by the TTP in an attack on a house in Lahore. The attack was in reaction to the torture of TTP members in different jails, the outfit’s spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said in an interview with a private news channel.