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2015 Shikarpur Bombing
The Shikarpur bombing occurred on 30 January 2015 when Sunni militants linked to the Pakistani Taliban killed 61 people and injured 50 in a bombing at a Shiite mosque in the Shikarpur District of Pakistan's Sindh province. Jundallah (Pakistan), Jundallah claimed responsibility for the attack. References External links * 2015 murders in Pakistan 2015 in Sindh 2010s crimes in Sindh 21st-century mass murder in Pakistan Attacks in Pakistan in 2015 Attacks on buildings and structures in Sindh Attacks on Shiite mosques in Pakistan 2015 building bombings Improvised explosive device bombings in Sindh Mosque bombings by Islamists Islamic terrorist incidents in 2015 January 2015 crimes in Asia January 2015 in Pakistan Mass murder in 2015 Mass murder in Sindh Shikarpur District, Bombing Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2015 Mosque bombings in Pakistan Jundallah (Pakistan) attacks 21st-century attacks on mosques {{Pakistan-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War In North-West Pakistan
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, Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI), TNSM, al-Qaeda, and their Central Asian allies such as the IS–Khorasan (IS-K), Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, East Turkistan Movement, Emirate of Caucasus, and elements of 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 search for al-Qaeda fighters in Pakistan's mountainous Waziristan area (in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas) escalated into armed resistance. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
