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Home / News / World News / Peshawar bus explosion: 15 killed, 30 injured
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    Peshawar bus explosion: 15 killed, 30 injured

    Vaneet Randhawa
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    Last updated on Mar 16, 2016, 01:51 pm
    Peshawar bus explosion: 15 killed, 30 injured
  • 15 people were killed and 30 injured when a powerful bomb exploded on a bus carrying government employees in Pakistan's Peshawar.

    The security forces and police sealed off the entire area and commenced a search operation for those responsible.

    Forces revealed that about 8kg of explosives were used in the blast.

    Fear and panic spread among the residents after the news of the explosion.

  • In this article
    TTP attacks Army Public School in Peshawar Government crackdown on Taliban in Peshawar Why Peshawar? 94 terror cases in Peshawar in 2015 Bacha Khan University, 29 km from Peshawar attacked More blasts grip Peshawar Peshawar bus explosion: 15 killed, 30 injured Nawaz Sharif condemns the attack
  • 16 Dec 2014

    TTP attacks Army Public School in Peshawar

    TTP attacks Army Public School in Peshawar
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  • Seven gunmen affiliated with Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan conducted a terrorist attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan.

    All the militants were foreign nationals and worked with the TTP in Pakistan's tribal North Waziristan district.

    The attack left 141 people dead, including 132 schoolchildren.

    The TTP said the attacks were revenge for army's operations in North Waziristan which killed several innocent women and children.

  • Information

    Government crackdown on Taliban in Peshawar

  • After the 2014 Army Public School attack, the government began its crackdown on Taliban in Peshawar and has been successful in squeezing the terror group into small pockets.

  • Reason

    Why Peshawar?

    Why Peshawar?
    Credits:
  • Peshawar with the 5th largest population in Pakistan shares geographical proximity to Afghanistan and more notably North Waziristan, the home to Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.

    The city houses the XI Corps, an administrative wing of the Pakistan Army, which oversees all military action in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

    The Pakistan Army is presently involved in a full-blown offensive against the North Waziristan terror organisations.

  • Personal

    94 terror cases in Peshawar in 2015

  • According to the South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP), in the first 5 months of 2015 there were "94 terrorism cases reported, over 4,600 suspects arrested and 138 search and strike operations conducted in Peshawar."

  • 20 Jan 2016

    Bacha Khan University, 29 km from Peshawar attacked

    Bacha Khan University, 29 km from Peshawar attacked
    Credits:
  • A group of militants killed 29 students and 1 faculty member in an attack on Bacha Khan University in north-west Pakistan.

    The gunmen used the thick cover of fog to scale the rear wall and opened fire on students and teachers in classrooms and accommodation blocks.

    The terrorists had been gunned down in counter-attack, and their main facilitator Waheed Ali arrested.

  • 7 Mar 2016

    More blasts grip Peshawar

    More blasts grip Peshawar
    Credits:
  • 17 people were killed and 31 others injured in a crowded court in Shabqadar Bazaar of Charsadda district near Peshawar when a suicide bomber blew himself up.

    The suicide bomber had tried to enter the court but had been stopped outside.

    Previously, on 1 March 2016, a remote-controlled roadside bomb had killed 2 Pakistani employees of the United States Consulate near Peshawar.

  • 16 Mar 2016

    Peshawar bus explosion: 15 killed, 30 injured

    Peshawar bus explosion: 15 killed, 30 injured
  • 15 people were killed and 30 injured when a powerful bomb exploded on a bus carrying government employees in Pakistan's Peshawar.

    The security forces and police sealed off the entire area and commenced a search operation for those responsible.

    Forces revealed that about 8kg of explosives were used in the blast.

    Fear and panic spread among the residents after the news of the explosion.

  • Quote

    Nawaz Sharif condemns the attack

  • Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif strongly condemned the attack in Peshawar and expressed grief over the lIves lost. He further said that "these cowardly attacks cannot shatter our unflinching resolve against terrorism".

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