# Timeline of the insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (2007)

The 2007 timeline of the insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa:

## 28 April: Charsadda rally bombing

On 28 April, a suicide bomber killed 22 people at a political rally in Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province.

## 3–11 July: Lal Masjid siege

On 3 July, the militant supporters of the Lal Masjid and Pakistani security forces clashed in Islamabad after the students from the mosque attacked a nearby government ministry building. The Pakistani security forces immediately put up a siege around the mosque complex which lasted until 11 July and resulted in 109 deaths. This represented the main catalyst for the conflict and eventual breakdown of the truce that existed between Pakistan and the Taliban in the northwest. During the siege there were several attacks in Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, in retaliation for the siege.

## 14–15 July: Attacks and end of truce

At least 75 Pakistanis, including soldiers and police recruits, were killed in three attacks on 14 and 15 July.
In a statement issued in Miranshah, the main town, the militants accused the government of breaking the agreement. "We are ending the agreement today," the Taliban Shura or Council said in pamphlets distributed in Miranshah, the capital of North Waziristan.
On 14 July 2007 a suicide bomber attacked a Pakistani Army convoy, killing 26 soldiers and wounding 54. On 15 July 2007, two suicide bombers attacked another Pakistani Army convoy killing 16 soldiers and 5 civilians and wounding another 47 people. In a separate incident, a fourth suicide bomber attacked a police headquarters, killing 28 police officers and recruits and wounding 35 people.

## 15–19 July: Waves of attack

From 15 July to 19, waves of attacks in Balochistan and NWFP killed over 200 people. On 17 July, a suicide bomber hit a rally featuring the country's suspended chief justice in Pakistan's capital Islamabad killing 15 people and wounding 44. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was travelling to the rally and was about three miles away when the attacker struck near the stage set up for him.

## 20 July: Car bombing in Karachi averted

On 20 July panic gripped evening shoppers at a Clifton shopping mall in Karachi, Sindh, when a bomb was defused immediately after it had been found in a car parked in a nearby parking area. An anonymous caller informed the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee that a bomb was planted in the car parked near the Park Towers. The shopping mall was the venue of a Harry Potter book launch and was packed with shoppers. Investigators said that the car carrying the bomb had been stolen from the Ferozabad police limits on 10 July and it had 4 kilograms of explosives. The bomb disposal squad (BDS) defused the bomb as the BDS officials severed the wiring connecting the boxes with the car's battery.

## 21 July - 2 September: Army moves into Waziristan

The Army moved large concentration of troops into Waziristan and had engaged in fierce clashes with militants in which at least 100 militants had been killed including wanted terrorist and former Guantanamo Bay detainee, Abdullah Mehsud. The militants also struck back in attacking Army convoys, security checkpoints and sending suicide bombers which has killed over 50 soldiers and police and over 100 civilians. In one month of fighting during the period from 24 July to 24 August 250 militants and 60 soldiers were killed. On 2 September, just a few militants managed to ambush a 17-vehicle army convoy and captured an estimated 240 soldiers in it, without a shot being fired; an event that shocked the nation. Seven officers were among the held. Following this, there has been widespread anger at the Pakistan Army within Pakistan.

## September: Army garrisons in Waziristan attacked

The army garrisoned the areas and set up checkpoints, but the militants hit hard - overrunning many checkpoints and kidnapping many soldiers in ambushes.
On 12 September, the first outpost was attacked and overrun by the Taliban, kidnapping 12 Pakistani soldiers.
The next day on 13 September, a suicide bomber in Ghazi Tarbela attacked a Pakistani army base, destroying the main mess hall and killing 20 members of the Karar commando group; Pakistan's most elite army unit. Another 29 soldiers were wounded.
A series of attacks ensued and by 20 September, a total of five Pakistani Army military outposts had been overrun and more than 25 soldiers captured.

## 21 December: Charsadda mosque bombing

On 21 December, a suicide bomber killed about 50 people and injured about 100 others in a mosque in Charsadda District, NWFP.

## List of attacks

| Date | Location of attack | Mechanism of attack | Primary target | Number of killed & wounded |
| 28 April | Charsadda, NWFP | Suicide bombing | Political rally | 22 people killed |
| 4 July | | Suicide bombing | Army convoy | 6 soldiers and 4 civilians are killed. |
| 4 July | Peshawar, NWFP | Ambush | Police patrol | 4 police officers are killed. |
| 6 July | Chakdara, Swat District, NWFP | Suicide bombing | Army | 4 soldiers are killed. |
| 8 July | Charsadda, NWFP | Ambush | Chinese workers | 3 Chinese workers are killed. |
| 10 July | Kohat District, NWFP | Bomb attack | Police patrol | 1 police officer is killed. |
| 12 July | North Waziristan, FATA | Double suicide bombing | Police and army | 4 police officers and 5 civilians are killed. |
| 12 July | North Waziristan, FATA | Suicide bombing | Local administrator | 2 civilians are killed. |
| 13 July | Miranshah, North Waziristan, FATA | Ambush | Pro-government tribal chiefs | 3 civilians are killed. |
| 14 July | North Waziristan, FATA | Suicide bomber | Army convoy | 26 soldiers are killed and 54 are wounded. |
| 15 July | Mingora, Swat District, NWFP | Two suicide bombings and a roadside bomb | Military convoy | 13 soldiers and 5 civilians are killed and 47 are wounded. |
| 15 July | Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Suicide bombing | Police recruitment center | 28 police officers and recruits are killed. |
| 17 July | Islamabad, ICT | Suicide bombing | Chief Justice convention at the F-8 Markaz | 17 civilians are killed and 40 wounded. |
| 17 July 2007 | Mirali, North Waziristan, FATA | Suicide bombing | Security checkpoint | 3 soldiers and 1 civilian are killed and two wounded. |
| 18 July 2007 | North Waziristan, FATA | Ambush | Military convoy | 17 soldiers and 12 militants are killed. Five additional militants killed in a separate incident. |
| 19 July 2007 | Hangu District, NWFP | Suicide bombing | Police academy | 6 police officers and 1 civilian are killed. |
| 19 July | Hub, Balochistan | Suicide bombing | Convoy of Chinese engineers | 7 police officers and 23 civilians are killed and 30 are wounded. |
| 19 July | Kohat, NWFP | Suicide bombing | Mosque in an army camp | 18 killed and 19 wounded, mostly military personnel, 3 children among the dead. |
| 22 July | North Waziristan, FATA | Ambush | Military convoy | 11 soldiers Wounded and 19 Militants killed. |
| 23 July | North Waziristan, FATA | Clash | Military checkposts | 2 soldiers are killed and 7 are wounded and 35 Militants killed. |
| 24 July | Bannu, NWFP | Rocket attack | Mosque and adjacent houses | 14 civilians are killed and 33 are wounded. 7 Police officers are wounded. |
| 25 July | Tunga, South Waziristan | Rocket attack | Security checkpost | 1 soldier killed and 2 wounded. |
| 27 July | Islamabad | Suicide bomber | Muzaffar Hotel near the Red mosque | 14 people killed, including 8 policemen. |
| 30 July | North Waziristan, FATA | Helicopter gunship attack & roadside bomb | Army convoy | 3 soldiers are killed and 5 are wounded. 4 Militants are also killed. |
| 31 July | North Waziristan, FATA | Helicopter gunship attack | Army checkpost | 18 militants are killed by helicopter gunships. |
| 2 August | Sargodha, Punjab | Attempted suicide bombing | Police training center | 1 militant and 1 police officer killed. |
| 3 August | Oblanki | Shootout | Army checkpost | 4 soldiers and 10 militants killed. |
| 3 August | Parachinar, FATA | Suicide car bomber | Bus station | 12 civilians killed and 35 injured. |
| 6 August 2007 | Kohat Road, Peshawar, NWFP | Remote-controlled bomb | PAf Airbase | Two injured, Squadron Leader Mushtaq, driver Zain Khan and an unidentified child. |
| 7 August | Degan, North Waziristan, NWFP | Helicopter gunship attack | Militant compound | At least 15 militants killed. |
| 16 August | North Waziristan, NWFP | Ambush | Army convoy | At least 19 militants and 10 soldiers killed. |
| 18 August | North Waziristan, NWFP | Rocket and gun attack | Army check post | 2 soldiers killed. |
| 18 August | Tank, North Waziristan, NWFP | Suicide car bomber | Army convoy | 5 soldiers wounded. |
| 19 August | Thal, North Waziristan, NWFP | Suicide car bomber | Army post | At least 3 soldiers killed. |
| 19 August | North Waziristan, NWFP | Helicopter gunship attack | Militant compounds | At least 15 militants and 5 civilians killed. |
| 22 August | Bannu, North Waziristan, NWFP | Gun and rocket attack | Army checkpoint | At least 4 soldiers and 3 militants killed. |
| 24 August | Miran Shah, North Waziristan, NWFP | Suicide car bombing | Army convoy | 5 soldiers killed. |
| 24 August | North Waziristan, NWFP | Roadside bomb | Army convoy | 1 soldier killed. |
| 27 August | South Waziristan, NWFP | Beheading | Hostages | 1 soldier killed. |
| 2 September | Shawangi, North Waziristan, NWFP | Ambush | Army convoy | 280 soldiers held. |
| 3 September | Rawalpindi, Punjab | Two suicide bombings | Ministry of Defense bus and commercial market | 19 soldiers and 12 civilians killed. |
| 12 September | | Clashes | Outpost (overrun) | 12 soldiers held |
| 13 September | South Waziristan, NWFP | Clashes | Militant hideouts | 2 soldiers killed and 8 wounded. 50 militants killed |
| 13 September | Ghazi Tarbela | Suicide bombing | Army mess hall | 20 soldiers killed |
| 14 September | | Clashes | Outpost (overrun) | 6 soldiers kidnapped. |
| 16 September | | Clashes | Outpost | 2 soldiers killed and 5 wounded. |
| 17 September | | Clashes | Outpost (overrun) | 16 soldiers and 18 militants killed. |
| 18 September | | Clashes | Outpost (overrun) | 2 soldiers kidnapped. |
| 19 September | Tall town | Clashes | Outpost (overrun) | 7 soldiers kidnapped. |
| 1 October | Bannu, NWFP | Suicide bombing | Military convoy | 4 policemen and 11 civilians killed. |
| 1 October | Bannu, NWFP | Clashes | Outpost (overrun) | 33 soldiers kidnapped. |
| 2 October | Bannu, NWFP | Rescue operation of kidnapped soldiers | Militant hideout | 2 soldiers and 15 militants killed and 9 soldiers rescued. |
| 4 October | Spin Wam | Clashes | Outpost (overrun) | 28 soldiers kidnapped. |
| 7 October | North Waziristan, FATA | Battle of Mir Ali | Militant bases, convoy | 45 soldiers, 150 militants and 10 civilians killed and 13 soldiers missing. |
| 6 December | Swat, NWFP | Re-capturing Swat | Militant bases | 15 soldiers, 250 militants and 30 civilians killed. |
| 12 December | North Waziristan, FATA | Ambush | Military convoy | 6 soldiers and 15 militants killed. |
| 21 December | Charsadda District, NWFP | Suicide bombing | Mosque | About 50 killed and 100 injured. |