| 2007 Charsadda mosque bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
 Location of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan | |
| Location | Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan |
| Date | 21 December 2007 |
| Target | Mosque |
Attack type | Suicide bombings |
| Weapons | Explosive belts |
| Deaths | 50 |
| Injured | 100 |
| Perpetrator | Unknown |
On 21 December 2007, at least 50 people were killed and 100 others injured by a suicide bombing in Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. [1] The bomber detonated his explosives in a mosque in the residential compound of Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, where prayers for Eid al-Adha were being conducted. [1] Sherpao was among the 1,000 people in the mosque at the time, but was not injured. [1] The bomb contained around seven kilograms of explosive as well as nails and ball bearings. [1]
Charsadda suffered major insurgent attacks in April 2007, February 2008, May 2011, January 2016 and February 2017, mainly carried out by internationally designated terrorist group Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan.
