| May 2011 Peshawar bombing | |
|---|---|
| Location | Peshawar, Pakistan |
| Date | 10 May 2011 9:15 p.m. (PST+5) |
| Target | Nasrullah Khan Afridi |
Attack type | Car bombing, assassination |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Victim | Nasrullah Khan Afridi |
The May 2011 Peshawar bombing occurred in Peshawar, Pakistan, when a car bomb was detonated as Nasrullah Khan Afridi (c. 1971-10 May 2011) entered his car after leaving the Tribal Union of Journalists offices. [1] The bomb instantly killed Afridi. No one has been suspected or arrested for the attack. As a tribal journalist, Afridi made many enemies through his journalism. The incident took place in Peshawar's Khyber super market. [2]
Nasrullah Khan Afridi had been a journalist for 10 years. [1] The Committee to Protect Journalists said Afridi was a role model journalist in the tribal areas of Pakistan. [3] Afridi worked for the Urdu-language newspaper, Mashriq, before he died. [4] He left behind three sons, three daughters, and a widow. [1]
The attack took place late in the evening and was targeted at Nasrullah Khan Afridi. His compressed natural gas tank exploded by a remote controlled car bomb as he got into his car. According to The Tribune, Nasrullah had faced many death threats in the past, particularly from a known militant organisation named Lashkar-e-Islam. [2] Nasrullah Afridi's reporting on terrorist organisations were the main cause of the death threats. Lashkar-e-Islam announced a death threat on Afridi on a pirate radio station in 2006. [3] Almost four years before his death, a grenade was thrown into Afridi's house on 21 May 2007. [2] No one has been found responsible for 10 May 2011 bombing, although sources told Reporters Without Borders that Lashkar-e-Islam is suspect to the killing of Nasrullah Khan Afridi. [5]
Journalists reporting in tribal areas with militant groups face many dangers, for tribes at war and militant groups do not tolerate the media, says The Tribune. [2] The Tribal Union of Journalists (TUJ) reports that 30% of tribal journalist members flee the area they report in for their own safety. [2]
Khyber super market in Peshawar is home to many news organisations, making it the perfect place to target reporters who militants find to be a threat. PACT Radio, also set up in Peshawar, reports that the city is becoming more dangerous with frequent attacks on journalists. [6] A month after the May 2011 Peshawar bombing, another bombing occurred, also in the Khyber market area. In this June 2011 Peshawar bombings, at least 34 people died and more than 100 were injured.
Irina Bokova, who is the director-general of UNESCO, made a statement shortly after the Khyber super market bombing saying, "It is with great concern about the high number of journalists killed in Pakistan that I condemn the killing of Nasrulla Afridi. The time has come for serious action against those who use violence to silence the all important voice of the press." [7]
Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province's information minister, said, "Journalists are being targeted because they are writing the truth and those [militants] don't like the truth." [8]
Hundreds of people attended the memorial service for Nasrullah Afridi says CPJ. [3] Soon after the bombing, a memorial football tournament was created in Nasrullah Afridi's honour. On 5 November 2011, political agent, Sayed Ahmad Jan, inaugurated the first football match for Afridi in Jamrud of Pakistan. [9]
Khyber District is a district in the Peshawar Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an agency of the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas. With the merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018, it became a district. It ranges from the Tirah valley down to Peshawar. It borders Nangarhar Province to the west, Orakzai District to the south, Kurram District to southwest, Peshawar to the east and Mohmand District to the north.
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Events from the year 2009 in Pakistan.
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The June 2011 Peshawar bombings occurred on 12 June 2011 in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. At least 34 people were killed, and more than 90 were injured, when two bombs exploded in a market around midnight. Three people were hurt when the first bomb exploded at 11:50 p.m. local time in the commercial and residential area of Khyber market. After a crowd gathered in the area, a teen-aged suicide bomber on a motorcycle set off a second explosion, killing many people on the spot. About 10 kilograms (22 lb) of explosives were used in the second blast according to officials. Police and rescue teams soon reached the spot and cordoned the area.
The August 2011 Khyber Agency bombing occurred on 19 August 2011 in Jamrud, Ghundai within the Khyber Agency of FATA, Pakistan. At least 48 people were reported to have died after a suicide bomber exploded his vest at a mosque during Friday prayers in the month of Ramadan when about 300-500 people were praying; at least 40 others were also wounded.
This is a list of terrorist attacks in Pakistan in the calendar year 2011.
These are the list of Terrorist attacks in Pakistan in 2010.
In 2009, Pakistan suffered 50 terrorist, insurgent and sectarian-related incidents that killed 180 people and injured 300.
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The 2012 Khyber Agency bombing occurred on 10 January 2012, when a bomb exploded near a petrol pump in the town of Jamrud near the Afghan border in Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan. The bombing killed at least 30 people while 78 others were injured.
This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2012. Pakistan has faced numerous attacks by insurgents as a result of the ongoing War in North-West Pakistan by the Pakistani military against militant groups, part of the War on Terror. At the same time, there have also been numerous drone attacks in Pakistan carried out by the United States which exclusively target members of militant groups along the Afghan border regions.
Events in the year 2014 in Pakistan.
Khyber was the code-name for a 2014–2017 military offensive conducted by Pakistan's military in the Khyber Agency in four phases; Khyber-1, Khyber-2, Khyber-3 and Khyber-4.
Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad is a codename of a combined military operation by the Pakistani military in support of local law enforcement agencies to disarm and eliminate the terrorist sleeper cells across all states of Pakistan, started on 22 February 2017. The operation is aimed to eliminate the threat of terrorism, and consolidating the gains of Operation Zarb-e-Azb which was launched in 2014 as a joint military offensive. It is further aimed at ensuring the security of Pakistan's borders. The operation is ongoing active participation from Pakistan Army, Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Police and other Warfare and Civil Armed Forces managed under the Government of Pakistan. More than 375,000 operations have been carried out against terrorists so far. This operation has been mostly acknowledged after Operation Zarb e Azb.
Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2018 include:
