Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2025
This article is about Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2025 in chronological order.
January
[edit]- 4 January – An improvised explosive device (IED) detonated near a military convoy in Turbat, Balochistan, killing a soldier and injuring 35 others.[1]
- 9 January – Sixteen miners were abducted from a vehicle by militants in Lakki Marwat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[2]
- 16 January – Five people were killed in an attack on a humanitarian aid convoy in Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[3]
- 28 January – Two soldiers and five militants were killed in an attack on a security outpost in Killa Abdullah District, Balochistan.[4]
February
[edit]- 1 February –
- Eighteen members of the Frontier Corps were killed in an attack by the Balochistan Liberation Army on their vehicle near Mangochar, Kalat District, Balochistan. Twenty-four attackers were also reported to have been killed.[5]
- Five people, including four members of the security forces, were killed in an attack by militants on their vehicle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[6]
- 3 February – A police officer escorting polio vaccination workers was killed in an ambush by unidentified gunmen in Jamrud, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[7]
- 6 February – A militant assault on a police post in Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killed three police officers and injured five others.[8]
- 14 February – A roadside bomb targeted a vehicle carrying coal miners in Harnai, Balochistan, killing 11 and injuring five.[9]
- 17 February – A convoy of aid trucks in Kurram District was ambushed, killing a driver and a security official, and injuring 15 others.[10]
- 18 February – Four soldiers responding to the attack on the aid convoy in Kurram District the previous day were killed in an ambush by militants.[11]
- 19 February –
- Seven people were killed in an attack by gunmen on a bus in Barkhan District, Balochistan.[12] The Balochistan Liberation Army subsequently claimed responsibility.[13]
- A police officer escorting polio vaccination workers was killed in an ambush by unidentified gunmen in Bajaur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[14]
- 21 February – Six militants were killed in a raid by security forces in Karak District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[15]
- 23 February – Security forces killed seven militants in two separate operations in Dera Ismail Khan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[16][17]
- 24 February – Ten militants were killed in a raid by security forces in Bagh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[18]
- 28 February –
- 2025 Darul Uloom Haqqania bombing: A suicide bombing during Friday prayers in Darul Uloom Haqqania in Akora Khattak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killed Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani and six others.[19]
- Two people were killed in a roadside bombing near a pharmacy in Orakzai District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[20]
- Ten people, including two soldiers, were injured in a roadside bombing on a vehicle carrying members of the security forces in Quetta.[20]
March
[edit]- 3 March – A woman blew herself up beside a Frontier Corps vehicle in Kalat, Balochistan, killing another person and injuring three others.[21]
- 4 March – Eighteen people were killed in a combined suicide bombing and assault on a military base in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, that was claimed by the Pakistani Taliban affiliate Jaish Al-Fursan.[22]
- 11 March – 2025 Jaffar Express hijacking: Balochistan Liberation Army militants blew up railway tracks and hijacked the Jaffar Express train bound from Quetta to Peshawar taking 450 people hostages including both security personnel and civilians.[23][24]
- 15 March – Munir Shakir, the founder of Lashkar-e-Islam, was killed in a bomb attack in Peshawar.[25]
- 16 March – The BLA attacked a Frontier Corps convoy in Noshki, Balochistan, killing five people, including three soldiers. The attack involved an explosion followed by a suicide bombing. Security forces killed four attackers in retaliation.[26]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Deadly bomb targets convoy carrying Pakistan security forces". VOA News. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ "Pakistan recovers 8 out of 16 mine workers abducted by militants". AP News. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ "Death toll rises to 5 in rocket and gun attack on an aid convoy in restive northwestern Pakistan". AP News. 17 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ^ "2 soldiers, 5 militants killed in southwest Pakistan during attack on security post". AP News. 28 January 2025. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ "Dozens of soldiers, fighters killed in Baloch separatist attack in Pakistan". Al Jazeera. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ^ "Militants kill four security force members in northwest Pakistan: Police". Al Arabiya. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
- ^ "Gunmen kill a police officer working on Pakistan's first polio drive of the year". AP News. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
- ^ "Militant attack on a police post in restive northwestern Pakistan leaves 3 officers dead". AP News. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ "A roadside bomb struck a vehicle carrying miners in southwestern Pakistan, killing 11 people". AP News. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
- ^ "2 people killed when militants ambush trucks with aid for northwestern Pakistan". AP News. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ "4 Pakistani troops killed while responding to an attack on aid trucks in restive northwest". AP News. 18 February 2025. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
- ^ Godbole, Tanika (19 February 2025). "Pakistan: Gunmen kill 7 Punjabis in bus attack". DW. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "Outlawed Pakistani separatist group claims killing of 7 in bus attack in restive southwest". AP News. 20 February 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
- ^ "Gunmen kill police officer assigned to guard polio workers in northwestern Pakistan". AP News. 19 February 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "Pakistan security forces kill 6 militants in a raid in the northwest". AP News. 21 February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ "Security Forces kill 7 Khwarij in DI Khan". Associated Press of Pakistan. 2025-02-23. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
- ^ Dawn.com (2025-02-23). "7 terrorists killed in separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's DI Khan: ISPR". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
- ^ "Pakistani security forces kill 10 militants in a raid near Afghanistan". AP News. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
- ^ "Haqqania madrassa's top official among seven killed in Nowshera suicide blast". Geo TV. 28 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Suicide bomb at a seminary in northwest Pakistan kills top cleric and 5 others ahead of Ramadan". AP News. 28 February 2025.
- ^ "Female suicide bomber kills 1 person and injures 3 in southwest Pakistan". AP News. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ "Pakistanis mourn 18 killed in a suicide bombing at an army base". AP News. 5 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ^ "Pakistan train hijack: Militants threaten to 'execute' hostages; over 400 onboard". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
- ^ "Pakistan Train Hijack LIVE: 450 Hostages Including Military Personnel In BLA's Captivity, Civilian Passengers Released". News18. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
- ^ "Prominent Religious Scholar Mufti Munir Shakir Killed in Peshawar Blast".
- ^ "Pakistan army hit by another BLA attack, 5 killed, including 3 soldiers". ANI News. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
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