Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2026
This article is about terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2026 in chronological order.
January
[edit]- 12 January – Seven police officers were killed in a bomb attack on their vehicle in Tank District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[1] The Islamist militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack[2]
- 15 January – Twelve Balochistan Liberation Army militants were killed in an attack on a police station and two banks in Kharan District, Balochistan.[3]
- 23 January – Seven people were killed in a suicide bombing at a wedding held at the residence of a community leader in Dera Ismail Khan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[4]
- 31 January – A series of attacks were carried out by the BLA on multiple locations across Balochistan, leaving 36 civilians, 22 members of the security forces, and more than 226 militants and insurgents dead.[5]
February
[edit]- 6 February – At least 31 people were killed in a suicide bombing at an Imambarga (a Shia mosque) in Islamabad.[6]
- 11 February – Four police officers were killed in an ambush by militants on their vehicle in Dera Ismail Khan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[7]
- 12 February – At least one person was killed and three others were injured, including an army official, in a bomb attack in Chilas on a vehicle belonging to the Frontier Works Organization.[8]
- 16 February –
- Two people were killed while 15 were injured in a motorcycle bombing near a police station in Bannu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[9]
- Three security personnel were killed while conducting an operation in Kabalgram.[10]
- Eleven security personnel and one child were killed in a vehicle bombing on a checkpoint in Bajaur.[11]
- 18 February – Two officials were killed and two others injured when militants attacked a police station and a customs office in Dera Ismail Khan.[12]
- 21 February – Two soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel, and five militants were killed in a motorcycle bombing on a convoy in Bannu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[13]
- 23 February – Three security personnel belonging to the Frontier Corps were killed in Karak District when militants opened fire on an ambulance carrying wounded personnel following a drone attack.[14]
- 24 February –
- Six policemen including a deputy sub inspector were killed when militants ambushed a police van in Kohat.[15]
- Two police officers were killed in a suicide bombing near a checkpoint in Bhakkar District.[16]
- 25 February –
- Three security personnel were killed and another injured when militants opened fire on a security vehicle near Chaman.[17]
- Four police officers were killed in an attack on a patrol in Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[18]
March
[edit]- 7 March –
- At least 10 people were killed and several others were critically injured in a suspected bombing at a filling station in Wana, South Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[19]
- At least four people were killed, including two policemen, and more than 35 others were injured, including three seriously, in two separate bombings targeting a police patrol van and a market in Wana and Lakki Marwat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[20]
- 16 March – Five soldiers were killed and several others are injured in a roadside bombing in Duki District, Balochistan.[21]
April
[edit]- 3 April – Five people were killed while 13 others were injured in a suicide bombing in Bannu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[22]
- 12 April – Three Pakistan Coast Guard personnel were killed in an ambush by the Balochistan Liberation Army on a patrol boat in the Arabian Sea near Gwadar.[23]
- 23 April – Nine people were killed in an attack on a National Resources Limited mining site in Chagai.[24]
May
[edit]- 9 May – At least three police officers were killed in a suicide bombing and shooting in Bannu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[25]
- 10 May – At least 21 police officers were killed in Fateh Khel in Bannu District due to a car bombing at a police post carried out by Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan.[26]
- 12 May – 9 people including two police officers, were killed in a rickshaw bombing on a bazaar in Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[27]
- 13 May – 5 Pakistan Army soldiers, including a major, were killed and another was critically injured in a roadside IED blast targeting an artillery unit in the Bala Dhaka area of Barkhan District, Balochistan.[28]
- 14 May – A suicide attack on a scouts camp in Bajaur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killed one civilian and at least 8 Pakistani security personnel, while 35 others were wounded after an explosives-laden vehicle attempted to enter the camp.[29][30]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Roadside bomb targeting police vehicle kills 6 officers in northwest Pakistan". AP News. 13 January 2026. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ "Seven Pakistani police officers killed in targeted bomb attack". Reuters. 12 January 2026.
- ^ "Pakistan security forces kill 12 militants, thwarting attempted hostage-taking in southwest". AP News. 17 January 2026. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
- ^ "A suicide bomber strikes a wedding in northwestern Pakistan and kills 7 people". Associated Press. 2026-01-25. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
- ^ Lukiv, Jaroslav (1 February 2026). "Deadly gun and bomb attacks hit Pakistan's Balochistan province". BBC News. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ^ "Bombing at mosque in Islamabad kills at least 31 during Friday prayers". Euronews. 6 February 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
- ^ "Militants ambush police in restive northwest Pakistan, killing 4 officers". Associated Press. 2026-02-11. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
- ^ "1 killed, 3 injured in explosion in northern Pakistan". Anadolu Agency. 2026-02-12. Retrieved 2026-02-12.
- ^ "Motorcycle bomb at police station kills at least 2 and wounds several in northwestern Pakistan". Associated Press. 2026-02-16. Retrieved 2026-02-16.
- ^ "CTD KP conducts first-ever independent counterterror operation in Shangla's Kabalgram". PakistanToday. 2026-02-17. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
- ^ "More than a dozen killed in bomb blasts, gunfire in Pakistan's northwest". Al Jazeera. 2026-02-17. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
- ^ "Two officials martyred in militant attack on police station, customs office in Dera Ismail Khan". Dawn. 2026-02-18. Retrieved 2026-02-18.
- ^ "Two soldiers killed during military operation in Pakistan's northwest: Army". Al Jazeera. 2026-02-21. Retrieved 2026-02-21.
- ^ "Three FC personnel martyred in terrorist attack in KP's Karak: police". Geo News. 2026-02-23. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
- ^ "Six policemen including DSP martyred in Kohat attack". Business Recorder. 2026-02-24. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
- ^ "2 policemen martyred as suicide bomber targets checkpost in Bhakkar". Dawn. 2026-02-24. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
- ^ "Three security personnel martyred in attack on vehicle near Chaman". The Express Tribune. 2026-02-25. Retrieved 2026-02-25.
- ^ "Pakistan kills 34 militants in multiple raids near Afghanistan. An ambush kills 4 police officers". AP News. 2026-02-26. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
- ^ "Deadly Blast Rocks South Waziristan Fuel Station In Pakistan: 10 Killed, Many Injured".
- ^ "Four people, including two policemen, killed in twin blasts in northwest Pakistan". Arab News PK. 2026-03-07. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
- ^ "Five Pakistani Soldiers Killed In Roadside Blast After Remote-Controlled Bomb Goes Off In Balochistan". news18. 16 March 2026.
- ^ "Five civilian martyred as suicide car bomb hits Bannu police station". Pakistan Today. 2026-04-03. Retrieved 2026-04-03.
- ^ "Three killed as armed men attack Pakistan Coast Guards in Arabian Sea". Reuters. 2026-04-12.
- ^ "9 killed in armed attack at mining project site in Balochistan's Chagai". Dawn. 2026-04-23. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ^ "Suicide bomber, gunmen kill 3 police officers in attack on security post in northwest Pakistan". Associated Press. 2026-04-09. Retrieved 2026-04-09.
- ^ "Car bomb attack and ambush in northwest Pakistan kill at least 21 police". Aljazeera. 2026-04-10. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
- ^ "Bomb rigged to rickshaw explodes in Pakistan bazaar, killing 9 and wounding more than 2 dozen others". AP News. 2026-04-10. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
- ^ "Five army soldiers killed in IED blast in southwestern Pakistan— police". Arab News. 2026-05-13. Retrieved 2026-05-13.
- ^ "Civilian, 8 Pakistani security personnel killed in suicide attack, 35 others wounded". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
- ^ "Pakistan army camp hit by deadly suicide attack in Bajaur, 15 soldiers killed". News24online. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
