June 2011 Peshawar bombings

Islamabad

Karachi

Peshawar

June 2011 Peshawar bombings (Pakistan)

Date| 12 June 2011

Attack type

| Suicide bombing
Deaths| 34+[1]
Injured| 100+[1]
Perpetrators| Unknown

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Terrorist attacks
in Pakistan (since 2001)

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‡ indicates attacks resulting in more than 100 deaths
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2002|

* 1st Karachi

2003|

* 1st Quetta

2004|

* 2nd Quetta
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2005|

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2006|

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* Dargai

2007|

* 1st Dera Ismail Khan
* 1st Charsadda
* July bombings ‡
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* 5th Karachi ‡
* 2nd Charsadda
* 3rd Rawalpindi (Bhutto assassination)

2008|

* 3rd Charsadda
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* 1st Swat
* 1st Islamabad
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* 1st Wah
* 1st Peshawar
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* 1st Orakzai ‡
* 2nd Peshawar

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* 4th Peshawar
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* 5th Peshawar ‡
* 5th Rawalpindi
* 6th Peshawar
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* 1st Lower Dir
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2010|

* 1st Lakki Marwat ‡
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* 2nd Khyber
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* U.S consulate/Timergarah attack
* 2nd/3rd Kohat
* 8th Peshawar
* 11th Lahore (Ahmadiyya)
* 9th Dera Ismail Khan
* 12th Lahore (Sufi)
* 1st Mohmand ‡
* 13th Lahore (Shia)
* 3rd Quetta
* 2nd Darra Adam Khel
* 8th Karachi (CID)
* 2nd Mohmand
* 2nd Bajaur

2011|

* Faisalabad
* 9th Peshawar
* 2nd Dera Ghazi Khan
* 4th Quetta
* 4th Charsadda
* 9th Karachi (PNS Mehran)
* 10th Peshawar
* 10th Dera Ismail Khan (police station)
* 4th Khyber
* 5th Quetta
* Karachi targeted killings ‡
* 1st Mastung

2012|

* 5th Khyber
* 1st Rahim Yar Khan
* 1st Kohistan
* Mansehra
* 13th Peshawar (airport)
* 11th Dera Ismail Khan

2013|

* 8th Quetta/3rd Swat ‡
* 9th Quetta
* 10th Karachi
* Election day
* Quaid-e-Azam residency
* 10th Quetta
* Mardan
* Nanga Parbat
* 11th Quetta/17th Peshawar
* 14th Lahore
* 5th Parachinar
* 12th Dera Ismail Khan (prison attack)
* 11th Karachi
* 12th Quetta
* 13th Quetta
* 18th Peshawar ‡
* 19th Peshawar

2014|

* 12th Karachi (Chaudhry Aslam assassination)
* 1st Bannu
* 2nd Mastung
* 20th Peshawar
* 13th Karachi (Jinnah International Airport)
* 14th Quetta
* Wagah border
* 21st Peshawar (school massacre) ‡

2015|

* Shikarpur
* 22nd Peshawar
* 15th Lahore
* 14th Karachi
* 3rd Mastung
* Attock
* Camp Badaber
* Taunsa Sharif
* 15th Quetta
* Jacobabad
* 6th Parachinar

2016|

* 16th Quetta
* 5th Charsadda (Bacha Khan University)
* 23rd Peshawar
* 16th Lahore
* 17th Quetta
* 3rd Mohmand
* 18th Quetta
* 2nd Khuzdar

2017|

* 13th Dera Ismail Khan
* 7th Parachinar
* 17th Lahore
* 24th Peshawar
* Sehwan
* 6th Charsadda
* 8th Parachinar
* 18th Lahore
* 25th Peshawar
* 4th Mastung
* 19th Quetta/9th Parachinar
* Chaman
* 19th Lahore
* 20th Lahore
* 4th Bajaur
* 20th Quetta
* 1st Harnai
* 14th Dera Ismail Khan (Ataullah Shah)
* Jhal Magsi
* 27th Peshawar
* 21st Quetta

2018|

* 28th Peshawar
* 5th Mastung/2nd Bannu ‡
* 15th Dera Ismail Khan
* 2018 election violence
* 22nd Quetta
* 2nd Orakzai
* 15th Karachi (Chinese consulate)

2019|

* 1st Loralai
* 2nd Loralai/Panjgur
* 23rd Quetta
* 20th Lahore
* 1st Gwadar

2020|

* 24th Quetta
* 25th Quetta
* 16th Karachi (Stock Exchange)

2021|

* 1st Machh
* 3rd Chaman
* 26th Quetta (Serena Hotel)
* 21st Lahore
* 17th Karachi
* 27th Quetta
* 28th Quetta

2022|

* 22nd Lahore
* 1st Kech
* Panjgur and Naushki
* 29th Quetta
* Sibi
* 29th Peshawar
* Sangan
* 18th Karachi
* 19th Karachi
* 1st Miranshah
* 4th Swat
* 2nd Lakki Marwat
* 30th Quetta
* 2nd Miranshah
* 3rd Bannu
* 7th Islamabad

2023|

* 31st Peshawar
* 20th Karachi
* Barkhan
* Bolan
* Havelian
* 3rd Lakki Marwat
* 8th Khyber
* 31st Quetta
* Muslim Bagh
* 32nd Peshawar
* Zhob
* 1st N Waziristan
* Bara
* Khar
* 2nd N Waziristan
* 6th Mastung
* Hangu
* 16th Dera Ismail Khan
* 2nd Gwadar
* Mianwali
* Chilas
* Daraban

2024|

* 2024 Balochistan
* BLA Gwadar attack
* Shangla
* Lakki Marwat
* 32nd Quetta
* Kurram

2025|

* Darul Uloom Haqqania
* Jaffar Express hijacking
* 7th Mastung
* North Waziristan clashes
* 2nd Machh
* 3rd N Waziristan
* 3rd Khuzdar
* Mir Ali
* 5th Bajaur

The June 2011 Peshawar bombings occurred on 12 June 2011 in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[1] At least 34 people were killed, and more than 90 were injured, when two bombs exploded in a market around midnight.[2] 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.[3] About 10 kilograms (22 lb) of explosives were used in the second blast according to officials.[4] Police and rescue teams soon reached the spot and cordoned the area.[5]

## Death of two journalists

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Two journalists, Asfandyar Abid Naveed (ca. 1976 – 11 June 2011), also reported as Asfandyar Khan, a career journalist working for Akhbar-e-Khyber,[6][7] and Shafiullah Khan (ca. 1983 – 17 June 2011), of The News, were killed as a result of covering the double suicide bombing in Peshawar.[8][9][10][11] Naveed died at the scene from the second blast. His death in the attack prompted calls among Pakistan's professional journalism organisations for more attention to be placed on the safety of journalists and for more action by police.[7][11]

Shafiullah Khan was a trainee reporter for the daily The News (Pakistan).[9][12] He was from Palangzai village, North Waziristan. Khan had recently completed a master's degree in journalism from Gomal University in Dera Ismail Khan. He had been working as a trainee for one week in Peshawar bureau of The News before the deadly bombings, according to the Khyber Union of Journalists, an affiliate of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ). Khan received third degree burns after the second blast was set off after military and media arrived. Khan was transferred to the Khyber Teaching Hospital's (KTH) burn unit. Doctors said he also received metal shrapnel in his right shoulder. A week later, 17 June 2011, Khan died in the burn treatment center in Wah Cantonment, a military center east of Islamabad.[9]

Just one month before this bombing, journalist Nasrullah Khan Afridi, of the Khyber News Agency, PTV News, Daily Mashriq, had been killed 10 May 2011, in the same Khyber Super Market as the other two journalists.[13][14]

## Responsibility

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While the Taliban were suspected to have carried out the attack, the Pakistani Taliban spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan denied responsibility and blamed the attack on "foreign agents." "We did not carry out this attack in Peshawar. It is an attempt by foreign secret agencies who are doing it to malign us. We do not target innocent people. Our targets are very clear, we attack security forces, government and people who are siding with it."[5] In Pakistan, references made to 'foreign agencies' are well-circulated conspiracy theories and rumours that point to alleged CIA activities in Pakistan and the perception that covert American agents are carrying out an orchestrated campaign of terrorism in the country to destabilise it.[citation needed][dubious – discuss]

The Committee to Protect Journalists believe the attacks were politically motivated. The organisation listed both journalists' deaths as a result of a dangerous assignment.[7][11][15][16]

## See also

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* Pakistan portal
* Journalism portal

* List of armed conflicts and attacks, January – June 2011
* List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan since 2001

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Bombings Kill Dozens in Pakistan". The New York Times. 12 June 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
2. ^ "Deadly blasts at market in Pakistani city of Peshawar". BBC. 12 June 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
3. ^ "Twin blasts in Peshawar of Pakistan kill 35, injure over 100". Xinhua News Agency. 12 June 2011. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
4. ^ Habib, Nasir. "34 killed, 94 injured in twin blasts in Pakistani market". CNN. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
5. ^ a b "Peshawar Cantt blasts: Taliban deny responsibility, blame 'foreign agencies'". The Express Tribune. 12 June 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
6. ^ "Asfandyar Abid Naveed". International News Safety Institute. 11 June 2011. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
7. ^ a b c "Asfandyar Khan (Correction: Asfandyar Abid Naveed)". Committee to Protect Journalists. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
8. ^ "Asfandyar Khan and Shafiullah Khan". International News Safety Institute. 17 June 2011. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
9. ^ a b c "Shafiullah Khan". Committee to Protect Journalists. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
10. ^ "Alert: Journalist killed, eight others injured in Peshawar blasts". Pakistan Press Foundation / International Freedom of Expression Exchange. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
11. ^ a b c "Young reporter dies from bomb injuries, media hounded throughout country". Reporters Without Borders. 21 June 2011. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
12. ^ Pakistan Press Foundation (21 June 2011). "Injured Journalist Dies of Blast Wounds". International Freedom of Expression Exchange. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
13. ^ "Senior tribal journalist killed in bomb attack". The News (Pakistan). 11 May 2011. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
14. ^ "Nasrullah Khan Afridi". Committee to Protect Journalists. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
15. ^ Reporters Without Borders (2011). "Call for urgent steps to protect journalists after Peshawar suicide bombing". Archived from the original on 24 June 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
16. ^ International Federation of Journalists. 2011. "IFJ Calls for Safety Education after Journalist Killed in Pakistan Blast." Retrieved 18 September 2011 [1] Archived 5 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.

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