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Pakistan since 9/11

A statistical report of a Decade of the war on terror












CIRCLe
Center for Innovative Research, Collaboration and Learning
www.circle.org.pk





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CIRCLe Introduction
The Center for Innovative Research, Collaboration, and Learning (CIRCLe) was established on
October 25, 2010, with an aim of enhancing the understanding of the current socio-political
discourse in Pakistan. CIRCLe focuses on promoting peace, harmony, and tolerance through
deradicalization of the society.
CIRCLe wants to see a religiously harmonious, socially aware, and forward-looking Pakistan,
with the help of an easy to understand language and narrative. Within its purview is an
amalgamation of socio-political research, and advocacy for peace, harmony, and tolerance.
CIRCLe has established a well-equipped resource center for researchers. CIRCLes resource
center has hundreds of books, journals, reports, periodicals, and documentaries, on the
subjects of Islam, Sufism, philosophy, politics, international affairs, literature, world
religions, religious extremism, and terrorism. Accessing an exhaustive list of what is
available in CIRCLes Resource Center is just a click away on the organizations website
www.circle.org.pk.
CIRCLe organized a conference on Determining Factors for Eradication of Terrorism in Five
Years, held in Islamabad on February 24, 2011. It has also organized a seminar on the Future
of Pakistan on March 23, 2011, which was addressed by former Foreign Minister of Pakistan,
Mr. Shah Mehmood Qureshi. The reports of both the events are available on CIRCLes
website. Besides producing research reports and organizing conferences and seminars,
CIRCLe also maintains a website www.terrorismwatch.com.pk, which is regularly updated
with open source information and analysis about terrorist incidents in Pakistan.








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Contents


1. Introduction 6
2. Terrorist Attacks by Regions 10
3. Casualties in Pakistan since September 11, 2001 22
4. Type of Incidents 25
5. Drone Attacks 29
6. Attacks on Educational Institutes 31
7. Attacks on NATO Containers 32
8. Sectarian Violence 34
9. Attacks on Sufi Shrines 36
10. Conclusion 37












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Introduction:

Pakistan is one of the worst affected
countries since the beginning of the war on
terror. of the incident of September 11, 2001.
Around 37,000 Pakistanis have lost their lives
in the war on terror. If we take a look at the
statistics of the incidents of terrorist attacks
since 9/11 (as shown in Figure 1), it can be
observed that there has been a gradual but
consistent rise in the incidents of terrorist
attacks in Pakistan from 2001 to 2007. From
2007 to 2010, however, the rise in the
terrorist incidents has been exponential.
While several explanations can be given for
such a dramatic rise in the numbers of
terrorist attacks, two important developments
can be considered the leading causes of the
trend. The first development, occurring in
September 2006, was a controversial peace
agreement between the military and the militants based in North Waziristan hosting the
Haqqani Network (HQN) and al-Qaeda (AQ), which greatly strengthened the hand of the
militants by establishing their control in North Waziristan and giving them the opportunity
to extend their influence to other areas as well.
The North Waziristan peace-deal came at a time when the
military was already reached some sort of understanding
with two other groups of militants based in South
Waziristan through the Shakai Agreement of April 2004
(signed with the Ahmadzai Wazir militants) and the Sara
Rogha Argreement of February 2005 (signed with the
Mahsud militants led by Baitullah Mahsud). The North
Waziristan Agreement actually completed the loop for the militants who were given a Carte
Blanche by the security establishment through these successive peace-deals. This propelled
the militant to extend their influence away from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas
(FATA) and into the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) at a rapid pace. After the September 2006
peace agreement, the militants quickly established their presence in the Khyber, Kurram
Mohmand, and Orakzai agencies in FATA (they were already present in Bajaur agency along
with North and South Waziristan) as well as several districts of KPK. By the end of 2007, the
militants were actually in almost virtual control of the whole of Malakand Division
comprising of seven districts. The capital of KPK, Peshawar, was literally under siege of the
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militants in 2007 and 2008. Another important
development occurring in July 2007 that greatly
increased the number of terrorist attacks in the
country was the storming of the Red Mosque in
Islamabad by the Pakistani military because it
was taken over by militants. The whole issue of
takeover of a mosque by the militants right in
the heart of the capital was mismanagement by
the government, owing partly to the political
woes that it was suffering from at the time. It
was evident from as early as February that something extraordinary had started happening
inside the Red Mosque when their vigilante squads of both male and female members
started patrolling and apprehending people, but the government was slow to react. When it
did actually take action, it was an extreme one, resulting in the loss of many lives. To this
day, it is argued that the government has covered up the actual numbers of deaths caused
because of the military assault on the Red Mosque. The situation got so out of control after
the July 2007 happenings that two-times former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto became a
victim of one such attack (which was the second attempt on her life in a row in the same
month) on December 27, 2007, which left its mark on the return of democracy to the
country after a hiatus of about ten years. It is also obvious from Figure 1 that the terrorist
incidents have declined since 2009. The main reason for this was the successful military
operation against the militants in Malakand Division that pushed them out of the region and
inflicted heavy losses on them, besides busting the myth of their invincibility.











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Figure 2 shows the break-up of the terrorist attacks by geographical
region / area. It is obvious from looking at Figure 2 that not a single
province is spared in the last ten years. The KPK and FATA,
however, were the most affected because of the militants operated
from their bases in the two regions. Figure 2 also shows that the
Balochistan saw a large number of terrorist incidents as well. Most
of those terrorist attacks were conducted either by Baloch
separatist groups or sectarian militants involved in Shia-Sunni
violence. While various Taliban factions were not very active in
Balochistan in the past ten years, the situation remained unstable
there, especially after the execution of Nawab Akbar Bugti August 26, 2006. The attacks in
Punjab and Sindh provinces also targeted security installations, government offices, as well
as religious places such as mosques and shrines.







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Figure 3 shows a comparison of the casualty figures by region in Pakistan. A great number of
people lost their lives across the country. More than 15,000 people were killed in KPK and
FATA alone. The figure also highlights a significant aspect of the pattern of terrorist attacks.
While the terrorist incidents occurring in Punjab are only around 8 percent of the terrorist
attacks in both KPK and FATA, in terms of deaths, Punjab is 18 percent of the casualty figure
of KPK and 19 percent of the casualty figure of FATA. This explains that the attacks in Punjab
were fewer but deadlier. The deadliness of the attacks in Punjab could be attributed to
several factors such as the value of the targets at which the attacks were launched and the
thus the greater level of planning and preparedness for the attacks, the relative difficulty in
launching as great a number of attacks as in KPK and FATA because of the sheer proximity of
the targets in the two regions to militant strongholds, and the participation of the so-called
Punjabi Taliban (the rank and file of the sectarian militant outfits like Lashakar-e-Jhangvi
(LeJ)) who are believed to be more deft at planning and execution of deadlier attacks.









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Total killed
Total Injured
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Figure 2: Incidents by Region
NumerOf Incidents
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Terrorist Attacks by Region
As mentioned in the previous section, terrorist attacks have occurred in all the various
administrative regions of the country in the past ten years. The scale, intensity, and
frequency of the attacks has differed from region to region. Therefore, this section of the
report sums up the numbers of the incidents of terrorist attacks in all the four provinces of
Pakistan as well as FATA and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). The terrorist attacks have
increased consistently in Punjab even in the year 2010 when the overall incidents of
terrorist attacks all across country relatively declined.








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Table 1
Year Incidents killed injured
Year 2001 1 17 6
Year 2002 8 22 43
Year 2003 3 21 42
Year 2004 5 85 185
Year 2005 2 14 55
Year 2006
Year 2007 8 111 185
Year 2008 9 197 444
Year 2009 46 420 1342
Year 2010 62 309 897
Year 2011 21 26 153
Total 146 1063 3021


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Table 2 and Figure 5 indicate that Sindh featured pretty low on the priority list of the
terrorists until 2010, a year in which Sindh witnessed a remarkable increase in terrorist
attacks as compared to previous years. Most of the terrorist attacks in Sindh occurred in the
provincial capital Karachi, the two attacks targeting the two times former Prime Minister of
Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, also occurred in Karachi in December 2007 causing massive
casualties. Many incidents in Karachi were also related to political, ethnic, and sectarian
violence and these incidents were on the rise in the current year.










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Figure 4: Punjab Terror Profile
Incidents killed injured
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Table 2
Year Incidents killed injured
Year 2001 1 16
Year 2002 11 45 117
Year 2003 3 12 13
Year 2004 6 63 332
Year 2005 2 9 39
Year 2006 3 63 257
Year 2007 2 151 550
Year 2008 6 36 60
Year 2009 30 68 190
Year 2010 111 238 466
Year 2011 186 899 595
Total 361 1584 2635

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As mentioned in the previous section, political, ethnic, and sectarian violence were amongst
the reason of a majority of incidents in Balochistan in the last ten years. The number of
incidents kept increasing with consistency, however, as shown in Table 3 and Figure 6. A
remarkable increase in the terrorist attacksmostly by the Baloch separatistsoccurred
especially in the last three years after the death of Nawab Akbar Bugti, former Chief
Minister of the province, at the hands of the state.











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Figure 5: Sindh Terror Profile
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Table 3
Year Incidents Killed Injured
Year 2001 1 5 2
Year 2002 3 5
Year 2003 2 66 65
Year 2004 7 78 217
Year 2005 3 61 112
Year 2006 18 208 82
Year 2007 22 123 132
Year 2008 24 191 91
Year 2009 792 386 1070
Year 2010 737 590 1102
Year 2011 311 739 821
Total 1919 2451 3694

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The province of Khyber Pakhtunkhua (KPK) was on top in terms of number of incidents and
casualties. The number of terror attacks suddenly increased after 2005 and kept escalating
until 2010 as shown in Table 4 and Figure 7. The sudden hike in the terrorist attacks from
2006 onward can be attributed to the same two factors highlighted earlier in the report.
More than Seven thousand people were killed in more than 2,000 attacks in KPK.





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Figure 6: Balochistan Terror Profile
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Table 4
Year Incidents killed injured
Year 2001
Year 2002 3 22 19
Year 2003
Year 2004
Year 2005
Year 2006 8 210 156
Year 2007 65 886 774
Year 2008 266 3087 1687
Year 2009 1137 1439 3616
Year 2010 459 836 1832
Year 2011 227 639 778
Total 2162 7097 8843


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A large number of casualties occurred in the last ten years in FATA as well, particularly from
2005 to 2011.There were terrorist attacks in almost every agency. Besides terrorist attacks,
Security forces operations and the clashes between different tribes also made the situation
of FATA unstable. CIA-operated pilotless drones have launched several attacks in the FATA
in the past 6 years to take out al-Qaeda and pro-Taliban militants believed to be hiding in
FATA. There were also attacks from the across the border by the Afghan Taliban and Afghan
Security forces. The NATO forces also violated the airspace of Pakistan a number of times
and the ground troops also conducted operations inside Pakistans tribal areas on a few
occasions. See Table 5 and Figure 8 for details about the year-wise timeline of the attacks.









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Figure 7: KPK Terror Profile
Incidents killed injured
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Table 5
Year Incidents Killed Injured
Year 2001
Year 2002
Year 2003 1 14 20
Year 2004 3 34 27
Year 2005 3 43 5
Year 2006 12 113 50
Year 2007 94 1482 743
Year 2008 118 1394 751
Year 2009 695 1713 869
Year 2010 720 904 1433
Year 2011 376 1658 1144
Total 2019 7352 5042




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The capital of Pakistan also became the victim of terrorist attacks in last ten years .It is the
most sensitive and high security zone of the country .The motive of the militants were to
attack the high value targets located in the capital such as government officials and the
foreign missions. There was total number of 35 incidents out which 16 attacks were the
suicide attacks. After 2009 the number of incidents in the capital decreased.








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Figure 8: FATA Terror Profile
Incidents killed injured
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Table 6
Year Incidents killed injured
Year 2001
Year 2002
Year 2003 1 5
Year 2004
Year 2005 1 26 100
Year 2006
Year 2007 7 127 310
Year 2008 5 100 305
Year 2009 10 30 72
Year 2010 6 15 35
Year 2011 5 3 10
Total 33 275 732













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Figure 9: Islamabad Terror Profile
Incidents killed injured
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Casualties in Pakistan since September 11, 2001:









The total number of people killed since September 11, 2001 is more than thirty seven
thousand. September 2001 to September 2002 there were total 76 casualties and it
continued to increase every year. In the year of 2009 about twelve Thousand people were
killed in Pakistan. From September 2010 to September 2011 more than sex thousand people
have killed.




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Figure 10: Casualties from Sep.
11, 2001 to Sep. 11, 2011
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September October November December January February March April May June July August Sep-11 Total
2001-02 0 17 5 0 0 0 5 0 22 16 1 10 76
2002-03 7 0 5 10 7 22 1 1 7 18 63 4 145
2003-04 10 31 2 23 4 3 117 12 45 121 53 63 484
2004-05 176 153 96 20 39 17 95 10 70 9 74 25 784
2005-06 89 58 25 137 165 106 331 193 87 102 113 109 1515
2006-07 24 132 91 13 71 47 310 277 81 43 478 236 1803
2007-08 312 537 728 438 654 245 204 121 128 218 403 1247 5235
2008-09 1215 1057 757 466 564 677 406 518 2024 1754 982 720 11140
2009-10 850 1374 1060 775 602 500 706 790 1027 714 874 320 9592
2010-11 548 399 449 506 441 322 524 592 521 635 776 592 95 6400
Total 3231 3758 3218 2388 2547 1939 2699 2514 4012 3630 3817 3326 37174










Table: Casualties



Types of Casualties:








Comparing the causalities type it clear that civilians suffered right from 2001 and it
increased year by year. In year 2009, 2324 civilians were killed and about 8000 militant died.
The large number of militants casualties was the result of Security Forces continues
operation and inter-tribal clashes.3911 security forces personnel have been killed since
9/11/2001.Out of which 991 security forces personnel were killed in a year of 2009.Total
37214 people in Pakistan have been killed after 9/11/2001.
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Table: Casualties 1



Table: Casualties


Year Civilians Security Forces Militants Total
Year 2001 21 1 0 22
Year 2002 66 3 2 71
Year 2003 140 24 25 189
Year 2004 435 184 244 863
Year 2005 430 81 137 648
Year 2006 608 325 538 1471
Year 2007 1522 597 1479 3598
Year 2008 2155 654 3906 6715
Year 2009 2324 991 8389 11704
Year 2010 1796 469 5170 7435
Year 2011 2187 582 1729 4498
Total 11684 3911 21619 37214
Casualties
Civilians
31%
Security forces
11%
Militants
58%
Figure 12: Type of Causalities
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Type of Incidents:
There were huge numbers of incidents which resulted the loss of many innocent people in
last decade. There were huge numbers of terrorist attacks which include suicide attacks,
bomb blasts, hand grenade attack, rocket attack land mine blast. Huge collateral damage
was done in last decade particularly in last five years. Militants attacked schools and colleges
in different cities of Pakistan. Mean while gas pipelines, electric transmission lines and
telephone exchanges also came under attack. The containers supplying oil and other goods
to the NATO forces in Afghanistan were also attacked. About 350 such incidents occurred in
past ten years.

















Table: Table: Type of Incidents




Type Of Attack 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 Total
Sucide Attack 35 68 87 54 45 7 4 7 2 2 311
Bomb blasts 130 500 530 32 19 11 7 7 1 8 1 1246
Target Killings 305 280 48 23 3 5 3 6 12 2 687
Rocket/Hand Genade Attack 48 219 13 5 1 1 1 288
Drone Attacks 42 135 51 31 1 260
Land Mine Balsts 22 11 9 2 4 3 1 1 53
Attack On SF 96 21 28 6 4 155
Attack On Educational Insitutes 50 163 150 1 364
Attacks On Nato Oil Tankers 123 146 30 3 302
Attacks on Gas Lines 41 41
Attack on Railway Tracks 12 1 13
Attack on Telephone Exchnage 14 14
Cross Border attack by Indian Army 3 39 7 49
Cross border Attack by the Millitants 18 24 15 2 2 61
SF Operation against Militants 45 260 596 188 52 7 1 1 1150
NATO jets Airsapce voilation 2 3 1 6
Inter Tribe Clashes 46 214 217 33 19 2 531
Total 1032 1549 2193 438 197 42 19 23 10 25 3 5531
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Suicide Attacks:









More than three hundred suicide attacks were reported in Pakistan since 2001.4,771 people
were killed in those attacks across different areas in Pakistan. These suicide attacks targeted
mosques, shrines, markets, security forces buildings, hotels and restaurants. 87 suicide
attacks occurred in year 2009 which killed 949 people.







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Table: Suicide Attacks


Suicide Attacks
Year No of Attacks Killed Injured
Year 2001
Year 2002 2 19 58
Year 2003 2 69 103
Year 2004 7 89 321
Year 2005 4 84 219
Year 2006 7 161 352
Year 2007 45 765 1677
Year 2008 54 893 1846
Year 2009 87 949 2356
Year 2010 68 1166 1986
Year 2011 35 576 1068
Total 311 4771 9986
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Figure 12: Suicide Attacks Since
9/11/2001
No of Attacks
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Suicide Attacks

All the provinces of Pakistan faced these deadly suicide attacks. About half of the total
attacks occurred in KPK.2125 people were killed in 156 suicide attacks in KPK. Suicide
attacks targeted major cities of Punjab, Sindh, FATA and Balochistan.


Suicide Attacks
19 69
89 84
161
765
893
949
1166
576
58
103
321
219
352
1677
1846
2356
1986
1068
Year
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Year
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Year
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Year
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Year
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Year
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Year
2007
Year
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Year
2009
Year
2010
Year
2011
Figure 13: Causalities in Suicide
Attacks in Pakistan Since 9/11/2011
Killed Injured
42
13
12
156
53
16
2
Figure 14: Number of Suicide Attacks
Number of Attacks
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Suicide Attacks

Drone Attacks:


American led drone strikes started in Pakistan started in 2005.Till now there have been total
261 drone strikes which have killed 1939 people .There have been different reports on the
types of causalities in these drone strikes. Some report the killing of civilians and other
report the killing of militants. Drone attacks also targeted some of the prominent leaders
but there were also some attacks where they targeted the local tribesmen. Drone strikes
were paced up in 2008 .in 2010 only 135 missiles were fired by the drones.



42 13
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Figure 15: Causalities in Suicide
Attacks in Diffrent Areas of Pakistan
Number of Attacks Killed Injured
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Drone Attacks

Drone Attacks

Major targeted area of the drones was FATA; while only one attack on the district of Bannu
in KPK was reported .Drone missiles targeted every agency of FATA accept Mohamand
Agency. The mostly effected area was Waziristan. North Waziristan (believed to be the
headquarters of the dreaded Haqqani Network) received 150 strikes while drone missiles
strike 30 times at South Waziristan.
Year Incidents Killed Injured
Year 2005 1 1 0
Year 2006 0 0 0
Year 2007 1 20 15
Year 2008 31 156 17
Year 2009 51 536 75
Year 2010 135 831 85
Year 2011 42 395 46
Total 261 1939 238
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Figure 16: Drone Attacks
Incidents Killed Injured
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Drone Attacks
Attacks on Educational Institutes:

Militants attacked many schools and colleges in past decade particularly in last 3 years.
There 373 attacks on educational institutes >most of such incidents occurred in the localities
of FATA and KPK.In KPK Swat, Peshawar,Nowshera were the major cities where schools
were blown up .while in FATA Khyber agency ad Bajaur agency were the major agencies
where schools were blown up.




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Figure 17: Drone Attacks in Pakistan
Attacks Killed Injued
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Attacks on Educational Institutes



Attacks on Educational Institutes
Attacks on NATO Containers:

NATO containers were repeatedly attacked in Pakistan since 2008.There was more than 200
incidents related to attacks on NATO containers occurred across the country. From the last
two year the attacks are increasing as they are the easy target for the militants.






Year Number Of Attacks
Year 2009 150
Year 2010 163
Year 2011 60
Total 373
150
163
60
Year 2009 Year 2010 Year 2011
Figure 18: Number Of Attacks on
Educational Insitutes
Number Of Attacks
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Attacks on NATO Containers


Attacks on NATO Containers
Most of the attacks on NATO containers were occurred in Balochistan. In last three years
130 incidents related to NATO containers .While such attacks continually occurred in FATA
and KPK .There were also such incidents from some areas of Punjab and Sindh.



Attacks on NATO Containers

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25
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81
Year 2008 Year 2009 Year 2010 Year 2011*
Figure 19: Nummber of attacks
on NATO Supplies
Number Of Attacks
Year Number Of Attacks
Year 2008 8
Year 2009 25
Year 2010 99
Year 2011* 81
Total 213
Province Number of Attacks
Punjab 8
Balochistan 130
FATA 42
KPK 29
Sindh 4
Total 213
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Attacks on NATO Containers



Sectarian Violence:







Sectarian violence has been the problem of Pakistan for many years but after 9/11/2001 it
increased. Every year there were hundreds of people who have become victim to the
sectarian killings. Most of sectarian violence was the results of dispute between Shia and
Sunni community.
4%
61%
20%
13%
2%
Figure 20: Attacks on NATO supplies
in Pakistan
Punjab Balochistan FATA KPK Sindh
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Sectarian Violence









Year Killed Injured
Year 2001
Year 2002 1
Year 2003 65 66
Year 2004 88 272
Year 2005 35 123
Year 2006
Year 2007 85 156
Year 2008 100 248
Year 2009 277 671
Year 2010 274 408
Year 2011 132 242
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277 274
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272
123
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671
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242
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Year
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Year
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Sectarion voilence in Pakistan
Since 9/11/2001
Killed Injured
36

Year Number Of Shrines Attacked
2005 2
2006 1
2007 2
2008 3
2009 5
2010 18
2011 5
Total 36
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Timeline of Attacks on
Shrines in Pakistan
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Casualities in Attacks on
Shrines In Pakistan
Killed Injured
Attacks on Sufi Shrines:






Terrorist also attacked shrines of Sufis across the country. Attacks on shrines started in 2005
and they increased every year. The number of attacks had a sudden increase in 2010 in
which 18 shrines were attacked .Total 36 shrines were attacked across the country.







Attacks on Sufi Shrines











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Conclusion:
Pakistan has remained a battleground of the war on terror
for the past ten years and it has taken its toll on the people
of the country as well as its state, society, and economy.
While Pakistan has received some foreign assistance, the
amount of aid Pakistan has received from foreign
governments does not do justice to the enormous sacrifices
rendered by the nation for fighting for a global cause. On
the contrary, Pakistan has been accused several times of being unable or unwilling to do
more for stopping the terrorists from launching attacks across the border in Afghanistan or
elsewhere in the world. The sheer numbers of the terrorist attacks in Pakistan that are
unparalleled anywhere else in the world speak volumes about the scale of the terrorist
threat and the resistance that Pakistan has to actually deal with when carrying out military
operations against the terrorists.
The armed forces of Pakistan have conducted several
successful military operations against the terrorists; the
most recent ones being in Malakand region of the
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and South Waziristan in the
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Even after
the successful military operations in several areas of the
country, the terrorists have retained the capacity to
regroup and reorganize for a variety of reasons. First, the Pakistan army is not trained for
counter-insurgency operations and when it goes after the militants, it can engage them in
battles only if they show resistance. It is mostly observed that when the militants find the
military coming to hunt them down with full might in a particular area, they disband and
escape someplace else, allowing themselves time to regroup for battle at a later stage. This
brings us to the second point concerning the resilience of the terrorist groups, that is, their
capacity to assimilate into civilian populations without detection. Third, as long as there are
foreign forces across the border in Afghanistan, the terrorists have a reason to rally people
in their support in the name of jihad.
Lasting peace in Afghanistan as well as improving the military, intelligence, law and order,
and administrative capacity of the Pakistan government would thus be key to lasting success
against militancy and terrorism in Pakistan. For this, the international community will have
to fulfill its obligations with respect to Afghanistan as well as help Pakistan recover from the
huge losses it has suffered because of the war on terror and its consequences.



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