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Published 13 Feb, 2014 07:36am

313 deaths in 17 KP attacks since Sept 9 APC call for talks with Taliban

PESHAWAR: A total of 313 people have died and over 400 suffered injuries in over a dozen acts of terrorism in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province since Sept 9, – the day when a government-sponsored ‘all-party conference’ in Islamabad decided to hold talks with militants to bring peace to the country.

Following is a chronology of the incidents:

Sept 15: Maj-Gen Sanaullah Niazi and three others are killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Upper Dir.

Sept 22: A twin suicide attack at a church in Peshawar kills 98 and injures 130.

Sept 27: A time-bomb rips through a bus on Charsadda road, leaving 19 people dead and at least 21 others wounded.

Sept 29: A car bomb attack in Peshawar’s Qissa Khwani bazaar kills 41 and injures 45.

Jan 12, 2014: Mian Mushtaq, a leader of the Awami National Party, and two others are gunned down on the outskirts of the provincial capital.

Jan 12: The motorcade of Amir Muqam, a leader of the ruling PML-N, is hit by two IED blasts in the Shangla district, leaving five people dead.

Jan 16: Ten people are killed and 60 wounded in a bomb blast at a Tablighi Markaz in Peshawar.

Jan 19: An explosion in the Bannu garrison kills 24 and injures 24.

Jan 21: Seven people are killed and nine injured in a blast at Serdheri Bazaar in Charsadda.

Jan 23: Six people die and eight suffer injuries in a blast in an auto workshop at Peshawar.

Jan 25: A toy bomb explosion in Hangu kills six.

Feb 2: Five people lose their lives and 30 are wounded in a grenade attack in Peshawar’s Picture House cinema.

Feb 4: A blast in Kocha Risaldar area of Peshawar claims 10 lives and injures 45.

Feb 9: A leader of the Tehreek-i-Nifaz-i-Fiqh-i-Jafria is murdered in Peshawar.

Feb 10: A suicide attack at Esa Garhi in Peshawar leaves four people dead and eight wounded.

Feb 11: A triple grenade attack in Peshawar’s Shama Cinema claims 13 lives and injures 23.

Feb 12: Militants attack a house in Mashokhel area of Peshawar, kill nine people.

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