2008 Wah Bombing

The 2008 Wah bombing was a double suicide attack on the Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) in Wah, Pakistan, on 21 August 2008. The attack, which killed at least 70 and wounded over 100, is the deadliest on a military site in Pakistan's history. Both bombers detonated themselves at the factory's gates while workers were changing shifts.

Terrorist attacks
in Pakistan (since 2001)
Bold indicates attacks resulting in over 40 deaths
‡ indicates attacks resulting in over 100 deaths
 Red indicates the deadliest terrorist attack/s to date
2001
  • 1st Bahawalpur
2002
  • 1st Karachi
  • 2nd Karachi
2003
  • 1st Quetta
  • 1st Rawalpindi
2004
  • 2nd Quetta
  • 3rd Karachi
  • 1st Fateh Jang
  • 1st Multan
2005
  • 1st Mandi Bahauddin (Ahmadiyya)
2006
  • 4th Karachi
  • 1st Dargai
2007
  • 2nd Rawalpindi
  • 5th Karachi ‡
  • 1st Charsadda
  • 3rd Rawalpindi (Bhutto assassination)
2008
  • 2nd Charsadda
  • Parachinar
  • 1st Swat
  • 1st Darra Adam Khel
  • 1st Islamabad
  • 2nd Islamabad
  • Wah
  • 2nd Swat
  • 1st Peshawar
  • 3rd Islamabad
  • Orakzai ‡
  • 2nd Peshawar
2009
  • 2nd Lahore (Lankan cricket)
  • 1st Khyber
  • 3rd Lahore
  • 4th Islamabad
  • Chakwal
  • 4th Lahore
  • Upper Dir
  • 3rd Peshawar
  • 5th Lahore
  • Khanewal
  • Kohat
  • 4th Peshawar
  • 4th Rawalpindi
  • Shangla
  • 6th Lahore
  • 5th Islamabad
  • 5th Peshawar ‡
  • 5th Rawalpindi
  • 6th Peshawar
  • 6th Rawalpindi
  • 7th Lahore
  • 1st Dera Ghazi Khan
  • 1st Lower Dir
  • 6th Karachi
2010
  • Lakki Marwat ‡
  • 1st Bajaur
  • 2nd Lower Dir
  • 7th Karachi
  • 2nd Khyber
  • 3rd Khyber
  • 8th Lahore
  • 9th/10th Lahore
  • 7th Peshawar
  • 2nd/3rd Kohat
  • 8th Peshawar
  • 11th Lahore (Ahmadiyya)
  • 12th Lahore (Sufi)
  • 1st Mohmand Agency ‡
  • 13th Lahore (Shia)
  • 3rd Quetta
  • 2nd Darra Adam Khel
  • 8th Karachi (CID)
  • 2nd Mohmand Agency
  • 2nd Bajaur
2011
  • Faisalabad
  • 9th Peshawar
  • 2nd Dera Ghazi Khan
  • 3rd Charsadda
  • PNS Mehran
  • 10th Peshawar
  • 4th Khyber
  • 1st Quetta
  • 9th Karachi (target killings)
  • 1st Mastung
2012
  • 5th Khyber
  • 1st Rahim Yar Khan
  • 2nd Parachinar
  • 1st Kohistan
  • 11th Peshawar
  • 2nd Bajaur
  • 2nd Quetta
  • 12th Peshawar
  • 6th Khyber
  • 1st Mansehra
  • 2nd Darra Adam Khel
  • 1st Khuzdar
  • 13th Peshawar - Airport
  • 7th Khyber
  • 14th Peshawar
  • 15th Peshawar
  • 3rd Quetta
2013
  • 4th Quetta/3rd Swat ‡
  • 5th Quetta
  • 10th Karachi
  • Election day
  • Quaid-e-Azam residency
  • 6th Quetta
  • 1st Mardan

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