The numbers below refer to the number of people affected. Click on a column heading to order incidents according to that column.
ID | Month | Day | Year | ISO | Country | UN | INGO | ICRC | NRCS and IFRC | NNGO | Other | Nationals killed | Nationals wounded | Nationals kidnapped | Total national staff | Internationals killed Sort descending | Internationals wounded | Internationals kidnapped | Total international staff | Total victims | Gender Male | Gender Female | Gender Unknown | Means of attack | Attack context | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Motive | Actor type | Actor name | Details | Verified | Source |
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164 | Dec | 2001 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 34.45993 | 72.50237 | Unknown | Aid recipient | Not applicable | 1 INGO national staff stoned and beaten in dispute over filling a water bladder at Rhogani Camp. | Archived | Archived | |
308 | Jun | 16 | 2004 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 29.30349 | 70.89848 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff seriously injured when five unidentified armed men opened fire on their vehicle near Maryan, June 16. | Archived | Archived |
511 | Feb | 7 | 2007 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Other Explosives | Unknown | Office/compound | 34.5 | 72 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff wounded when a bomb exploded in the residential compound in Pakistan's earthquake hit area. | Archived | Archived |
580 | Oct | 30 | 2007 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Other Explosives | Unknown | Office/compound | 34.2188242 | 71.62733422 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 8 NGO national staff injured, two critically, when an explosive device went off outside the office and residential compound of a national NGO running health and education projects. Staff were asleep inside. We have suspended our operations. Our staff has been evacuated," Michael McGrath, country director of Save the Children US in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) told IRIN, noting that all 95 staff members - international and national - had been moved out of Battagram and the nearby town of Bana | Yes | Focal Point |
596 | Feb | 25 | 2008 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 34.6013314 | 73.3794724 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 5 INGO national staff killed 7 INGO national staff injured and 1 INGO staff missing when the office of the INGO was attacked by a group of six to twelve men carrying guns and grenades. The men entered the office in Mansehra, North West Frontier Province, before opening fire indiscriminately and then setting off three explosive devices. The office building has burned to the ground. The INGO was given no specific warning of a threat to its staff or offices at this time. The motive for the attack is still unknown. | Archived | Archived |
673 | Feb | 2 | 2008 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 33.97357 | 71.31842 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff kidnapped as they traveled in the org's marked vehicle during mission to Torkham; released with no ransom paid after 14 days. | Yes | Focal Point |
674 | Apr | 21 | 2008 | PK | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 33.97357 | 71.31842 | Unknown | Criminal | Unknown | 3 UN national staff (two staff and a guard) were abducted earlier on Monday as they were travelling through the Khyber region, towards the Afghan border; released unharmed after security forces attacked the kidnap gang. | Archived | Archived |
684 | Jan | 8 | 2008 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 34.5 | 72 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff abducted from Dalla camp, Hangu by unidentified elements, 8 January 2009; later released unharmed. | Archived | Archived |
725 | May | 21 | 2008 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 34.5 | 72 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff kidnaped in NWFP Pakistan during a road movement; released unharmed 3 weeks later. | Archived | Archived |
764 | Aug | 13 | 2007 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 34.45993 | 72.50237 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 4 INGO national staff killed and 6 national staff injured when an INGO vehicle was struck by a roadside IED in the Ushu Valley, near the tourist resort of Kalam in the Swat district. | Yes | Focal Point |
773 | Apr | 23 | 2008 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 30 | 70 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff abducted and held for 8 days. Motive deemed 'political'. | Yes | Focal Point |
780 | Oct | 17 | 2008 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 30 | 70 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff abducted and released after 6 days. Motive deemed 'personal' | Yes | Focal Point |
807 | Feb | 1 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 34.6618741 | 72.0639872 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff shot and killed and 1 INGO national staff wounded, in fighting in Swat, as they tried to bring wounded for treatment. The NGO suspended all activities in Swat, including life-saving operations. | Archived | Archived |
808 | Feb | 2 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 30.182971 | 66.998734 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Balochistan Liberation United Front | 1 UN international (American) staff official kidnapped and 1 UN national staff driver was killed when gunmen working for the Balochistan Liberation United Front stopped their vehicle; released two months later, 4 April. | Archived | Archived |
834 | Apr | 6 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 34.6013314 | 73.3794724 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 4 INGO national staff (female aid workers and their male driver) kidnapped and killed after they left Mansehra town to inspect a school for possible funding by a donor agency. | Yes | Focal Point |
838 | Apr | 15 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Body-borne IED | Ambush | Road | 34.5 | 72 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed by suicide bomb while stopped at a police checkpoint. | Yes | Official Report |
839 | Apr | 16 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Other Explosives | Unknown | Office/compound | 34.5 | 72 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff killed and 1 NGO national staff wounded when bomb ripped through the NGO office in a northern district of Pakistan Thursday morning. A bomb had been planted in the office in a small village near Mardan district by unknown militants | Archived | Archived |
860 | Jul | 16 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 34.0123846 | 71.5787458 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff (field officer and a guard) shot and killed and 2 UN national staff wounded at the Kacha Garhi refugee camp outside Peshawar in a botched kidnapping. Victims shot and killed by four to five unidentified gunmen in their car getting ready to leave the camp when gunmen tried to kidnap. | Yes | Official Report |
909 | Feb | 18 | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 28 | 66 | Economic | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 4 INGO national staff including one driver kidnapped after their vehicle was stopped on the road by armed men. 1 INGO national staff driver reported killed 15 June by Taliban after not receiving ransom. Three remaining staff released on 14 July. | Pending | Media |
912 | Mar | 13 | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Body-borne IED | Ambush | Road | 34.5 | 72 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 3 NGO national staff killed in a suicide bomb explosion at a checkpoint. Up to 13 others killed and 53 injured. Local Taliban claimed responsibility. | Pending | Media |
919 | May | 22 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 34.5 | 72 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff kidnapped- no additional details provided. | Yes | Focal Point |
920 | Jul | 20 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 34.5 | 72 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff kidnapped- no additional details provided. | Yes | Focal Point |
927 | Oct | 6 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 34.5 | 72 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff of a partner organization abducted in a local dispute- held one night after the issue was resolved through local jirgas- no additional details provided. | Yes | Focal Point |
911 | Mar | 10 | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | Complex attack | Raid | Office/compound | 34.5 | 72 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 7 INGO national staff killed and 5 INGO national staff injured when militants stormed their office in the Mansehra district opened fire and detonated a bomb. It is believed the attack was made by Muslims, who often target Christian organizations in Pakistan, but an attack to retaliate against an increase in drone attacks on the Taliban in the northwest region has not been ruled out. 1 of the victims killed died 5 days later as a result of injuries. | Pending | Media |
940 | Sep | 26 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.41722 | 71.17917 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff injured when physically assaulted. | Yes | Focal Point |
984 | May | 28 | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 34.0123846 | 71.5787458 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 national NGO director kidnapped. Released August 3. | Pending | Archived |
1011 | Oct | 20 | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Mob violence | Road | 30.86017 | 72.31976 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 national INGO staff were injured and their vehicles damaged by a group of people while making door-to-door registry to be issued local cards issued by their organisation. | Yes | Official Report |
1012 | Oct | 22 | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 24.9056 | 67.0822 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | The head of an NGO for disabled people was gunned down outside his home or office (reports differ). Two men on a motorbike came and stopped outside the building where the man was sitting. One of the assailants pulled out a pistol and fired multiple shots at him. Motive unclear. | Pending | Media |
1024 | Oct | 22 | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 29.3743832 | 71.665621 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | A staff member of a local NGO was kidnapped by people who initially indicated that they were anti-corruption officers. They later said they were a Taliban group and asked for 10 million rupees ransom. | Yes | Official Report |
1049 | Sep | 19 | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 30.86017 | 72.31976 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 national staff became unconscious when they were hit on their heads with batons during a riot that broke out with around 1000 people in an attempt to loot food items, during a food distribution. | Yes | Focal Point |
1053 | Oct | 29 | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Raid | Office/compound | 33.729388 | 73.093146 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 night watchman attacked during an incursion on an INGO office at night. | Yes | Focal Point |
1058 | Nov | 16 | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Office/compound | 30.1898249 | 67.019108 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 doctor who heads a national NGO was attacked and killed in his office. Motivation unknown. Date is approximate only. | Yes | Official Report |
1085 | Jan | 11 | 2011 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 28 | 66 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three national staff of a local NGO (an implementing partner of a UN agency) were kidnapped by unidentified armed men. They were released several days later. | Yes | Official Report |
1087 | Jan | 25 | 2011 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 29.79455 | 66.72068 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two workers for a local NGO (a driver and a female staff) were shot and killed on the spot while traveling 50 km from the provincial metropolois. | Yes | Official Report |
1122 | Apr | 19 | 2011 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Vehicle-born IED | Unknown | Office/compound | 30.199 | 67.00971 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 national staff of a national NGO were injured when a VBIED detonated remotely near two NGO offices. It is not known if and why the NGOs may have been targeted. | Yes | Official Report |
1133 | Jun | 23 | 2011 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Office/compound | 34.33333 | 73.2 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | At least two office managers of an INGO were physically assaulted when a group of 40-45 people forcibly entered the INGO office and held them hostage for two hours. The offenders accused the INGO of not paying invoices. | Yes | Official Report |
1140 | Jul | 18 | 2011 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 30.57661 | 66.77289 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Eight national staff of an American INGO were kidnapped late on 18 July while on their way back from delivering relief items near the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan. | Pending | Media |
1232 | Jan | 15 | 2011 | PK | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 34.0123846 | 71.5787458 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | An employee of a UN-contracted company was struck and injured by a stray bullet while waiting for his truck to be loaded at a warehouse in Peshawar | Yes | Official Report |
1199 | Jan | 29 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 26.13456 | 68.7696 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | An international staffer and national staff driver of an INGO were reported missing during a road trip in Sindh. Their vehicle was found abandoned in Naushahro Feroz. UPDATE: Staff were released/recovered after 86 days. They were not the intended targets of this incident. | Yes | Media |
1233 | Jan | 21 | 2011 | PK | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnap-killing | Individual attack | Road | 32.30397 | 69.68207 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Following threats, a Pakistani NGO working on polio eradication was abducted and killed a day later killed, The incident occurred while traveling from mir ali to mir anshah in South Wazirstan. | Yes | Official Report |
1234 | Jan | 24 | 2011 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 30.69854 | 66.55611 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO natl staff (male) was captured (held less than 24 hrs) while on the road, and severely beaten. | Yes | Focal Point |
1256 | Aug | 3 | 2011 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 26.66459 | 68.00156 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national staff of INGO kidnapped whilst in vehicle on N5 motorway. His vehicle was recovered from Taluka hospital. Ransom requested. | Yes | Official Report |
1264 | Nov | 13 | 2011 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 27.8000135 | 66.6166537 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO local staffer was kidnapped while traveling from Khuzdar to Totak area | Yes | Official Report |
1266 | Nov | 25 | 2011 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Home | 28 | 66 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A local staff doctor was kidnapped by five armed men from his home. The family was bound and robbed. The doctor was released a few days later | Yes | Focal Point |
1293 | Mar | 29 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 29.800043 | 66.8500394 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Two national staffers of a UN agency were shot dead when unidentified gunmen attacked a vehicle. Another employee of the UN agency sustained serious injuries in the attack. | Yes | Focal Point |
1337 | Jul | 20 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 26.13456 | 68.7696 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A UN local staff member working on the polio eradication campaign was shot and killled in a targeted attack. | Yes | Official Report |
1306 | Dec | 13 | 2011 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 30.580285 | 66.9961324 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Six staff of a national NGO were abducted at gun point by unknown assailants in Pishin, Baluchistan. Unconfirmed reporting suggests that the abductees have been moved to a neighbouring district in KPK or Afghanistan. The identity and motives of the abductors remains unclear, yet the details of the incident suggest it was a well planned and professionally executed operation. Due to its close proximity to current conflict zones in Afghanistan and KPK, it is likely that politically motivated groups operate in the vicinity of Pishin and are most likely involved in the abduction. | Yes | Official Report |
1307 | May | 29 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 30.182971 | 66.998734 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A driver of an NGO was wounded when unidentified people opened fire on the vehicle he was driving in Khuzdar District. | Pending | Media |
1339 | Aug | 2 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Raid | Office/compound | 34.1509848 | 71.7593219 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Two staffers of a local NGO were injured when unknown assailants lobbed a grenade over the wall in their newly established compound | Yes | Official Report |
1352 | Sep | 27 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 25.5 | 69 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A national NGO staffer was stopped on the road and kidnapped. The driver and other passenger were released shortly after the vehicle was hijacked. UPDATE: He was released 19th October 2012. | Yes | Official Report |
1365 | Nov | 18 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 33.994225 | 71.496985 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | The security guard for an INGO was injured when their compound came under a rocket attack from an unknown source. The intended target was the nearby American Club | Pending | Media |
1375 | Dec | 10 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 24.860551 | 67.009926 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A vaccinator working for a UN-supported polio vaccination team was shot and killed. | Pending | Media |
1376 | Dec | 11 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Road | 24.860551 | 67.009926 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Four female polio vaccinators working for UN-supported polio vaccination program were shot and killed by men on motorcycles | Pending | Media |
1377 | Dec | 11 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Road | 34.0123846 | 71.5787458 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One of two sisters working on a UN-supported polio vaccination team was shot and killed by men on motorcycles. The other vaccinator was uninjured | Pending | Media |
1378 | Dec | 12 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 34.0123846 | 71.5787458 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A polio vaccinator was shot outside a house as he went on his rounds | Pending | Media |
1379 | Dec | 12 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.1509848 | 71.7593219 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Another polio vaccinator was shot and killed in her car. | Pending | Media |
1381 | Jan | 5 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 34.190242 | 71.76248 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Two local NGO staff (one programme coordinator and a driver) were shot and killed in a bazaar. Investigation is ongoing, but the NGO has termed the violence work related. | Yes | Official Report |
1391 | Jan | 31 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 33.89949 | 70.101691 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two aid workers on polio vaccination team were killed when their car ran over a roadside IED | Yes | Official Report |
1392 | Jan | 31 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 24.86803 | 66.918385 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Four national NGO workers of a local NGO, including the driver, were abducted in Maripur, Karachi on their way to distribute medicines and other aid. UPDATE: All four were released. | Yes | Official Report |
1401 | Mar | 13 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 24.949247 | 66.966768 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A well-known female aid worker was shot and killed by four armed motorcyclists after leaving her office. | Pending | Media |
1380 | Jan | 1 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.047569 | 72.403637 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Seven national NGO staff, six females and one male, were shot and killed by gunmen on motorcyles who ambushed their vehicle. The workers were involved with a community health and education center that provided immunizations, among other services. | Yes | Official Report |
1383 | Jan | 11 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Public location | 34.012597 | 72.032854 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | An NGO nurse was shot and killed on her way to work, having received prior death threats. | Yes | Official Report |
1403 | Mar | 21 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Ambush | Project site | 33.919194 | 71.80859 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two local NGO workers were killed, along with at least 10 IDPs, when a remote controlled car bomb exploded on a road inside the camp. | Yes | Official Report |
1451 | Jun | 6 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 34.011163 | 71.568895 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One polio vaccinator was killed and another injured when they were attacked by two gunmen on a motorcycle. The UN agency running the vaccination campaign in Peshawar temporarily suspended operations as a result. | Yes | Official Report |
1452 | May | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 24.860551 | 67.009926 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One senior NGO worker associated with education projects was gunned down. This is the second killing of a staffer from this NGO. | Yes | Official Report | |
1463 | Sep | 26 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 29.800043 | 66.8500394 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One national staff member was injured when shot while traveling with a colleague to Quetta. | Yes | Official Report |
1481 | Dec | 17 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 30.182971 | 66.998734 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national staff driver was shot in the arm/wrist by two unknown assailants while driving a staff member to the office. | Yes | Focal Point |
1503 | Mar | 6 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Road | 33.994225 | 71.496985 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One staff member of an LNGO was shot when he resisted two robbers who stole his laptop. | Yes | Official Report |
1579 | Sep | 22 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 28.00069 | 69.31894 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One female social worker employed by a local NGO was kidnapped by unidentified armed men and killed. | Yes | Official Report |
1583 | Sep | 23 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 28.000421 | 69.318844 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Spouse | One female NGO worker was shot and killed by her husband in an honor killing. | Pending | Media |
1586 | Oct | 4 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 30.191604 | 66.998056 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A local NGO director was reportedly kidnapped for ransom by armed men while heading to his office. The rescue attempt failed to recover the victim. UPDATE: the director was freed on 7 December 2013 by his abductors in Mastung district. | Yes | Official Report |
1587 | Oct | 4 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 27.529402 | 68.757858 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A national staffer of an INGO was abducted on the road. | Yes | Official Report |
1605 | Nov | 3 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Individual attack | Office/compound | 33.991882 | 71.498232 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A security guard was injured when unknown individuals hurled a hand grenade inside an INGO guest house. Staff was relocated to Islamabad. | Yes | Official Report |
1647 | Jan | 28 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 28.276899 | 68.451383 | Economic | Aid recipient | Not applicable | One male staff member of a local NGO was wounded when his vehicle was shot at. There were two other staffers aboard the vehicle, but they were unharmed. | Yes | Focal Point |
1651 | Feb | 17 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 32.216672 | 70.383361 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Two national UN staff members, part of a polio vaccination team, were abducted by armed gunmen. Four other team members were also abducted. An investigation is underway. UPDATE: All six were released unharmed on 29 April 2014. | Yes | Official Report |
1652 | Feb | 18 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 33.540046 | 71.463185 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO-contracted driver was shot in the arm by a man fleeing on a motorcycle; the driver was hospitalized and is in stable condition. Two other staff members were aboard the vehicle but seem to have been unhurt. | Yes | Official Report |
1707 | Apr | 21 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 25.416822 | 68.275563 | Disputed | Unknown | Unknown | The executive director of a local NGO was killed by unidentified armed men. Some reports state that he was killed or resisting robbery, while others state that it was a targeted killing. | Yes | Media |
1708 | Jan | 10 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Body-borne IED | Individual attack | Public location | 30.191235 | 67.025564 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN employee was killed when a suicide bomber detonated an IED in a public area of Quetta. | Yes | Focal Point |
1734 | Sep | 16 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 32.10564 | 70.972262 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An NGO security guard was shot during an armed robbery. He later died from his wounds two days later, on 18 September. | Yes | Focal Point |
1737 | Mar | 21 | 2013 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Vehicle-born IED | Unknown | Project site | 33.725714 | 71.791983 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Eleven NGO personnel were wounded and one killed when a VBIED detonated by an IDP camp. | Yes | Focal Point |
1761 | May | 31 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 33.532873 | 71.055512 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A local health worker was shot and injured by unidentified gunmen when she was on her way home. | Yes | Official Report |
1783 | Jul | 4 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 33.729388 | 73.093146 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One female INGO staff member, while exercising at a cricket club, was attacked by an unknown man, who broke her arm and attempted to drag her to an overgrown area. The staff member was able to scream, at which point the assailant left as others came to help her. | Yes | Official Report |
1823 | Aug | 19 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 34.865924 | 71.521514 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three female teachers and one driver working for a local NGO were killed when their vehicle struck an IED. Two children were also killed in the blast. | Yes | Official Report |
1824 | Sep | 2 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 34.002336 | 71.380977 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A local NGO senior staff member was shot and killed while resisting a kidnap attempt. | Yes | Official Report |
1825 | Sep | 9 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Home | 27.585869 | 68.006017 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One INGO staff member was abducted outside his home and killed. It appears to have been a personal matter, and not related to his employment with the INGO. | Yes | Official Report |
1827 | Apr | 12 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 31.749899 | 70.342765 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three local NGO staff members were kidnapped by unknown gunmen while traveling in a local taxi in Kulachi area. | Yes | Official Report |
1837 | Oct | 7 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Unknown | Home | 34.564422 | 71.254501 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN polio worker was killed in an IED explosion. Two others (not counted) were also killed in the attack. | Yes | Official Report |
1947 | Jan | 27 | 2014 | PK | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 34.200114 | 72.050801 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | A UN national staff member was shot multiple times by three people in the leg and hand. The incident occured not far from the staffer's home while he was on his way to work. According to a police investigation, this incident was the result of a private dispute. | Yes | Focal Point |
3599 | Nov | 2010 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Individual attack | Home | 30 | 70 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One male aid worker was reportedly sexually assaulted while sleeping in Pakistan. | Yes | Media | |
597 | Mar | 15 | 2008 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Other Explosives | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 33.729388 | 73.093146 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (Turkish) staff killed and 2 INGO international staff injured when a bomb exploded in a restaurant in Pakistan's capital at dinner time. 11 others injured in the blast (not included) | Yes | Focal Point |
652 | Nov | 12 | 2008 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.0123846 | 71.5787458 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 donor agency international (American) staff assassinated in his car Wednesday morning. The staff member and his Pakistani driver were shot as their car approached the house in Peshawar where the victim ran a project to bring small-scale projects and jobs to the Federally Administered Tribal Area, a stronghold of the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Pakistani officials in Peshawar said they did not know who was responsible for the shooting at around 8 a.m. in a residential area of the city known as University Town. | Archived | Archived |
882 | Oct | 5 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Body-borne IED | Raid | Office/compound | 33.729388 | 73.093146 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | Four UN national staff and 1 UN international (Iraqi) staff killed and 4 UN national staff seriously injured in Taliban suicide attack on offices. | Archived | Media |
1192 | Jan | 5 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 30.182971 | 66.998734 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | An international staff doctor working for ICRC was kidnapped while returning to the office after visiting a physical rehabilitation centre in Quetta. Armed men abducted him when he reached the front of his office and took him at gunpoint with them in their own vehicle. Kidnappers left the driver unharmed near the organisations office. The international staff doctor was found dead in April 2012. | Yes | Media |
1198 | Jan | 19 | 2012 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Home | 30.198418 | 71.46801 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Al-Qaeda | Two international staffers (German and Italian) of an INGO were kidnapped by four armed men who entered their residence (within walking distance from their regional office) and led them out at gunpoint. UPDATE: The German aid worker was released in Kabul, Afghanistan more than two years later, in October 2014. UPDATE 2: The Italian aid worker was accidentally killed by a U.S. counter terrorism drone strike against al-Qaeda in January 2015, while still held as a prisoner. An American hostage who was working for a private contractor funded by USAID was also killed in the attack. The drone attack occurred along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. | Yes | Media |
846 | Jun | 9 | 2009 | PK | Pakistan | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Vehicle-born IED | Individual attack | Public location | 34.0123846 | 71.5787458 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN interntional (1 Filippino, 1 Serbian) staff killed and 8 UN international (1 British, 1 Somali, 1 German) staff wounded in a suicide bomb attack on the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan. 10 fatalities in all. | Yes | Official Report |
Total | 36 | 92 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 18 | 85 | 76 | 51 | 212 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 233 | 87 | 36 | 110 |