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The "Jaffar Express" passenger train traveling from Quetta to Peshawar in Pakistan is hijacked by the Balochistan Liberation Army, with over 440 people being taken hostage. The BLA claims it killed more than 30 Pakistan Army personnel.
2025-03-11

Four security officials and three Pakistani Taliban insurgents are killed in a shootout in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
2024-07-10

Two Sikhs are shot dead by gunmen riding on motorcycles in Peshawar, Pakistan.
2022-05-15

Eight students are killed in a bombing at a madrasa in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
2020-10-27

The government of Pakistan is "rethinking" its dependence on China for the loans it needs to complete its Peshawar to Karachi rail project. This is part of a broader pushback on the ambitions of China's Belt and Road Initiative throughout the region.
2018-09-30

A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 54.
2016-03-16

A suicide bomber kills at least four people in an attack on a police station in Peshawar, Pakistan.
2013-04-29

An employee in the United States embassy in Islamabad is detained in the Pakistani city of Peshawar after bullets are found in his luggage.
2012-02-14

Pakistani Taliban gunmen opened fire on a Peshawar school bus that kills 15 people.
2011-09-13

At least one person is killed and ten people injured following an explosion in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, with a United States consular convoy targeted by the Pakistani Taliban.
2011-05-20