23 August 2008 Swat Valley bombing
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The 23 August 2008 Swat Valley bombing occurred on 23 August 2008 when a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden car into a police station in Charbagh Tehsil of Swat valley of North West Frontier Province killing 20 people. The Tehrik-e-Taleban
organization claimed responsibility.
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan , alternatively referred to as the Pakistani Taliban, is an umbrella organization of various Islamist militant groups based in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas along the Afghan border in Pakistan. Most, but not all, Pakistani Taliban groups coalesce under the TTP...
organization claimed responsibility.
See also
- List of terrorist incidents, 2008
- Swat valley#Taliban insurgency and attacks on non-combatants
External links
- http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/23/content_9639307.htm Bomber attacks Pakistani police