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Explosive violence by Jamaat-ul Ahrar

Jamaat-ul Ahrar (JA) is a faction of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) which operates with a high degree of autonomy. They split from the TTP in 2014, before re-aligning themselves in 2015, while maintaining their goal of establishing a global Islamic caliphate and obtaining Pakistan’s nuclear weapons.

Over the past decade (2014-2023), AOAV has recorded 13 incidents of explosive weapons use attributed to JA, all of which occurred in Pakistan. JA are the reported perpetrators of 1,058 civilian casualties (256 killed), and 30 armed actor casualties (29 killed).

IEDs account for 94% (992) of civilian casualties attributed to JA, in particular non-specific IEDs (843 civilian casualties), car bombs (112), and roadside bombs (37). Suicide bombings represent 69% (9) of JA attacks, and caused 97% (1,021) of civilian casualties.

The majority of civilian casualties were recorded in JA attacks on entertainment venues, which account for 39% (413) of civilian casualties. Other locations impacted by attacks attributed to JA are hospitals (190 civilian casualties), public buildings (182), place of worship (145), public gathering (91), and roads (37).

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26 Jun 2017

Three bombings in Pakistan kill and injure over 300

On Friday, three bombings across two attacks killed over 80 people in Pakistan.

5 Sep 2016

Explosive attack at Pakistan court kills and injures over 60

Last Friday, September 2nd 2016, a suicide bomber used a gun, grenade and explosive vest to kill 12 and injure over 50 in an attack at the district court in Mardan, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.

9 Aug 2016

A bomb detonated outside a hospital in Pakistan kills and injures almost 200.

Yesterday, August 8th 2016, a suicide bomber in Pakistan claimed the lives of at least 70 and left 120 wounded as they detonated their explosives outside a hospital.

29 Mar 2016

Easter Sunday suicide bomber in Pakistan kills 70

This Easter Sunday marked another attack in Pakistan that targeted civilians - killing 70 and injuring 340. This attack takes the total incidents in Pakistan in 2016 to 40, with 631 killed or injured.

17 Aug 2015

Killing of provincial minister highlights bombing threat to Pakistan.

AOAV responds to the assassination of a Pakistani provincial minister, killed by a double suicide bomb attack over the weekend.