Pakistan: Major militant attacks in recent years

A look at deadly assaults on people and places in Pakistan over the last several years.

2013

Sept. 22: A twin suicide bomb blast in a Peshawar church kills at least 85 people.

Aug. 17: Heavily armed Taliban fighters blast their way into a Pakistani air force base, leaving two security officers and nine insurgents dead.

June 22: 10 Foreign climbers killed by militants on Nanga Parbat, ninth highest mountain in world.

March 3: Explosion in Karachi kills 45 Shiites outside a mosque.

Jan. 10: Bombing in Shiite area of southern city of Quetta kills 81 people, wounds 120.

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