Back الهجوم على جامعة باشا خان Arabic باچاخان بیلیم‌یوردو سالدیری‌سی (ژانویه ۲۰۱۶) AZB Atemptat a la Universitat Bacha Khan de 2016 Catalan Anschlag auf die Universität Charsadda 2016 German Atentado en Charsadda de 2016 Spanish Charsaddako Unibertsitatearen aurkako erasoa Basque حمله به دانشگاه باچاخان Persian Attaque de l'université de Charsadda French הפיגוע באוניברסיטת באצ'ה חאן HE बाचा ख़ान विश्वविद्यालय हमला Hindi

Bacha Khan University attack

Bacha Khan University attack
Part of the War in North-West Pakistan
Bacha Khan University is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Bacha Khan University
Bacha Khan University
Bacha Khan University is located in Pakistan
Bacha Khan University
Bacha Khan University
Native nameدَ چارسدې يونيورسېټي حملې
LocationCharsadda, Pakistan
Coordinates34°08′11.6″N 71°50′17.5″E / 34.136556°N 71.838194°E / 34.136556; 71.838194
Date20 January 2016
9:30 am (UTC+05:00)
TargetBacha Khan University
Attack type
Mass murder, school shooting
WeaponsAssault rifles and grenades
Deaths22+[1][2]
Injured12+
VictimsUniversity students and faculty (including Syed Hamid Hussain)
PerpetratorsTehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (Tariq Geedar Afridi faction)[3][4][5][nb 1]
No. of participants
4[5]
DefendersSyed Hamid Hussain

On 20 January 2016, four terrorists opened fire at Bacha Khan University (Pashto: باچا خان پوهنتون) near Charsadda, Pakistan. It is located in the Charsadda District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. At least 22[1][2] people were killed and over 20 others were wounded. Over 200 students were rescued from the premises, while the terrorists were killed by security forces. The Tariq Geedar Afridi faction of the Tehrik-i-Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.[3][7]

On 23 January 2016, the Pakistani army laid the blame on a Taliban commander and the leader of its Tariq Geedar group, Khalifa Omar Mansoor alongside his deputy Qari Zakir.[5][8] Mufti Khalid, one of the facilitator of the attack, was later killed in an ambush by unidentified person(s) in Kunar province of Afghanistan while he was travelling. Khalid was a central leader of Tehrik-i-Taliban and was a close associate of Mullah Fazlullah who was also killed in the same province.[9][10]

  1. ^ a b At least 22 killed in attack on Bacha Khan University in Pakistan, CNN, 21 January 2016
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference trib was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "Morning Star :: Pakistan: Taliban targets university in deadly attack". Archived from the original on 22 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Bacha Khan University attackers belonged to Tariq Geedar group: sources". 21 January 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "Pakistan attack: Bacha Khan University briefly reopens". BBC News. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  6. ^ Joseph W. Raker; Ramāśaṅkara Śukla (1995). Hindi. Hippocrene Books. p. 554. ISBN 9780781804707.
  7. ^ "Gunmen storm university in northwest Pakistan". Al Jazeera. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Tariq Geedar Group". dopel.org. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  9. ^ Key TTP leader found murdered in Afghanistan, GEO News, 29 May 2021
  10. ^ TTP mastermind Mufti Khalid killed in Afghanistan: sources, The News International, 29 May 2021


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