2008 Charsadda bombing

Infobox terrorist attack
title=2008 Charsadda bombing


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location=Charsadda, Pakistan
target=Awami National Party
date=February 9, 2008
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type=Suicide attack
fatalities=27 [http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/pakistan.blast/index.html CNN: Pakistan blast toll rises to 27] ]
injuries=50On February 9, 2008, a suicide bomber killed 27 people in Charsadda, Pakistan attending a political rally for the opposition Awami National Party. [http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/080209200844.skjvimq7.html AFP: Bomb Kills 27 at Pakistan Election Rally] ] No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz suspected Al-Qaeda or Taliban-linked groups were responsible after threatening all political parties in the North-West Frontier Province. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4267310 ABC News] ] The bombing occurred nine days before the 2008 Pakistani general election which was postponed in the wake of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

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