As many as 129 personnel of Pakistan Army, Frontier Constabulary and 56 police were killed in 22 suicide attacks in nine months since January 2007.According to an Interior Ministry report on suicide attacks, 51 suicide attacks took place since January 2007 to date in which 14 attacks targeted military personnel, four targeted Frontier Constabulary (FC), four targeted police, while the remaining 29 targeted the civilian population. The report also showed that Lal Masjid military operation had caused an increase in suicide attacks on army and paramilitary forces.
According to the report, the deadliest attack on Pakistan Army was conducted on September 14 in Tarbela Ghazi in which a suicide bomber blew himself up inside the mess killing 16 personnel of Special Services Group (SSG). ItÂ’s for the first time in military history that militants targeted the elite force of Pakistan Army and that too in a highly secure and fortified military base. The report also reveals that military was mostly targeted in NWFP and tribal areas. Mir Ali, Miran Shah and Tank remained the most favorite targets of suicide bombers.
During the period in question three suicide attacks took place in the Punjab targeting army. The first attack was conducted in Kharian Cantonment on March 29 and the second and third in Rawalpindi on September 4 at the same day. According to the report, 56 police personnel died in four suicide bombings during this period. The deadliest attack on police was carried out in Qissa Khawani Bazaar, Peshawar, on January 27 during the holy month martyring 12 police officials including a deputy inspector general of police.