The February 2010 Khyber Mosque bombing occurred at a mosque in Dars village in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency

Khyber agency

Khyber is a tribal area in the FATA region of Pakistan. It is one of the eight tribal areas, better known as agencies in Pakistan. It ranges from the Tirah valley down to Peshawar...

 in Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 on February 18, 2010. At least 30 people died and more than 70 were injured.

Attack

The blast occurred at a mosque which was used by members of banned militant group Lashkar-e-Islam

Lashkar-e-Islam

Lashkar-e-Islam , literally Army of Islam also transliterated as Lashkar-e-Islami, Lashkar-i-Islam) is a militant organization active in and around Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. LeI was founded in 2004 by Mufti Munir Shakir...

. The bombing appeared to target a leader of the pro Taliban group and happened next to a market selling Hashish

Hashish

Hashish is a cannabis preparation composed of compressed stalked resin glands, called trichomes, collected from the unfertilized buds of the cannabis plant. It contains the same active ingredients but in higher concentrations than unsifted buds or leaves...

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Aftermath

The blast was condemned by Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. The bombing was thought to be result of a feud between rival militant groups.

See also

• List of terrorist incidents, 2010
• List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan since 2001