Pakistan: Militant Attacks Intended To Send Message

A series of simultaneous militant attacks took place in Pakistan the morning of Oct. 15. Three police targets in the city of Lahore were attacked by small groups of militants, while a suicide car bomber attacked a police station in the northwestern city of Kohat. This series of coordinated attacks is likely meant to send several messages to the Pakistani government ahead of its upcoming offensive against militants in Waziristan. Additionally, these urban attacks in the Punjab center send a message to the Pakistani people that they are not safe in this area of the country.