The 2012 Bacha Khan International Airport attack was a coordinated terrorist attack on Bacha Khan International Airport and the adjacent Pakistan Air Force Base (PAF) Peshawar on 15 December 2012 by Tehrik-i-Taliban terrorists in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

[12] All signs pointed to an upcoming attack due to which security was already heightened at the Bacha Khan Airport.

[20] Amidst the attack, a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft with passengers on board was parked on the apron of the airport.

[18] On 16 December 2012, the day after the attack, upon receiving hints, police raided a nearby building to the airport where the remaining terrorists had supposedly fled.

"[24] The assault was reportedly launched from a nearby village named Abdra, according to a PAF spokesman, who added that a joint counter-terrorism operation by several security agencies was under way.

[30] The BBC reported that the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) also played a role in the attack which had found shelter in Southern Waziristan after American led Invasion of Afghanistan.

[33] Few months after the attack, on March 15, 2013 Pakistan officially declared Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan as a terrorist organization and took major steps to eleminate them from the region.

[34][35] A statement made by the PAF spokesman Group Captain Tariq Mahmood stated that only the outer wall of the airfield had been damaged and no terrorist penetrated the premises.

[12][29] Defence minister Naveed Qamar said the attack was well planned out and terrorists were heavily armed, however the response by the security forces ensured there had been no damage to property or loss of life within the airport.

Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan spokesman Pervez George stated that the airport was closed after the attack began and all flights en route to Peshawar were diverted to Islamabad and Lahore.