Indian army soldiers take positions outside the Indian airbase in Pathankot. (AP photo)
The attack on Pathankot Indian Air Force base this morning is the second terror strike in Punjab in six months. Here is a list of some of the prominent terror-related incidents that have taken place in Punjab since 2001. The list excludes seizure of arms and ammunition during the period.
March 1, 2001A 135-yard underground tunnel detected across India-Pakistan border in Punjab's Gurdaspur district.
January 1, 2002Three Army personnel killed and five others injured when a group of unidentified terrorists attacks them at a firing range in Damtal, close to Punjab's border with Himachal Pradesh.
January 31, 2002Two persons killed and 12 others injured in explosion in a Punjab Roadways bus at Patrana in Hoshiarpur district.
March 31, 2002Two people killed and 28 others injured in a bomb blast on the Ferozepur-Dhanbad express train at Daroha, about 20km from Ludhiana.
April 28, 2006At least eight persons wounded in a bomb blast on a bus carrying 45 passengers at the Jalandhar bus terminus.
October 14, 2007Seven persons, including a 10-year old child, are killed and 40 others injured in a bomb blast in a cinema hall in Ludhiana.
July 27, 2015Seven people, including a Punjab Police Superintendent, killed when three terrorists carry out a strike on a police station in Gurdaspur district. All three militants also killed.