ISLAMABAD , Pakistan ( CNN ) -- Samina Rajput speaks in hushed tones about her husband , Asif , who was killed alongside former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in the December 27 attack that convulsed the nation . Suicide bombings have killed 400 people and wounded nearly 1,000 others in the last three months . `` He always used to say ... ' I am ready to sacrifice my life for the party and my country , ' '' Rajput says . She clings to a weathered book with newspaper clippings of her husband , a 28-year-old Bhutto supporter who had great political ambitions . He wanted a brighter and freer Pakistan , Rajput says , as she turns the delicate pages of the scrapbook . The clippings on the faded pages offer little comfort . But a picture of their wedding day less than two years ago , buried among the pages , makes her face light up somewhat . `` As the widow of a martyr , one has to keep dignity , and I will do this up to my last breath , '' Rajput says , clasping her hands and rubbing them together . Suicide bombings like the attack that killed Bhutto and more than 20 of her supporters , including Asif , have intensified in recent months in Pakistan . Watch the devastating effects of bombings » . On Thursday , a suicide bomber killed at least 23 people and injured more than 58 others outside a court in Lahore , police said . The attack brought to 20 the number of suicide attacks in Pakistan in the last three months , including a failed attack on Bhutto 's life in October . The bombings have killed close to 400 people and wounded nearly 1,000 others in the last three months , according to government officials . Pro-Taliban militants with ties to al Qaeda are carrying out the attacks , according to analysts and government officials . CNN terrorism analyst Peter Bergen says the number of suicide bombings in Pakistan has `` reached unprecedented levels in the past year . '' Previously , Bergen says , such attacks were rare . `` The reason for this rise is because al Qaeda and the Pakistani Taliban have morphed together ideologically and tactically , and both see themselves at war with the Pakistani state , '' Bergen says . `` Many of the suicide attacks have been aimed at Pakistani politicians , officials and soldiers . '' Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has vowed to fight militancy and religious extremism , going after Taliban and al Qaeda within the country . Pakistan 's ambassador to the United States , Mahmud Ali Durrani , recently told CNN that the Pakistani military is `` totally focused on destroying al Qaeda and the Taliban network and not just one person . '' Still , the suicide bombers are succeeding , targeting political parties , rallies , military installations and anyone seen as a threat . Meanwhile , civilians are caught in the crossfire . `` They would like to destabilize our country , '' Azhar Hamdani , who survived a July attack , says of suicide bombers . Clutching a walker , Hamdani recalls the blast that changed his life . On July 17 , 2007 , a suicide bomber targeted a rally for Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry , who was stripped of power by Musharraf . The explosion killed at least 12 people and wounded 35 others in the capital , Islamabad . Hamdani remembers a strong blast throwing him several yards . When he regained consciousness , he was missing his left eye and his right leg was severely injured . `` My leg was totally damaged , '' he says . `` My one left eye was damaged and I have several other injuries on my body . '' But at the time of the blast , Hamdani was not focused on his own pain , he says , because he was surrounded by the bodies of his dead friends lying in pools of blood . The bombings , he says , must be stopped . `` I hope that we will succeed and , God willing , we will try to stop these bloody cowards , '' he says . `` I do n't think they are Muslim . '' `` Innocent people are suffering . '' E-mail to a friend . CNN 's Wayne Drash contributed to this report .
one suicide bombings have rocked Lahore over the past year . Terror analyst : Number of attacks `` unprecedented '' as al Qaeda , Taliban join forces . Man wounded in attack says `` bloody cowards '' must be stopped .