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The World This Week: Taliban Attack on School in Peshawar Shocks Pakistan

19/12/2014

Taliban Attack on School in Peshawar Shocks Pakistan

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Taliban gunmen in Pakistan kill many children in an attack on a school in Peshawar

A Taliban attack on a school in Pakistan killed many children. The militants said it was revenge for army operations, but army and government threatened new reprisals.

The Taliban shocked Pakistan by attacking a school in Peshawar, killing many people, most of them children. Suicide gunmen went from classroom to classroom, shooting as they went. It took the army eight hours to declare that all the gunmen were dead. The killings provoked widespread revulsion, but it is not clear whether politicians and the army will be able to put aside their many differences in order to take effective action against the Taleban, as they promised. In a moving personal view, the author Mohammed Hanif tells us the people of Pakistan just want peace.

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