The Peshawar school attack shakes the world
The Pakistani Taliban have caused shock and outrage around the world with the massacre of nearly 150 people
The Pakistani Taliban have caused shock and outrage around the world with the massacre of nearly 150 people, almost all of them children, at a Peshawar school in Paskitan.
Vowing not to show any distinction between good or bad Taliban, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has announced that Pakistan will have a national plan within a week to combat militancy, saying “this entire region" should be cleaned of terrorism.
Following is Mint’s round-the-clock coverage of the event.
• • •
Peshawar’s children deserve an answer
Thirteen years after the “war on terror" was launched, it is clear that terrorism has won. After the slaughter of 132 school children in Peshawar by the Taliban, it is useless to pretend the world is a safer place. Estimates show that terrorist attacks worldwide have quadrupled each year since 9/11. Read more
• • •
Only questions; no answers
How does one make sense of the violence in Peshawar? By what warped, depraved logic can killing children at a school be considered just retribution against a state which is fighting a legitimate war to preserve its sovereignty? Where does one find the words to express outrage? Are words even necessary? What can those words convey? Pain? Anguish? Horror? Anger? Frustration? Helplessness? Is there any meaning that can be derived from the killings? Or is it that for once, human depravity has reached such a depth that silence alone is the answer? Read More
• • •
Why Peshawar school attack might not change Pakistan terrorism policy
After almost 3,000 people were killed on 11 September 2001, then US President George W. Bush told world leaders that they were either with or against terrorists. Pakistan, a country riven by competing impulses in a violent corner of the globe, has remained a bit of both. The storming of a school in Pakistan’s northwest city of Peshawar on Tuesday, in which Taliban gunmen murdered 141 people, including 132 children, made clear the high price of that bargain to the country itself. Read more
• • •
Pakistan’s ordeal
If Pakistan needed a reminder of the perils of terrorism, a sad one was provided on Tuesday. A murderous Taliban gang killed more than 100 children in a school hold-up in Peshawar. So far, 141 people have been killed and more than 122 have been injured. Read more
• • •
Slideshow - Mourning for the children of Peshawar
A Taliban attack on an army-run school in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday, left 132 children and nine school staff dead in one of the world’s most horrifying acts of terrorism. Pakistan began three days of mourning on Wednesday for the victims, even as the world united in grief and revulsion. In Pictures.
• • •
Peshawar attack: Modi reaches out to Nawaz Sharif
Prime Minister Narendra Modi late on Tuesday reached out to his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif to condole deaths of at least 132 children killed in a Taliban attack on an army school in Peshawar. Modi, who had earlier in the day condemned the attack as a “senseless act of unspeakable brutality", conveyed his condolences in a brief telephonic conversation. Read more
• • •
Peshawar attack: Taliban kills over 100 children in school
A Taliban attack on an army-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar left 141 people, mostly children, dead in the country’s most violent terrorist strike since at least 2007. An army operation ended the assault about nine hours after it began on Tuesday with all seven terrorists dead, military spokesman Asim Bajwa told reporters in Peshawar. More than 121 people were injured and about 960 were rescued, he said. Read more
Unlock a world of Benefits! From insightful newsletters to real-time stock tracking, breaking news and a personalized newsfeed – it's all here, just a click away! Login Now!