REUTERS/Fayaz AzizSoldiers gather outside Bacha Khan University where an attack by militants took place, in Charsadda, Pakistan, January 20, 2016.
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The protesters led by Malik Tahir Khan, Ajoon Khan, Muhammad Ali and others, whose sons had been martyred in the similar terrorist attack on the APS Peshawar on December 16, 2014, visited the DHQ hospital and inquired after the health of the injured.
“It is particularly appalling that these terrorists continue to attack educational institutions, targeting Pakistan’s future generations”, said Mark Toner, the department’s deputy spokesman.
Taliban militants had killed 21 people at the local university in Charsadda on Wednesday.
Police also said they had apprehended a man in the process of planting a bomb, which was defused, at a crowded bus station in Peshawar on Thursday.
Flags on official buildings and the parliament are flying at half-staff and police have stepped up security at schools and educational centers across the country.
It was one of the most brazen attacks claimed by the Pakistani Taliban, and came barely one year after the militant group raided an army-run public school in Peshawar, massacring more than 150 people, a lot of them children.
Share with Us – We’d love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an article, and smart, constructive criticism. At least 21 people died in a Taliban assault on a university in Pakistan, where witnesses reported two large explosions as security forces moved in under dense fog to halt the bloodshed.
He said that India sympathises with the victims.
Pakistan is once again mourning mass casualties from an armed assault on one of its schools.
“The attackers were in touch with a number from Afghanistan”, Bajwa said.
Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize after the teenager was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012 outside her school in the Swat Valley because of her vocal support for gender equality and education for girls.
“Nobody’s more mindful of the challenges with respect to that than we are”.
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The security forces killed all four terrorists after around three hours of clash. But analysts say many fighters have moved to cities or across the border into Afghanistan, and the insurgent group has continued to carry out attacks.
