Pakistani Taliban vows more violence after attack
Source: AP-Excite
By REBECCA SANTANA and ADIL JAWAD
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) The Pakistani Taliban threatened more violence Monday after a five-hour assault on the nation's busiest airport killed 29 people including all 10 attackers raising a new challenge for a U.S. ally trying to end years of fighting that has claimed thousands of lives.
With recently started peace efforts stalled, the cautious government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may be dragged closer to a decision on whether to take on the militants in earnest across a country with a long history of ambiguity when it comes to dealing with militancy.
A further weakening of stability in the nuclear power whose tribal regions are already a hotbed of foment could ripple to neighboring Afghanistan as international combat forces prepare to withdraw from that country.
"Everywhere is a threat," warned Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan. "Every area is a target, every building is a potential target."
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Pakistani police officers display confiscated ammunition and the dead bodies of terrorists who attacked the Jinnah International Airport Monday, June 9, 2014, in Karachi, Pakistan. Gunmen disguised as police guards attacked a terminal at Pakistan's busiest airport with machine guns and a rocket launcher during a five-hour siege that killed over a dozen people as explosions echoed into the night, while security forces retaliated and killed all the attackers, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)