Full Coverage: Pakistan school attack

Massacre in Pakistan

Tuesday’s hostage-taking incident in Peshawar has merely confirmed the fears that radical elements are out to destabilise the country with the express intent of defeating its vibrant, broad-minded, forward-looking and enterprising civil society.

The mindless killings must be stopped

IT IS unimaginable, a tragedy beyond comprehension. Over 140 schoolchildren killed in cold blood by ruthless Taleban fighters.

Pak expats in UAE express grief, anger over school attack

As the horror of school students of The Army Public School and College in Peshawar being gunned down unfolded on their TV screens on Tuesday, shocked Pakistani expats in the UAE said the scourge of terrorism had gone too far.

Eye-witness: Taleban killed my neighbour’s son

My neighbour’s teenaged son has been killed by terrorists,’ said Jamal Abdul Nasser, a teacher in Pakistan. His school is located next door to the Army Public School in Peshawar, where 126 people, many of which were students, were gunned down by the Taleban

Quotes from around the world on Pakistan attack

Reactions from around the world to the deadly Taleban attack on a military-run school in Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday.

30 major militant attacks in Pakistan in recent years

Pakistan has been gripped by an insurgency for more than a decade, an internal war with the Taleban and other radical groups that has killed tens of thousands of civilians and security personnel since successive governments in Islamabad joined the US and its allies in a war against terrorism. A look at some of the major attacks in Pakistan in recent years:

Indians are with Pakistan in time of terror

Social media has been abuzz with the hashtag #IndiawithPakistan after the horrific attack.

Pakistani pupils recall narrow escapes, carnage

It began like any other morning in Pakistan’s Army Public School in the northwestern city of Peshawar. Students pored over their books. Teachers ruffled through their notes and gave lectures.

Modi speaks to Sharif, says ready to provide all assistance

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday evening spoke with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif over phone and offered his deepest condolences for the dastardly terror attack on a school in Peshawar. He said India was ready to provide all assistance during this hour of grief.

Massacre in Pakistani school draws global revulsion

World leaders on Tuesday condemned the Taleban massacre of Pakistani schoolchildren as “heinous” and “an act of horror” in an outpouring of global revulsion at the attack which killed 141 people.

Afghan Taleban condemns school attack by Pakistani Taleban

The Afghanistan Taleban have condemned an attack by the Pakistani Taleban on a school in Pakistan that killed 141 people.“The intentional killing of innocent people, children and women are against the basics of Islam and this criteria has to be considered by every Islamic party and government,” Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement.

Narendra Modi condemns ‘cowardly’ attack on Pakistan school

New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly condemned a “cowardly” attack by Taleban militants on Tuesday on an army-run school in neighbouring Pakistan that killed at least 126 people, most of them children.

Germany condemns ‘cruel cowardice’ of Pakistan attack

Berlin: Germany on Tuesday condemned the “cruel cowardice” of a Taleban attack that killed at least 126 people, most of them children, in an army-run school in Pakistan.

I saw death so close, says injured student in Taleban attack

Peshawar: A teenage survivor of Tuesday’s Taleban attack on a Pakistan school described how he played dead after being shot in both legs by insurgents hunting down students to kill.

Malala Yousafzai ‘heartbroken’ by Pakistan school slayings

London: Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taleban in 2012, said she was “heartbroken” by “the senseless and cold blooded killing” of scores of children by Taleban militants on Tuesday in Pakistan.

French President Hollande condemns ‘vile’ Pakistan school attack

French President Francois Hollande condemned what he described as a ‘vile’ attack on a school in Pakistan on Tuesday that has killed at least 126 people, most of them children.