Gunmen storm hotel in Gilgit-Baltistan of PoK, kill 10 tourists
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When one build a country based on the principle of hat rate for other religions and minorities... they deserve what they are getting now... it is a divine justice indeed"¦the new high is the killing of Chinese here... even they cannot protect their friends in their own country...3 Chinese among killed! Terrorists didn't recognize their all weather friends???
Anyone foreigner who visits Suicide Bomber country Pakistan is on a suicide mission.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Gunmen stormed a camp on Pakistan's second-largest mountain Sunday, killing nine foreign climbers, including a U.S. citizen, in a brazen assault that could deal a blow to the country's efforts to jump-start its tourism industry.
The Pakistani Taliban asserted responsibility for the attack, calling it retribution for a suspected U.S. drone strike last month that killed Wali ur-Rehman, the second in command of the terrorist group.
Group says attack that left 10 dead, including an American citizen, was retribution for a May drone strike.
."Through this killing we gave a message to the international community to ask U.S. to stop drone strikes," said Ehsanullah Ehsan, a Taliban spokesman.
The attack in northern Pakistan at Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth-tallest mountain, occurred around 1 a.m. as the climbers and their guides were at a camp at about 4,000 feet above sea level. According to local and regional officials, about a dozen gunmen tied up the climbers' Pakistani guides before shooting the climbers as they slept in tents.
The attackers reportedly wore police uniforms, an increasingly common tactic that Taliban militants have used to evade scrutiny.
In all, 10 people were killed, including five from Ukraine, two from China and one from Russia, according to preliminary information from Pakistani authorities. At least one Pakistani guide also was killed. At least one Chinese tourist survived and was rescued from the area, known as Fairy Meadows, officials said.
Pakistan's interior minister said a U.S. citizen was killed in the assault. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said four bodies have been identified, including those of a Chinese American, two Chinese and one local guide who is thought to be a Nepali national.
Matthew H. Boland, acting spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, said authorities were withholding the identification of the American until next of kin could be notified.
"The United States government strongly condemns the terrorist attack on tourists in the northern areas of Pakistan in which nine innocent tourists and a Pakistani guide were murdered," Boland said. "The U.S. Embassy Islamabad expresses its deepest condolences to the family and friends of the U.S. citizen and the other innocent tourists who were killed."
Boland said the FBI was working closely with Pakistani authorities to gather more information on the attack.
The assault occurred in the picturesque Gilgit-Baltistan area, a popular tourist area in the Himalayas near the country's border with China. Nanga Parbat rises to 26,660 feet. The world's second-largest mountain, K2, with an elevation of 28,251 feet, straddles Gilgit-Baltistan's border with China.
The slayings come as Pakistan's military and government have been trying to combat a wave of terrorist bombings and sectarian attacks, including some aimed at Shiites in the northern part of the country.
Attacks on foreigners have been rare, and Sunday's killings rattled Pakistan's government.
Khan, the interior minister, spent part of Sunday fielding calls from worried ambassadors, including Chinese envoy Xu Feihong.
"He asked whether Chinese tourists were the target, and I said Pakistan was the target," he said. "The terrorists want to give a message to the world that Pakistan is an insecure place and insecure country."
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has vowed to rebuild Pakistan's economy. He said such acts of "cruelty and inhumanity" wouldn't deter the state from efforts "to make Pakistan a safe place for tourists."
But Syed Mehdi Shah, the chief minister in Gilgit-Baltistan, said he worries that the incident will hurt the local economy, which relies heavily on the summer climbing season.
"It will have negative effects on tourism in the scenic northern areas, which is the sole source of revenue of the government as well [as] of the local population," he said.
Shahjahan Khetran, managing director of the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation, said the "government tries its best to provide security cover to tourists" in that area, including making hikers and climbers register their whereabouts.
But until now, Khetran notes, the biggest threats for tourists in that remote area were not man-made.
"I personally see the involvement of some foreign hand, some foreign agency in this incident as local people could not think of carrying out such a heinous crime," Khetran said. "Some foreign element could have carried out this attack to destroy Pakistani tourism."
For weeks, Pakistan's Taliban has been vowing that it would avenge the death of Rehman, who was killed May 29 when a suspected CIA-operated drone fired two missiles into a house in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region.
U.S. officials have not confirmed that they carried out that strike, but they had issued a $5 million reward for Rehman's capture after he was linked to a 2009 assault that killed seven Americans at a CIA training facility in Afghanistan.
At the time, the Pakistani Taliban partly blamed the Islamabad government for not doing more to stop suspected U.S. drone strikes on Pakistani soil.
Khan reported from Peshawar. Craig reported from Kabul. Shaiq Hussain in Islamabad contributed to this report.
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The Pakistani Taliban asserted responsibility for the attack, calling it retribution for a suspected U.S. drone strike last month that killed Wali ur-Rehman, the second in command of the terrorist group.
Group says attack that left 10 dead, including an American citizen, was retribution for a May drone strike.
."Through this killing we gave a message to the international community to ask U.S. to stop drone strikes," said Ehsanullah Ehsan, a Taliban spokesman.
The attack in northern Pakistan at Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth-tallest mountain, occurred around 1 a.m. as the climbers and their guides were at a camp at about 4,000 feet above sea level. According to local and regional officials, about a dozen gunmen tied up the climbers' Pakistani guides before shooting the climbers as they slept in tents.
The attackers reportedly wore police uniforms, an increasingly common tactic that Taliban militants have used to evade scrutiny.
In all, 10 people were killed, including five from Ukraine, two from China and one from Russia, according to preliminary information from Pakistani authorities. At least one Pakistani guide also was killed. At least one Chinese tourist survived and was rescued from the area, known as Fairy Meadows, officials said.
Pakistan's interior minister said a U.S. citizen was killed in the assault. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said four bodies have been identified, including those of a Chinese American, two Chinese and one local guide who is thought to be a Nepali national.
Matthew H. Boland, acting spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, said authorities were withholding the identification of the American until next of kin could be notified.
"The United States government strongly condemns the terrorist attack on tourists in the northern areas of Pakistan in which nine innocent tourists and a Pakistani guide were murdered," Boland said. "The U.S. Embassy Islamabad expresses its deepest condolences to the family and friends of the U.S. citizen and the other innocent tourists who were killed."
Boland said the FBI was working closely with Pakistani authorities to gather more information on the attack.
The assault occurred in the picturesque Gilgit-Baltistan area, a popular tourist area in the Himalayas near the country's border with China. Nanga Parbat rises to 26,660 feet. The world's second-largest mountain, K2, with an elevation of 28,251 feet, straddles Gilgit-Baltistan's border with China.
The slayings come as Pakistan's military and government have been trying to combat a wave of terrorist bombings and sectarian attacks, including some aimed at Shiites in the northern part of the country.
Attacks on foreigners have been rare, and Sunday's killings rattled Pakistan's government.
Khan, the interior minister, spent part of Sunday fielding calls from worried ambassadors, including Chinese envoy Xu Feihong.
"He asked whether Chinese tourists were the target, and I said Pakistan was the target," he said. "The terrorists want to give a message to the world that Pakistan is an insecure place and insecure country."
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has vowed to rebuild Pakistan's economy. He said such acts of "cruelty and inhumanity" wouldn't deter the state from efforts "to make Pakistan a safe place for tourists."
But Syed Mehdi Shah, the chief minister in Gilgit-Baltistan, said he worries that the incident will hurt the local economy, which relies heavily on the summer climbing season.
"It will have negative effects on tourism in the scenic northern areas, which is the sole source of revenue of the government as well [as] of the local population," he said.
Shahjahan Khetran, managing director of the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation, said the "government tries its best to provide security cover to tourists" in that area, including making hikers and climbers register their whereabouts.
But until now, Khetran notes, the biggest threats for tourists in that remote area were not man-made.
"I personally see the involvement of some foreign hand, some foreign agency in this incident as local people could not think of carrying out such a heinous crime," Khetran said. "Some foreign element could have carried out this attack to destroy Pakistani tourism."
For weeks, Pakistan's Taliban has been vowing that it would avenge the death of Rehman, who was killed May 29 when a suspected CIA-operated drone fired two missiles into a house in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region.
U.S. officials have not confirmed that they carried out that strike, but they had issued a $5 million reward for Rehman's capture after he was linked to a 2009 assault that killed seven Americans at a CIA training facility in Afghanistan.
At the time, the Pakistani Taliban partly blamed the Islamabad government for not doing more to stop suspected U.S. drone strikes on Pakistani soil.
Khan reported from Peshawar. Craig reported from Kabul. Shaiq Hussain in Islamabad contributed to this report.
Washington Post
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Now that US cannot be subjected to Paki blackmail of curtailing NATO supplies across Khyber agency (FATA region), drones strikes might increase exponentially. What would TTP do to Paki Army & ISI, then ?
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Reported for blatant flamebaiting and anti-Muslim undertones, and a completely inappropriate tone to take in response to a tragic event.
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What is offensive in it ??
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Read that original comment, but replace every mention China with Japan and Pakistan with India, and replace the copycat/terrorism allegations with gang rape cases in the present day and sexual slavery during World War 2.
Would it not read like an offensive attempt to score political points over a deplorable incident?
The dead were mountaineers, for heavens' sake - not even engineers or Chinese military members, whom you could (plausibly) engage in gloating over.
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Yeah, hopefully Sharif can put Pakistan on the road to development and peace...
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Pakis are an entertaining species. We are already hearing on several forums that this is a CIA-RAW conspiracy to destroy tourism in Pakistan.
As expected.
Pakistan is a country that has no hope.
As expected.
No one can put Pakistan on the road to development and peace, unless they give up their Islam-obsession. But that is not going to happen, so Pakistan is just going to slide down, down and down. Look at the posts of member @Alpha1 on DFI, to get an idea of how the Paki mind works.
Pakistan is a country that has no hope.
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You should work on your Islam-phobia!
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Any Muslim would condem these attacks You are the one who curses Islam for everything!!
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@topic RIP!
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Tolerant secularism exposed! ^^^
celebrating deaths, stupid people!
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We have excellent tourist spots!strange, for them mountains only found in pakistan
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Understand where I am coming from.
Islam (or any religion for that matter) is fine if you keep it as a personal matter, in the four walls of your house. A good example would be a friend of mine in Bangalore, who is a Muslim, and is sensible and liberal in every way. Religion for him, is a personal matter, as it should be.
The problem is when Islam-craze pervades through every facet of society, as it has in Pakistan. The toxic and poisonous effect of it on the nation cannot be expressed in words.
Until your country collectively realizes this fact, you will fall deeper and deeper into the pit.
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Islam is a way of life it should be in offices, houses everywhere and the whole nation!
Pakistan is a name sake muslim country with unIslamic prevalent!
Do you remember the golden age of Islam?
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but very poor tourist infrastructure and security. world is full of tourist spotsWe have excellent tourist spots!
#sarcasm_killer
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Islam-obsession? Islam is not incompatible with economic growth, any more than Catholicism was incompatible with economic growth in Ireland prior to the 1970s. The main flaw in the Pakistani polity is lack of any institution that derives its legitimacy from making the population more well-off, as opposed to making them safe from terrorism/America/India.
Also, Alpha1 is probably not Pakistani, but someone posting under that flag to make Pakis look bad. Unfortunately, giving the tenor of this forum, he is likely preaching to the choir.
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Like SWAT valley where AK-47 is sold as aloo-sabji.We have excellent tourist spots!
#sarcasm_killer
The same reason why Pakistan is one of the MOST dangerous places in the world.
Jo bhi thoda bahut tourism thaa you spoiled it.
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So we assume you are not Chinese but an imposter making Chinese look dumb and stupid supporting terrorists and radicalism.
