Peshawar Airport sealed after Rocket Attacks

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looks like terrorists have entered a house

 
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from the looks of it, it appears that target was military planes at the airport, may be F16, looks like terrorist are choosing targets which will hurt Pak most.
 

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5 terrorist killed.3 had suicide jackets as well

car loaded with explosive striked the wall of airport.majority of injured were because of that
 

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Mighty ISI is getting dose of its own medicine. Any day terrorists will take out ISI HQ with truck bomb.
Headquarters

The ISI headquarters are in Islamabad. The complex consists of various adobe building separated by lawns and fountains. The entrance to the complex is next to a private hospital. Declan Walsh of The Guardian said that the entrance is "is suitably discreet: no sign, just a plainclothes officer packing a pistol who direct visitors through a chicane of barriers, soldiers and sniffer dogs"[12] Walsh said that the complex "resembles a well-funded private university" and that the buildings are "neatly tended," the lawns are "smooth," and the fountains are "tinkling." He described the central building, which houses the director general's office on the top floor, as "a modern structure with a round, echoing lobby."[12]
Recruitment and training.
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People who work where there are tinkling fountains can't be all bad, can they?
 

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PESHAWAR: At least three people, including a police officer were killed and 46 others were injured in rocket attacks on the Bacha Khan International Airport and subsequent exchange of fire between security forces and terrorists on the Old Bara Road on Saturday night.

The airport was declared "cleared" after a search operation, Express News reported.

CCPO Peshawar told Express News added that a search operation has been completed and four attackers have died. Sources said as many as five terrorists have been killed. However, as police forces cleared areas surrounding the airport, intense firing erupted. Express News correspondent Jahangir Shehzad said that a police armoured car had taken point in the clearance operation.

Around 8:30 pm in the night two rockets, fired at the Bacha Khan International Airport, struck the outer wall around the airport and a guest house on Abdarra Road. That initial attack injured at least 15 people injured who were rushed to the nearby Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH).

When police was moved to the area where rockets had hit the building, some people who had reportedly taken positions on a roof top in University Town had fired at police too.

"We have reports that a policeman deployed at the Old Bara Road check post has been killed along with a civilian and their dead bodies are lying there. A Suzuki Carry van has also been on fire nearby probably hit by a rocket too," an official of the Town police station told The Express Tribune on the condition of anonymity.

"We have been asked to move the Anti Terrorists Squad (ATS) commandoes to the area equipped with night vision goggles as these terrorists have taken position on a roof top and are offering heavy resistance by firing at police," he said, adding that SSP Operation Imran Shahid himself was supervising the operation.

SSP Operation Imran told The Express Tribune that "situation was tight and they were in the middle of an operation." Officials had cordoned off University town and were sweeping it for more terrorists.

Officials at the Khyber Teaching Hospital told The Express Tribune that at least 46 injured people have been brought there in addition to two dead bodies. Per MS Zafar Afridi, five of the injured are in critical condition.

The Pehawar airport shares its airstrip with a Pakistan Air Force base. A PAF spokesperson said that the rockets had only damaged the outer wall of the airport and that all aircraft and on base personnel were safe and that terrorists had failed to penetrate the outer perimeter.

Flights delayed

According to Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) officials around 120 passengers onboard flight PK 755 had landed at Bacha Khan International Airport and are currently at the airport lounge and are safe. They added that a flight due to depart for Riyadh from Peshawar has been delayed.

CAA spokesman George Pervez told The Express Tribune that all the passengers are safe and that the Airport Security Force (ASF) accompanied by security forces have cordoned off the lounge.

"I cannot say anything regarding the situation unless we receive clearance from law enforcing agencies. We will never put precious lives of the passengers in danger. We can delay flights and an even cancel them," he said. A Peshawar bound flight from Karachi due to land at 22:00 was diverted to Islamabad.
Three people killed, 40 injured as attack on Peshawar airport repelled – The Express Tribune
 

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some local minister says that blast has occurred inside airport.
 
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Seems like the Pakistanis had a spate of luck there. The rockets which were fired and supposed to hit the boundary wall fell on adjacent houses instead. And a car with 4, yes 4, suicide bombers in it rammed the wall and all four died. Imagine if the 4 were to get off and actually detonate their explosives.
 
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And a car with 4, yes 4, suicide bombers in it rammed the wall and all four died.
Oops.Died from crash or premature detonation? :)
 

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some local minister says that blast has occurred inside airport.
it may be possible that Terrorists have taken out F 16, since Junk fighter is too cheap to be on their list.
 
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All terrorists dead .... bad place to attack where jets can be scrambled for CAS...poor bitches :thumb:
 

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Target was PAF airbase nt airport

Source TTP official call to Saleem saifi
 

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Could be the handiwork of the Afghan intelligence agency. During the Soviet times, Afghan forces would actually cross over into Pakistan and carry out raids.
 

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Could be the handiwork of the Afghan intelligence agency. During the Soviet times, Afghan forces would actually cross over into Pakistan and carry out raids.
TTP has claimed its hand behind the attack!
 

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Probably a symbolic attack to prove to their followers, that they are targeting the Drone launch sites.

Shows how effective the drones have been.
 

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According to arynews. all 5 mujahideen were from Uzbekistan who attack peshawar airport.:taunt1::taunt1:


these are same uzbek and chechiniyan once paki helped:pound::pound::pound:


result of thakedari:taunt::taunt:
 

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