Taliban attack school in Pakistan; 100+ children dead

[Jiska]

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/pakistan-taliban-attack-military-school-kill-27626582

Breaking news:

The Taliban have attacked an army run school in North-West Pakistan, killing more than 100 people. Four to five men strapped with explosives are said to have entered the school, walking from classroom to classroom opening fire.

 

[tandino]

******* children.

Just a sad state of affairs at the moment.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/pakistan-taliban-attack-military-school-kill-27626582

Breaking news:

The Taliban have attacked an army run school in North-West Pakistan, killing more than 100 people. Four to five men strapped with explosives are said to have entered the school, walking from classroom to classroom opening fire.

Says in the article they were between grades 1-10 - but were they civilian children or military cadets? The article suggests the latter. Horrible either way, but I find an attack on a civilian target completely reprehensible. I have no political sympathies for the Taliban whatsoever but an attack on a military training school, horrible as it is that these students were all probably underaged kids who had likely never even seen a battlefield let alone fired a shot in anger, is an attack on the fighting assets of the State.

Which I suppose is Insurgency 101.

Horrible that it was children though. Absolutely horrible

 

[Jiska]

Only happened less than 30 minutes ago. Details are sketchy.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

Read the article again.

The school is located on the edge of a military cantonment in Peshawar, but the bulk of the students are civilian.

s**t effort

 

[JuddsABlue]

This really borders on the unbelievable

I can get my heard around what happened yesterday, but organising and plotting this is thankfully a reality we've never had to deal with, its unspeakable

 

[Stretford End]

126 dead now. 500 hundred still being held hostage

 

[Catastic82]

126 dead now. 500 hundred still being held hostage

* me ******* cowards

 

[carnthemlions]

Apparently some of the attackers are now blowing themselves up.

 

[treefingers]

jesus christ

 

[rdhopkins2]

There is no justification for deplorable, cowardly acts like this. Disgusting and vile event.

 

[Paul Kersey]

Scum.

 

[cats23]

What a horrendous state of affairs when kids can't safely go to school.

I believe mosques are the "usual" targets of the Pakistani taliban, which is shocking in itself, but this is a whole new level of sadness. Surely this will cast serious uncertainty to the support the taliban receives in Pakistan.

 

[headache1]

What makes this even worse, is that people within the Pakistani Government, Military and Intelligence Services (ISI), willingly work with these ******* animals.

 

[Ant_]

What makes this even worse, is that people within the Pakistani Government, Military and Intelligence Services (ISI), willingly work with these ******* animals.

I wonder if this is a turning point in the relationship?

 

[headache1]

I wonder if this is a turning point in the relationship?

Sadly, the last line of that article makes me think no.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

******* cowardly scum targeting children. Typical of the ******* Taliban, an absolutely vile turn of events.

 

[Moo]

I wonder if this is a turning point in the relationship?

I thought the same thing.

There comes a point when enough is enough.

Killing my kid would certainly be that point.

 

[Moo]

jesus christ

Bzzzzzzt ....try again

 

[The_Reaper]

http://abcnews.go.com/International...ack-pakistan-chief-minister/story?id=27627742

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30491435

Really tragic news.

 

[carnthemlions]

I wonder if this is a turning point in the relationship?

You'd hope so, especially after the Taliban made a point of going after kids who are more likely to have parents in the military.
Of course, you still have Imran Khan quite obviously NOT mentioning the Taliban in his statements on this.

 

[The_Reaper]

absolutely vile.

Horrible news.

 

[The_Reaper]

Says in the article they were between grades 1-10 - but were they civilian children or military cadets? The article suggests the latter. Horrible either way, but I find an attack on a civilian target completely reprehensible. I have no political sympathies for the Taliban whatsoever but an attack on a military training school, horrible as it is that these students were all probably underaged kids who had likely never even seen a battlefield let alone fired a shot in anger, is an attack on the fighting assets of the State.

Which I suppose is Insurgency 101.

Horrible that it was children though. Absolutely horrible

It's a regular public school.

 

[Power Raid]

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/pakistan-taliban-attack-military-school-kill-27626582

Breaking news:

The Taliban have attacked an army run school in North-West Pakistan, killing more than 100 people. Four to five men strapped with explosives are said to have entered the school, walking from classroom to classroom opening fire.

just sad

what else can you say

 

[The_Reaper]

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/peshawar-s...er-alive-front-pupils-behead-children-1479767

It things like this that make me hope there is a hell