28 people were killed as Pakistan's military fought an all-night battle on Monday with Taliban gunmen who besieged Karachi airport armed with rocket launchers and suicide vests, leaving a nascent peace process in tatters.
Ten militants were among the dead as Pakistan's biggest city witnessed a return of the kind of spectacular offensive waged before by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during an insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives.
The attack at Karachi's Jinnah International Airport began just before midnight on 8th June and around dawn, the military said that all 10 attackers had been killed.
Ten militants were among the dead as Pakistan's biggest city witnessed a return of the kind of spectacular offensive waged before by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during an insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives.
The attack at Karachi's Jinnah International Airport began just before midnight on 8th June and around dawn, the military said that all 10 attackers had been killed.
