PG: Glimpses of Peshawar Attack, in pictures

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AFP
PG: Glimpses of Peshawar Attack, in pictures

WEBDESK: Taliban militants stormed the Army Public School in Peshawar on Tuesday morning when students were attending a workshop on first-aid.

The attackers killed over 100 people including 84 students and have left nearly 100 injured, many are said to be in critical condition.

The law enforcers continue their operation against the militants still holed up inside the school.


A soldier escorts schoolchildren from the Army Public School that is under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar

Pakistani security forces drive on a road leading to the Army Public School that is under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar

Pakistani security forces takes up positions on a road leading to the Army Public School that is under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar

A rescue worker waves to make way for an ambulance as it speeded away form a school that was attacked by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar

A soldier escorts schoolchildren after they were rescued from the Army Public School that is under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar

A soldier escorts schoolchildren after they were rescued from from the Army Public School that is under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar

A man talks on a phone, with his arm around a student, outside a military run school that is under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar

A Pakistani soldier takes up a position above a road near a military run school that is under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar

Schoolchildren cross a road as they move away from a military run school that is under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar

Ambulances drive away from a military run school that is under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar

A Student injured in the Peshawar attack being treated at the hospital

A Coffin carrying one of the deceased students is loaded onto an ambulance

Another student receiving treatment at hospital in Peshawar

A young school boy is carried to be administered treatment.

Students being treated at hospital in Peshawar.

A young boy lets out a cry, as he is consoled at the hospital.

An injured school boy at the hospital.

Rescue workers and family members carry the coffin of a student, who was killed in Peshawar attack.

A student cries on a man's shoulder, after he was rescued from the Army Public School.

Students walk near the Army Public School that came under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar.

School-children stand outside after being rescued from the Army Public School that in under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar

A woman is unable to hold back her emotions as she arrives near the site of the attack.

An injured student is being treated.