Badaber Air Base

Pakistan bombs Taliban hideouts after deadly raid on military base

Pakistani jets killed 16 suspected militants in bombing raids near the Afghan border on Saturday, and police arrested dozens of people, security officials said, the day after Taliban militants killed 29 people in an attack on an air base.

Sep 19, 2015, 15:24 PM IST

Taliban attacks Pakistan Air Force base: As it happened

A group of heavily armed gunmen associated with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacked a Pakistani Air Force base in the northwestern city of Peshawar early on Friday. The attackers tried to force their way into the Badaber Air Base. The security forces in Pakistan responded quickly to the attack and killed at least 13 terrorists in the ensuing operation.

Sep 18, 2015, 17:18 PM IST