Terrorists attack Pakistan airport, 50 people dead and injured

Xinhua News Agency/AFP quoted hospital and Pakistani media sources as saying that on the evening of December 15, at least 10 people were killed and more than 40 injured when unidentified militants attacked an airport in the northwestern city of Peshawar.

According to media reports, the attack occurred at 8:30 p.m. local time when a series of explosions were heard one after another at Bacha Khan International Airport.

Taliban militant group inPakistanclaimed responsibility for the suicide attack.

Geo TV said five rockets were fired at the airport. Other reports said the militants attacked a police checkpoint outside the airport before entering the building. An official was quoted as saying the target of the attack was the nearby air base.

A military statementPakistansaid the attackers came from the nearby Khyber tribal region and that the attack was in retaliation for an anti-separatist campaign in the tribal areas by the army.Pakistanlaunched a while ago.

Taliban militant group inPakistanclaimed responsibility for the suicide attack.

Previously, on October 13, a suicide car bombing occurred at a crowded market in the town of Darra Adam Khel in the Northwest.Pakistan, killing at least 16 people and injuring about 30. Dozens of shops and vehicles were also severely damaged./.

According to VNA-M