Badaber attack: Five Pakistani 'terrorists' identified

E-Paper | April 30, 2026

PESHAWAR: Five men suspected of involvement in the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) camp attack in Peshawar's Badaber area on Friday have been identified.

At least 42 people, including 14 terrorists, were killed as the PAF camp at Inqalab road had come under attack by Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan militants early Friday.

The 'terrorists' whose information has been released include:

Rab Nawaz

Rab Nawaz, son of Sher Dast Khan, is a resident of Swat born on Jan 16, 1995.

Details of Rab Nawaz. — photo by author

Muhammad Ishaq

Muhammad Ishaq, son of Muhammad Sher Ali Khan, is a resident of Swat born on Jan 1, 1988.

Details of Muhammad Ishaq— Photo by author

Siraj Uddin

Siraj Uddin, son of Lal Mat Khel, is a resident of Khyber Agency born on Feb 10, 1984.

Details of Siraj Uddin. — Photo by author

Adnan

Adnan, son of Nazar Band Khan, is a resident of Khyber Agency born on Aug 15, 1996.

Details of Adnan, resident of Khyber Agency. — Photo by author

Ibrahim

Ibrahim, son of Moheeb Khan, is a resident of Khyber Agency born on March 10, 1988.

Details of Ibrahim. — Photo by author

The Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology on Saturday collected specimens from the bodies of 14 terrorists who were killed by security forces during the attack, Dawn newspaper reported.

The specimens were to be dispatched to the Punjab Forensic Science Agency in Lahore to determine the identities of the attackers.

The Counter-Terrorism Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa registered a First Information Report (FIR) against unknown suspects on terror charges in relation to Friday's deadly attack on the PAF camp in Badaber.

Also read: Army captain among 29 killed in TTP-claimed attack on PAF camp in Peshawar

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Younus Ali (BD)

Sep 20, 2015 03:21pm

congratulation Pakistani intelligence.

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Saad

Sep 20, 2015 03:21pm

So seems like Swat isnt clear of terrorists, terrorist mindset as claimed by our security forces.

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Timeto stopthis

Sep 20, 2015 03:23pm

This is not going to end until people are educated in proper schools following a well rounded curriculum and they are given job opportunities so they can feed and support their families. Madrassa education and joblessness is the potent combination driving people down this destructive path.

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Shahryar Shirazi

Sep 20, 2015 03:23pm

Good strategy. Name and shame them publicly.

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Khurram

Sep 20, 2015 03:23pm

Shame on them

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adnan s ullah

Sep 20, 2015 03:28pm

yes thats great, show them publicly...

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Volker Schmit

Sep 20, 2015 03:30pm

Good. Glad that the authorities didnt put the blame this time on Afgani or indian terrorists !

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Khalid

Sep 20, 2015 03:32pm

@Shahryar Shirazi You are right! But brain behind it RAW must be mentioned as well

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M Jamal

Sep 20, 2015 03:35pm

These are foot terrorist.Information to be gathered how they become terrorist and what were the reasons.Who are the mastermind?Detail analysis and solutions will help in eliminating the easy availability of the recruits.

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Silent Reader

Sep 20, 2015 03:35pm

Interesting finding here is that three of these identified have ages of 19, 20 and 21.

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Glowing Pakistan

Sep 20, 2015 03:42pm

They are looking young boys. Definitely they are brain washed by enemy of Pakistan. We have to go against those people which are doing so. We have to fight against this bad ideology that is definitely being supported by some so-called mullas not all of them but some of them are doing this type of cheap works against the state, we have to catch them and to punish them for the strength of state and Islam.

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Rathod

Sep 20, 2015 03:49pm

Good now prove where they were trained and who funded them...check their journey from their homes to this day...

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Sourabh

Sep 20, 2015 03:54pm

I request the Government of Pakistan to urgently look for job generation schemes. Government can also support the youths for self employment. Its lack of jobs which is driving these young souls into terrorism,. When young people starts earning they won't pay any heed to the radical views of the Mullahs. Feeling very sad to see such young people getting into terrorism just due to poor economic health of Pakistan.

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lala

Sep 20, 2015 03:55pm

so sad to see such young kids brain washed.

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Asim Khan

Sep 20, 2015 03:58pm

Eye for an eye in my opinion, people have lost their loves ones because of their actions. Demolish their family homes, prison their parents or children and confiscate their property and remove their Pakistani status as citizenship. The authorities will need to clamp down on such people, enough is enough. The iron hand needs to be shown!

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AKB

Sep 20, 2015 04:02pm

The suspects should have been nominated in the FIR instead of lodging FIR against the unknown persons.

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Sadhu

Sep 20, 2015 04:03pm

The sad part is all of these are young men. What a waste of life!!

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Waseem Sarwar

Sep 20, 2015 04:05pm

Start monitoring their families and friends to make sure they weren't involved in anyway.

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Ragu

Sep 20, 2015 04:10pm

They all are so young!

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Faizan Ali

Sep 20, 2015 04:11pm

The investigating agencies must objectively find out WHY did these individuals attack the camp? Because they belong to two same regions. Why were they motivated to do so? I think its time we need to eliminate the root cause in parallel to fighting them.

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MJK

Sep 20, 2015 04:11pm

Get hold of their parents , question them , they might provide a lead to their bosses.

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Truth

Sep 20, 2015 04:12pm

The background, and how and where they got indoctrinated, needs to be investigated and brought to public knowledge. What is the Govt strategy to de-radicalise the misguided elements like these people? Otherwise you keep on killing militants and new recruits will continue to replace them. What counter narrative has been prepared and being publicised by the Govt?

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Imran khan

Sep 20, 2015 04:14pm

Need to stop communication link between terrorists n their nerve Centre along with cutting off the all type of supplies. That never Centre may not be in Pakistan or Afghanistan even.

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concerned 1

Sep 20, 2015 04:14pm

The fact these terrorists belong from the troubled parts where drone attacks and pak army bombings r a daily ritual tells a story ... We need to wake up and empathise with Innocent killings whether in Khyber agency or Peshawar ...we need to be fair

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Mbhai

Sep 20, 2015 04:16pm

Disappointing to see how young these guys are......

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wasim shah

Sep 20, 2015 04:17pm

These terrorists never understood the cost of blood that flows against their immoral believes and activities, Pak Army Zindabad.

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@pakistanlover

Sep 20, 2015 04:17pm

They seems like children too.....the question is how they turned into terrorist and how more are being converted.....please Raheel Shareef end this war on bigger level...I mean control their training centres in pakistan

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ash

Sep 20, 2015 04:20pm

good bring name in public for Lesson for them and their families who did not kept eye on them

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Noman

Sep 20, 2015 04:24pm

@Shahryar Shirazi they are dead. I don't think they care about this naming and shaming. However; it does help in following their family and friendship ties to see who else is out there.

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Sajid Syed

Sep 20, 2015 04:31pm

@Shahrya hirazi , yes, name and shame them, include the school, madrashas they attended. So shall be the case for all politicians who are disgraced. Name and shame them by giving names of their parents, their village, tribe, schools they attended to etc.

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Iqbal

Sep 20, 2015 04:32pm

Reach their roots / origin and get hold of their trainers, supporters and facilitators. Make an example; no one dare take that course again.

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Parvez

Sep 20, 2015 04:32pm

The important thing is who recruited them, who trained them , who conceived this operation, who monitored the operation, who provided them shelter and importantly what exactly was it supposed to achieve .......I hope a good journalist will follow up on this.

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Shruti

Sep 20, 2015 04:33pm

Pakistan must say sorry to Un and Afghanistan that their own people were involved in recent pak air force base attack.

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salman

Sep 20, 2015 04:35pm

It is very disturbing to know 19-20 years old young people are getting involved in such a suicidal attack in which they are almost sure they will be killed. There must be something serious problem in societies due to which they are easily lured by militant, need to search the basic problem of society. Unless and until the root cause is not addressed , this madness is not going to end. If you want to evacuated the vessel first fix the tap.

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kashor

Sep 20, 2015 04:42pm

It is strange Pakistan can engage in dialogue with Taliban who are Afghan but not with misguided people of Khybar and Swat. Need to engage with human touch not air raids. Killings result in revenge killings and the vicious circle goes on.

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Farhan

Sep 20, 2015 04:48pm

The families of terrorists should bear some responsibility - in most cases they will have reason to suspect that their family member has turned to TTP. As such the onus was on them to report such suspicions. Question: what should the state do to the families of terrorists?

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DVK

Sep 20, 2015 04:51pm

Time to go one step further. Who radicalized them? The disease needs to be removed totally to have peace in Pakistan and with similar actions in the subcontinent.

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ALI

Sep 20, 2015 04:52pm

We need to end the doctrine of this evil. They all are so Young.they are our Pakistani brothers..I request to All Ulmas Please finish this doctrine. It is really damaging our nation and state. Dr tahir Ul qadri was right We need peace center and we need to eliminate hatred education. Madarsah can play vital role to eliminate the terrorism. Schools colleges and Universities should must work on it. There should be celebration week in Pakistan on Peace, Harmony and Love.

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desikan

Sep 20, 2015 04:56pm

First we were told that the attackers came from Afghan. Now we need to find out how these people from Pakistan were brain washed and action should be taken against those who indoctrinated them.

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NYC-Khan

Sep 20, 2015 04:57pm

These beast are dead, but now to trace the supply line, money trail, traing center, sympathizer, support group, where stayed, how get the weapons, ammo, who paid, transported them, where they stayed in Peshawer, the night before. Command and communications, phone call records, received, called, cross check, whole lot of work, but this net will catch a lot of above said people, provide lot of leads, and prevent future mayhem, tedious hard work pays off.

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Abdulla Hussain

Sep 20, 2015 05:00pm

Out of five 4 cannot sign meaning illiterate. Useless souls died uselessly, their families will face the music. The authorities should deploy more & more plain cloth agents to nab these type of characters. Strict vigilance is required. As a deterrence the authorities should announce firmly with a warning that in future the parents & family members of all such terrorists will be prosecuted & also punished for the terror activity of their son / relatives.

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MSD

Sep 20, 2015 05:00pm

Ahhh... Young, poor, no more educated, misguided and used against own homeland. It's another wake up call for elite ruling class to mend their ways and focus on human development and well being of people.

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khangul

Sep 20, 2015 05:01pm

@concerned 1 Wrong. They have been killing innocent women and children in market places, schools, mosques, and places of worships long before the army operation. The question is who used these young people for their nefarious objectives?

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Vijay R

Sep 20, 2015 05:10pm

Modernize Madarassas with education that enables them to earn wages to feed family.. Otherwise, they turn up to blow them selves not only in your country, but in ours as well

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Anil Bhutta

Sep 20, 2015 05:14pm

Will look to the route cause of the problem. What TTP offer to these young people where the Govt could not? Its matter of reality check. The 1st thing as I notice is illiteracy 2nd is job opportunity and helplessness & community support. The government must create a proper social atmosphere for youth regardless of their ethnicity or in influence. The basic necessity ,Shelter, Food, Cloth, must be meet Its a demand not a quest or pay the consequence.

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Don

Sep 20, 2015 05:17pm

Why is no one talking about the elephant on the room? This clearly shows Afghanistan was not involved. Sartaj Aziz needs to apologise to afghan government. Own up to faults and then afghans would trust pak govt and military

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JUSTICE

Sep 20, 2015 05:25pm

If any terrorist or criminals get arrested lives , don't hide their faces, always show their identity to public.

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ahmedGul

Sep 20, 2015 05:30pm

They chose path of terrorism and thus wasted their lives but also took innocent and useful citizens of this world. Go after people who indoctrinate these gullible young men and they are not difficult to find. It is however, ridiculous to post their addresses like this and thus putting their families in danger. I am sure this must be illegal.

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haider

Sep 20, 2015 05:30pm

all Pakistanis. The young generation of Pukhtoons designed as cannon fodder for imperial wars duped by establishment sanctioned and approved false religious leaders spewing hatred.

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anwar saeed USA

Sep 20, 2015 05:39pm

Root cause of there young man should be found. Since they belong to Swat, there families could help the reasons for joining TTP. There is always a good reason for young men to join a party who is destroying Pakistani establishment. Provincial as well as federal government should play a role to solve this problem. Majority of Pakistani are young under the age of 45 years. These young people are the future of Pakistan and Pakistani government can do many good things to solve this problem.

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B M Khan

Sep 20, 2015 05:41pm

@Truth They are not misguided- They are criminals trained and flourished in Imran Khan KP They are his brothers causing havoc in the country-- What is he doing about it except exporting such criminals along with guns and narcotics to Sindh and Punjab. Just a while ago he wanted to provide sanctuary to them instead of bombing and clearing not only their hide outs but the manufacturing facilities of ammunition. I guess this is the only source of revenue for KP

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Unicorn

Sep 20, 2015 05:45pm

@Don Afghan is involved as the phone calls were traced we don't and shouldn't apologize to no one we are not a weak nation and how do we know that they are not origins of Afghans.All their families be charged for aiding and abetting as a deterrent for others to monitor their child's activities.

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MUHAMMAD USMAN KHAN

Sep 20, 2015 05:48pm

We hope that at this moment they will be trying to justify their actions in front of God.

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S Chaudhury

Sep 20, 2015 05:50pm

Should these terrorists parents not be punished?

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sajjad

Sep 20, 2015 05:51pm

People dont realise the injustices these people have suffered as a result of our corrupt US allied governments.

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Ahmed Ali

Sep 20, 2015 05:53pm

The property or any wealth belonging to their families should be confiscated. It will show anyone planning something similar that their families will suffer

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Raja Farhat Abbas

Sep 20, 2015 06:04pm

@Saad You know if their is nothing to complain about you would still find something to complain about.

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deds

Sep 20, 2015 06:05pm

Some of the attackers were Pakistanis. This still does not mean that others were also Pakistanis. They could be from across the border. Further, even if all the attackers were Pakistanis, instructions, plans, finances could be from anywhere.

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Raja Farhat Abbas

Sep 20, 2015 06:10pm

@desikan They did come from Afghanistan they were hiding there they were trained there and they were being given orders from there, is this clear enough for you buddy.

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Najeebullah

Sep 20, 2015 06:12pm

Most Pakistanis hate Malala from Swat who won Nobel prize, tell me do you like these boys from Swat then?

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Masood Hussain

Sep 20, 2015 06:14pm

No need to congratulate our intelligence,it is their job and they are not doing it intelligently.We must locate and identify the so- called Brain-Washing centres and destroy them

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Razi

Sep 20, 2015 06:20pm

They had the choice to opt for a good life.

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Sep 20, 2015 06:22pm

This is what happens when a state neglects its people. They easily turn against it. The government also needs a very assertive media campaign against the Taliban and a warning to young people that siding with them will lead to hell.

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Sethian

Sep 20, 2015 06:26pm

These are total 05 out of the 13 killed,who have been identified through the NADRA issued ID cards(which possibly could have been obtained fraudulently) what about the citizenship of the other 9 terrorist killed ?

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Raja Hindustani

Sep 20, 2015 06:36pm

They are brainwashed youth who were trained to kill people. I think Pakistan should first try to find out root-cause (of terrorism) instead of blindly blaming outside force. I remember many of our pakistani friend always blame Indian opperssion whenever we complain about terrorism in kashmir. I am sure these terrorists are not so called oppressed but still they are killing their own countrymen without any remorse.

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Zahir

Sep 20, 2015 06:38pm

Find out who brainwashed these poor kids to kill. Unless we go after the root cause, this will not go away.

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Love Pakistan

Sep 20, 2015 06:41pm

This is the beauty of Pakistan. We don't blame anyone unnecessarily unlike our neighbors. They were Pakistanis so we mentioned that!

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Farooq

Sep 20, 2015 06:45pm

The problem will not be mitigated unless we honestly debate Islam with focus on Martyrdom, shahadat , after life etc. It seems many young impressionable minds are being easily lured by "someone" to commit violence and terrorism under the guise of such ideas. The basic assumption underlying racial profiling in the counterterrorism context, predominantly at airports and border crossings, is that terrorism is most likely to be committed by members of a particular racial, ethnic or religious group.

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tanvir

Sep 20, 2015 06:54pm

@Volker Schmit but my friend Schmit these poor kids cannot think or afford to do that kind of attack without material and financial support of a strong agency.

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Fahim Khan

Sep 20, 2015 07:00pm

Madressah name please?

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Cyrus

Sep 20, 2015 07:15pm

@Younus Ali (BD) .... I would like them to explain the forensic science that led them to choosing these young men. Anyone can pull up five suspects from the police files at random. There should be laws passed against the families of terrorists who have committed murder. They should not profit from these crimes financially. Bring the parents before the media and let them tell their stories.

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Cyrus

Sep 20, 2015 07:18pm

@Timeto stopthis .... This is not going to end until the Pakistan Civil War is finished. These people don't want to be "educated". As soon as you build them a school they burn it down. What they need are re-education camps where they can be educated through hard labor and meditation.

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IBN E ASHFAQUE

Sep 20, 2015 07:21pm

Please invest in education and establish justice via reorganizing the courts. Lack of education and injustice breeds terrorism.

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Samar Ali

Sep 20, 2015 07:42pm

which school or madrasa they went?

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Samar Ali

Sep 20, 2015 07:43pm

which school or madrasa they got educated?

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zak

Sep 20, 2015 07:48pm

The one with horns and blood shot eyes awaits to receive them ,in the next world, to assign them a task they will regret, for all eternity. good.

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Parwaiz Abidi

Sep 20, 2015 07:50pm

@Khalid - Who supplies the money and the intelligence information with planning. India, Israel with the help of the Western governments buy local people to do these acts. It is in their interest to keep Pakistan in the news and the government busy spending time and money to counter it. There will be no development in any country of the world when these things keep on happening. We should stick to a code by which all outstanding issues with India maybe be discussed on the table. We as a country should become 'Nationalist' and make Pakistan an example to the rest of the world. India will keep on using media, and other methods to bad mouth Pakistan but we need to be strong internally. Yes we need to make Pakistan a just society whereby nobody will sell themselves to commit these crimes.

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Yunus

Sep 20, 2015 07:52pm

@Pakistan Maulvi Fazlullah (of Swat) is in Afghanistan and orders attacks in Pakistan.

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Cyrus

Sep 20, 2015 07:55pm

@@pakistanlover .... Why is not important. If you want to know why you have to figure it out for yourself. No one can tell you. The Pakistan Air Force is killing Taliban. They struck back at the Air Force. Isn't that simple enough?

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Yunus

Sep 20, 2015 07:57pm

For all of those asking for an apology for wrongly incriminating Afghanistan should know that Pak gov had said that the attack was commandeered from Afghanistan.

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tahir

Sep 20, 2015 07:58pm

Time to talk to families of the terrorists. If determined they knew of their sons involvement in TTP.. Jail terms must follow and also demolishing of their homes. Seizing of their assets including land and bank deposits. Time now is for revenge

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Rohail

Sep 20, 2015 08:02pm

Take their families in custody to find out if they were facilitating these animals. Also try to determine if they were attended any madrasa. If they did then arrest the people who failed to report them to authorities. Pakistan needs to have a process for those who are crossing borders on daily basis.

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Naeem

Sep 20, 2015 08:02pm

These are young children who should be at university studying enjoying their life. These kids are brain washed by evil people for their own interest . Pakistan needs to invest more in intelligence services to track down the masterminds behind this and protect its youth.

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sam

Sep 20, 2015 08:05pm

They all look religious and practicing Islam. This all happen because of false teaching of Islam given and financed by Arab countries . unless and until we didn't preach true understanding of Islam it will happen again and again. Its neither fault of Indian Raw or Afghan Govt .

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seemab khan

Sep 20, 2015 08:14pm

i think afghan linked conspiracy theory was a diversion to the terrorists that the state does not know of the terrorists background

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Cyrus

Sep 20, 2015 08:14pm

@Iqbal .... That won't happen without an invasion of a part of Afghanistan. The Army must invade the badlands in force, and shoot anybody with a gun in his hands.

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Sal

Sep 20, 2015 08:23pm

These terrorists were young boys and terrorists organizations should be ashamed of themselves using these young boys and they themselves are hiding cowardly.

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Syed Ali

Sep 20, 2015 08:28pm

@Asim Khan I digress from your points to demolish their homes, arrest their parents, etc, etc. Use the rule of law, and punish them to the fullest using SHARIA law.

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Sep 20, 2015 08:29pm

Great! and what are the names of the Madrassahs where they studied?

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jan

Sep 20, 2015 08:29pm

Well this seems to be a civil war type situation in Pakistan. These guys are from places where recent Army actions took place. As usual this is a tit for tat violence. Many civilians have been killed by Army actions but they not been able to control the militants who they have been fighting now for the last more than 10 years

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Syed Ali

Sep 20, 2015 08:35pm

@Sourabh Governments just cannot create jobs, who is going to pay for it. How come there is no dharna for creating opportunities by both private sector and government. Let the people take hold of these Madrasas; millions of the jobs will be created. Few weeks ago there were 60 openings of "Chaprasis" in Indian province of UP, you know how many people applied, 68,000 and most of them have college degrees; this does not mean you become a terrorist, or a thief , or a murderer.

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Syed Ali

Sep 20, 2015 08:39pm

@Farhan If this is the case that families are part of this than they are collaborators and partners in crime, must be dealt according to laws, setup special courts and hang em high.

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Ali-Indian

Sep 20, 2015 08:42pm

Some people are talking about their families. They are most likely poor people with 8-10 children that they cannot look after. After they are 15+, they won't even care what they do. Anyone for less children?

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Syed Ali

Sep 20, 2015 08:47pm

@Don Pskistan is facing bigger internal threats, it is not rocket science to know who created them, and who is sustaining them. These people are not afraid to die, their ultimate goal is to take over government and they know how ISIS is controlling the part of mid-east, so far, they have not attacked Pakistan's infrastructure, and if they decide, there is very little that can be done. Pakistan is in for long haul, no quick solution.

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AXH

Sep 20, 2015 08:50pm

@Volker Schmit - The Indian and Afghan agencies are supporting these cowards and financing them.

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Aeyaz Kayani

Sep 20, 2015 08:58pm

Many would argue that the primary cause here is their doctrinal orientation. Given that the solution seems simple: root out extremist ideology and the problem vanishes. Unfortunately things are not so simple. Yes, extremist ideology must be rooted out. But remember that terrorism has been practiced by people belonging to all sorts of ideologies (suicide bombing was used by the Marxist leaning Tamil Tigers, for example). How do we know that another ideology will not take its place?Using more and more force may be ineffective as well. Has a single country managed to stop all terrorism by using more force? Not even powers immensely more powerful than Pakistan have managed to pull this off. The only thing that remains untried is to improve the socio-economic conditions of the places where this menace grows and provide better education (both these must go together). Unfortunately our elites are allergic to this option and would prefer a quick option based purely on more and more force.

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Faisal

Sep 20, 2015 09:09pm

Please understand words and Use Ur wisdom. ISPR SAID. Attack planned, executed and supervised/monitor from Afghanistan. It does not say afghan national were used. Statement remains correct even all attackers found to be Pakistan . But remember also only 5 out of 13 Attackers identified as Pakistani. Lastly being Pakistani, Benefit of doubt always go to Pakistan. Long Live Pakistan

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Raja

Sep 20, 2015 09:10pm

It's never too late to wake up and act..

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m.mirza

Sep 20, 2015 09:13pm

@Sourabh There is no justification to take the life of fellow human beings, what ever may be the reason. m.mirza montreal

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SADAQAT KHAN

Sep 20, 2015 09:18pm

we are proud of our sons of soil , sons of Pakistan who defend its sovereignty and independence , we have questions in our mind about the so easy communication which was going on between the terrorists and how come they entered so easily dodging the police and other agencies despite the fact that there was an intelligence report about the possible attack also . None of the terrorists identified so far is more than 30 years of age . ( One of the terrorist Sirajuddin is born of Feb 1994 and not Feb 1984 ) as printed and shown in your news item in above lines . Please correct We have trust in Pakistan Army and all the forces who defend our beloved country but it is just another wake up call in which our Jawans have been martyred and saved the big carnage . Pakistan Zindabad , Pakistan forces Paindabad

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Sep 20, 2015 09:19pm

This is definitely sponsored and planed attack from outside pakistan and they used all Pakistanis. How Ashraf Ghani was so sure that afghan land is no used before investigation when his govt has no control on Afghanistan.

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Avn

Sep 20, 2015 09:20pm

@Asim Khan seriously? You want to punish those who might be totally innocent? You want to kill their kids who must be too young to know the meaning of murder. With such kind of thinking what is the difference between you and these men? This is exactly the kind of mob mentality that Pakistan needs a respite from.

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Iqbal

Sep 20, 2015 09:22pm

Hope as a country we all could put more money in education to stop this terror process for the future. As you can see from the ID card signatures these are uneducated young men who are controlled by some educated smart terrorist who hates humanity.

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imran ghori

Sep 20, 2015 09:25pm

In Pakistan madarsas promoting terrorism,, sectarian terrorism,, still no any action taken against terror promoting madrasas

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noobguy19

Sep 20, 2015 09:28pm

terrorism can be suppressed with force and eradicated with education

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M Akram

Sep 20, 2015 09:39pm

Really sad to see such waste of young lives. But that be as it may. Unless they were stolen from their families, I would take whole families in for questioning and charge every single member for accessory to murder and act of terror against the state. I mean killing people while they were praying in a mosque. These guys have real evil minds or rather they have been brain washed and hence have no minds whatsoever. Either way here is a chance to get to know how these young ones were turned into hardened killers and by whom that they even killed people praying in the mosque to the same God as theirs.

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XYZ-Indian

Sep 20, 2015 09:48pm

Firstly why these people became such, is a question? we should investigate further and try to address the route cause why this happened and how it can be not repeated in future, even if a foreign country is involved please discuss with that country and don't make such things public. Sad to see security establishments in the sub continent are in so much hurry to say something in press.

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Khan

Sep 20, 2015 09:49pm

@Shruti If you had actually read the allegations pakistan made, then you'd know that pakistan said the attacks were planned in pakistan. Not that it was carried out by afghans. This article doesn't contradict the pakistani stance.

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majid

Sep 20, 2015 10:27pm

Pakistan Army should go into Afghanistan and destroy the base from where these animal came from

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aga khan

Sep 20, 2015 10:30pm

Great job to bring out these heinous persons in open. Only pray, that no one (misguided) will lay down rose petals on their grave and qualify them as martyrs. PS: Pak intelligence should be congratulate. However, sadly it also points out that they certainly have a "good" knowledge of the where about of such culprits. Please flush them out soon with out any discrimination. There is NO good Taliban period. Fight with India to get Kashmir instead keeping such snakes in the hope to bite them only.

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vrpatil

Sep 20, 2015 10:37pm

Some groups,citizens copy the negative tactics of their own rulers.It seems harsh at this point,but true.See how these policy makers defend terror incidents at its neighbour and rescuing the terrorists.

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Shahid Choudri

Sep 20, 2015 10:38pm

Take away the property owned by there terrorist parent an give them to needy people.

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Wahid janjua

Sep 20, 2015 10:54pm

From the out put of their identification it has been noticed that these culprits belong to those areas ,where operation was/ are being conducted. So to avoid their activites it is necessary to demolish their creating /fundig source .such finding will prove helpful in persuading their mastermind.

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Khan Zaman

Sep 20, 2015 11:02pm

Pakistan should see the circumstances these people become terrorists. Their homes be destroyed and their women and children be relocated to other areas of Pakistan. Their education and training be evaluated, their contracts with Afghanistan and India be evaluated. Pakistan have to put industries in Bara and other agencies to improve the well being of people and alleviate poverty which is the root cause. Normal curriculum education be reinforced, all the madrassas be closed. Military should have cantonement in every region with schools, water system, hospitals and industries emerging out to surrounding region to help people locally.

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Jacob

Sep 20, 2015 11:03pm

@salman well said

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Mohammad

Sep 20, 2015 11:10pm

Who is training these young people? who is providing logistic support? Pakistan have to run after those who are training these people, small nuclear arm use options should be on table. Pakistan should seal borders with Afghanistan with 10 mile no man zone with orders to kill. Military post with three men every mile across Afghan border on no man zone, that is close to 2000 military posts, each with three men garrison, back by New helicopters from USA and Russia. Pakistan should start working on drone helicopters, which can stay up in one location instead of pass by evaluation.

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Morad786

Sep 20, 2015 11:12pm

May they rot in hell for their actions!

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alihbilgrami@msn.com

Sep 20, 2015 11:37pm

@Iqbal And above all where did the funding come from. This has to be choked.

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Sam

Sep 21, 2015 12:38am

I feel for these young men who are lured into sacrificing their lives for a nonsensical cause. The real culprits are the ones who brainwash these young minds, spread hatred, train them and provide them weapons. When is the government going to share and publish their identities?

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original realist

Sep 21, 2015 01:02am

If so, why blame Afghanistan...

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Amna

Sep 21, 2015 02:39am

Why do the hassle of DNA etc? The terrorists have already released the video of attackers with their names and pictures. Lols

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Rev. Eldrick Lal

Sep 21, 2015 03:26am

First of all, thanks to Pakistan Intelligence and secondly so sad to see that most of these terrorists were so young. It looks some forces are trying to indoctrinate our young lads.

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Asif

Sep 21, 2015 03:37am

Never seen such an investigation in which you can get the names of all the culprits leaked instantly.I heard keeping the identities confidential is the name of the game. Enlighten me if i am wrong.

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Junaid Mohammd

Sep 21, 2015 04:32am

Looks can be deceptive. They all look innocent by their faces.

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make

Sep 21, 2015 05:26am

dissovle FATA and make it province. involve them in national laws.

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jan

Sep 21, 2015 06:33am

I see some people here commenting to suggest that the parents or families of these men should made responsible and arrested. These were young independent men and not children whose parents can control them at home. I am sure the family must be unaware of whet they were doing away from home as long as they said that they were doing a job far away from home. T arrest family members and make them responsible for the act of independent mature young men is an injustice. Arresting and torturing family members is like collective punishment and will surely backfire. Interrogation is OK but punishing family members destroying their homes is not fair. Those who recommend this tactic are really not helping to resolve this issue but are making it worse.

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karachi wala

Sep 21, 2015 07:39am

Nice work

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malik

Sep 21, 2015 09:19am

Again same issue over and over and over ..PLEASE do something about those Madrassas that are preaching hate and intolerance. Unless these breeding grounds of hate and intolerance are not shut this cancer of extremism will remain

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Citizen

Sep 21, 2015 10:35am

@Junaid Mohammd they don't look innocent to me, but they do look ignorant

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OBSERVER

Sep 21, 2015 10:46am

@Timeto stopthis This is very evident. The way forward is to FIX our education system immediately. And of course, ECONOMY IS PARAMOUNT. Given the relationship between collapse(due to neglect, sipharish & corruption) of education AND terrorism,people who are resposible for this should be punished; this should be part of NAP The say" If you want to destroy a NATION, destroy its Education system"

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Afzal.H

Sep 21, 2015 10:57am

@Sourabh : The Human resources development of the GOP should immediately be tasked to prepare and implement the jobs generation program to train the yougsters and assist them in providing the jobs. especially targeting the youths in Swat.

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USN

Sep 21, 2015 12:04pm

and Sartaj Aziz still talking of providing evidence to AFG government?

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Onlooker

Sep 21, 2015 12:59pm

@Mohammad Nice dream.

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muhammad abbas

Sep 21, 2015 01:13pm

@Onlooker

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Tirah wall

Sep 21, 2015 01:21pm

@Timeto stopthis U spoke my mind brother!.... Disparity , lawlessness ( lack of state writ), equal education, health and job opportunities , extreme poverty and complete deprivation and isolation of remote areas specially in FATA, and state wrong approach to tackle situation through proxies are reasons we see emergence of extremist from there.

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VOICE OF SANITY

Sep 21, 2015 03:24pm

not a single afghan...?

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Valiya

Sep 21, 2015 06:16pm

They are poor executors,their real bosses are enjoying patronage from higher authorities.

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Omar Arif

Sep 21, 2015 09:49pm

Inquire details from their parents. Spare, no one! I wonder what sort of upbringing they have that they went on to kill people in the name of the religion. What a shame!

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Hasan

Sep 22, 2015 03:11am

And these are all Pakistanis. So stop blaming India or US or whatever Country.

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rehan

Sep 22, 2015 11:20am

The terrorists are dead . What now remains to be found is who funded them , trained them and provided them accommodation

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Rao

Sep 22, 2015 01:39pm

@Asim Khan "The iron hand needs to be shown!"....not just shown ...the hand should act without any discrimination against all terrorists

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