The latest assault on the airport raised further questions about the authorities' ability to secure key facilities in the face of a resurgent enemy.
Pakistan Repels Second Taliban Attack On Karachi Airport
June 10, 2014

Via AFP:

Taliban gunmen attacked a security post outside Pakistan's Karachi airport on Tuesday, a day after an all-night siege by the militants left 37 dead and extinguished a tentative peace process.

The latest assault on the airport raised further questions about the authorities' ability to secure key facilities in the face of a resurgent enemy, and came as air force jets pounded suspected militant hideouts in the northwest, killing 25 people.

The attack on the security post targeted an entry point to an Airport Security Force (ASF) camp 500 metres (yards) from the airport's main premises, an...

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