BBC: Gunmen attack Pakistan air force base in Peshawar
At least 16 people have been killed in a militant attack on a Pakistani air force base in Peshawar, officials say.
The gunmen stormed a guard post and then entered the Badaber air base and attacked a mosque at the site, Major General Asim Bajwa said.
He said security forces killed 13 militants and a hunt was on for the remaining gunmen.
The Pakistani Taliban said they ordered the attack. Peshawar has frequently been targeted by militants.
Last December more than 150 students and teachers were killed when Taliban gunmen attacked an army-run school in the city.
Gen Bajwa said a rapid response force engaged the attackers on Friday morning and contained them around a guard room.
"Clearance operations" were in progress to secure the site, he added.
A military official, who did not want to be named, told the Reuters news agency that the militants had "explosives-laden jackets and were armed with hand-propelled grenades, mortars, AK-47 rifles".
Reports say about 20 people, including 10 soldiers, were also injured in the exchange of fire.
In an email, Pakistani Taliban spokesman Muhammad Khurasani said a "suicidal unit" had carried out the attack.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the attack, saying: "Terrorists will be rooted out from the country."
Gunmen attack Pakistan air force base in Peshawar - BBC News
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CNN: Taliban militants attack mosque at air force base in Pakistan, killing 16
Islamabad (CNN)Militants raided an air force base in northwest Pakistan, killing 16 people praying inside a mosque.
The attack on the 10-acre Badaber base outside Peshawar on Friday is the largest assault on military personnel this year. It's the highest profile assault in the area since
terrorists killed 145, mostly children, during a school massacre last year.
When the militants attacked the base, security forces responded, killing 13 attackers, Army spokesman Maj. Gen. Asim Bajwa said in a series of tweets.
Bajwa had originally said about 10 militants launched the base attack. Soldiers are combing through the facility looking for any remaining attackers.
The military side suffered 10 injuries, including an Army major who was shot in the thigh, Bajwa said.
The Pakistani Taliban,
known in the country as Tehrik-i-Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement.
Badaber Air Base was built by the United States in the 1950s and was used as a listening post to intercept radio information from the Soviet Union.
Taliban militants attack air force base in Pakistan - CNN.com