We've killed all the children, what do we do now? militant asked Afghan handler after bloodbath
Peshawar: “We have killed all the children in the auditorium. What do we do now?” one of the attackers asked his handler sitting in Afghanistan. The handler replied “Wait for the army people, kill them before blowing yourself,” his handler ordered.
According to a report in Dawn, this was the last conversation between the attackers and their handlers, after which two of the remaining suicide bombers marched towards the army soldiers.
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These conversations between the attackers and their handlers is part of an intelligence dossier Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif shared with Afghan authorities on Wednesday.
An Inter-Services Public Relations statement on Gen Sharif’s visit to Afghanistan said, “Vital elements of intelligence were shared with the authorities concerned with regard to the Peshawar incident.”
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Pakistan has the names of the attackers and the transcripts of the conversation between one of them, identified as Abuzar, and his handler, ‘commander’ Umar Adizai alias Umar Naray and Umar Khalifa.
Reportedly, the handler was making call from Nazian district in Nangrahar province of Afghanistan.
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Seven Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan gunmen had stormed the Army Public School in Peshawar on Tuesday morning, killing 148 people, including 132 students and nine teachers and other staffers.
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