Just when you think the Taliban have finally crossed the last line of humanity's limits, they push the bar just a few more inches. The report from the Times Union details how Taliban gunmen attacked a school bus just outside of Peshawar in Pakistan killing 3 children, their teacher and the bus driver and wounding 17. I saw one other report that states that the children were in the age area of 9 years old.
Children. Massacred in the name of allah? Religion of peace. Religion at all?
Gunmen attack school van in Pakistan; 5 dead
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen attacked a school van in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing three children, a teacher and the driver, police said.
The strike took place in Matani on the outskirts of the main northwestern city of Peshawar.
The district is the scene of a vicious conflict between government-backed tribal armies and Islamist militants with links to al-Qaida and the Taliban who are based in the nearby Afghan border regions. The extremists have targeted civilians there before.
The bus was taking students home when the gunmen struck, said police officer Qayum Khan.
Militants seeking to overthrow Pakistan's Western-backed government have carried out hundreds of attacks in recent years.
Most have been against security forces and government or Western targets, but civilians have also been hit, especially in regions where extremists are battling tribal militias. Analysts say the attacks are aimed at getting residents there to stop supporting the militias fighting them.
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