Pakistan school attack

[Ramrod]

Taliban fighters have taken hundreds of students hostage at school, with at least 82 children reported dead

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And the death toll is rising. Claims of as many as 126 now.

The Taliban earlier claimed its fighters "had been ordered to shoot the older students but not the children".

Oh, well that's ok then.

[nomadking]

Including a 2 year old.

[Taf]

It's almost almost definite that the Taliban are state-assisted by Pakistan and its security forces, but the world will stand idly by and continue sending huge financial aid to that nasty government.

I don't care right now how they are funded they are killing kids in retaliation for Pakistan military operations they are gutless cowards and how any sane sensible person supports them is totally beyond me. Taliban is Taliban be it pakistani or Afghan and we were negotiating with them so we could pull out faster and we will reap that mistake soon there is no negotiating with **** like this should have stayed and carried on slotting them till they were destroyed. My sympathy goes out to everyone affected by this despicable attack and think one parent summed it up by saying "i dropped my child off at school and returned to collect a coffin".

[Derek]

At what point do you think murdering schoolchildren is an acceptable and logical step to achieve your aims?

Regardless of religion how do you brainwash enough people to believe some vague promises of afterlife paradise is worth setting people on fire, beheading others and massacring children?

[Pierre]

Listens out for the complaints that the West are sitting idley by whilst militants kill innocent children.

Predicts imperialist West criticised for operations in foreign country.

[Sirius]

You can bet they were shouting ally snackbar or what ever it is they shout when killing for there god

[Osem]

This is a most awful crime but sadly just another amongst many. I was watching an interview with a father who'd been told one of his sons was safe but another unaccounted for and just thought about the sheer fear and panic he and all the other parents would be feeling right now - hoping for the best whilst fearing the worst. My thoughts go out to them all.