Taliban Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research

Updated 1343 GMT (2143 HKT) March 11, 2021

Soldiers patrol the streets in Peshawar, Pakistan, near a school that was attacked by the Pakistani Taliban on Tuesday, December 16. Militants stormed the military-run school in northwest Pakistan, killing more than 140 people, most of them children. More than 100 people were injured.
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Taliban attack Pakistani school – Soldiers patrol the streets in Peshawar, Pakistan, near a school that was attacked by the Pakistani Taliban on Tuesday, December 16. Militants stormed the military-run school in northwest Pakistan, killing more than 140 people, most of them children. More than 100 people were injured.
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Relatives carry the body of a victim during his funeral procession.
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Taliban attack Pakistani school – Relatives carry the body of a victim during his funeral procession.
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A victim's coffin is carried from an ambulance.
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Taliban attack Pakistani school – A victim's coffin is carried from an ambulance.
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The uncle and cousin of injured student Mohammad Baqair comfort him as he mourns the death of his mother, a teacher who was killed in the attack.
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Taliban attack Pakistani school – The uncle and cousin of injured student Mohammad Baqair comfort him as he mourns the death of his mother, a teacher who was killed in the attack.
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A man comforts a student who survived the attack.
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Taliban attack Pakistani school – A man comforts a student who survived the attack.
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Parents escort their children away from the school.
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Taliban attack Pakistani school – Parents escort their children away from the school.
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A wounded student receives treatment at a Peshawar hospital.
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Taliban attack Pakistani school – A wounded student receives treatment at a Peshawar hospital.
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Pakistani soldiers hold positions close to the school. All the militants in the attack were eventually killed, a police official said.
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Taliban attack Pakistani school – Pakistani soldiers hold positions close to the school. All the militants in the attack were eventually killed, a police official said.
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Pakistani soldiers take position near the site of the attack.
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Taliban attack Pakistani school – Pakistani soldiers take position near the site of the attack.
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A student is wheeled into a hospital in Peshawar.
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Taliban attack Pakistani school – A student is wheeled into a hospital in Peshawar.
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A man and woman rush to a Peshawar hospital treating victims of the attack.
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Taliban attack Pakistani school – A man and woman rush to a Peshawar hospital treating victims of the attack.
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Family members wait outside the school.
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Taliban attack Pakistani school – Family members wait outside the school.
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People gather at a hospital where victims were being treated.
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Taliban attack Pakistani school – People gather at a hospital where victims were being treated.
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Pakistani soldiers position themselves at a fence near the besieged school.