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Last night, the Pakistani Taliban (otherwise known as Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP) allegedly staged a bloody attack on Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. Shahidullah Shahid, TTP鈥檚 spokesman, that the group launched the attack in revenge for the Pakistani government鈥檚 November 2013 killing of TTP leader Hakimullah Mehsud. He also claimed the group intended to send a 鈥渕essage鈥� to the Pakistani government that the TTP would continue to 鈥渞eact鈥� to government killings of civilians in Pakistani villages. that in spite of Shahid鈥檚 promise that such attacks will continue, he also insists that the TTP is still committed to pursuing peace talks with the Pakistani government.

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