Pakistan Taliban Shifts Strategy to Attack Police in Urban Areas
On February 17, the police chief’s office in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, was stormed by militants armed with grenades and automatic weapons. However, security forces killed at least three attackers after four civilians had already been killed inside the building (The News, February 17). The attack was claimed by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or the “Pakistani Taliban,” in a statement …