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(18 Sep 2015) The Pakistani Taliban launched a brazen assault on a military base on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar early Friday, storming a mosque inside the sprawling compound and killing 16 worshippers during prayers.
An army captain and two guards were also killed, according to officals and medical staff, and at least 10 soldiers were wounded in the firefight with the militants.
The attack triggered an hours-long firefight with Pakistani troops at Badaber base, during which an officer and two guards were also killed, officials said.
The Pakistani forces said they killed 13 of the attackers but it was unclear how many were involved in the assault.
The attack was a major blow for Pakistan's military, which stepped up operations against the militants following a horrific Taliban attack last December at a Peshawar school that killed 150 people, mostly children.
Details about how the attackers managed to make their way into the mosque, which was inside the compound walls, and gun down 16 people during prayers were sketchy.
Army spokesman Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa said the militants entered the base from different directions in a two-pronged assault - apparently one push targeted the mosque - but that security forces quickly responded.
It was also unclear if any of the attackers got away.

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