Pakistani fighter jets bombed Taliban positions on the Afghan border on Tuesday, two days after gunmen seized the country's busiest airport and killed more than 30 people in an all-night battle, Reuters reported. Ten Taliban militants disguised as security force members and armed with rocket-propelled grenades stormed the airport in Karachi, a sprawling port city of 18 million, on Sunday night in an attack on one of Pakistan's most high-profile targets. The assault destroyed prospects for peace talks between the Pakistani Taliban and the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and triggered speculation that the army might opt for an all-out offensive against militant strongholds. "Nine terrorist hideouts were destroyed by early morning military air strikes near the Pakistan-Afghan border," the army's press wing said, adding that 15 militants were killed.
