Summarize this article:

Story highlights The bodies of 7 cargo workers are found in rubble near a cold storage facility at the airport 
  
 29 others were killed in the airport attack, including 10 militants, officials say 
  
 The Pakistani Taliban, or TTP, say the attack is revenge for the death of Hakimullah Mehsud 
  
 Mehsud, a former TTP chief, was killed by a U.S. drone strike in 2013 
  
 Seven bodies have been recovered near a cold storage facility at a Karachi airport Tuesday morning, more than a day after a deadly militant attack there left 29 others dead. 
  
 The seven cargo workers were found in rubble near the hall where a fire broke out during the attack, Sindh province Health Minister Dr. Saghir Ahmad said. Heavy machinery was used to break into the area to retrieve them. 
  
 Rescuers had been trying to reach the cargo workers, who were trapped at Jinnah International Airport, the largest and busiest airport in Pakistan. 
  
 Families of the workers blocked a busy road leading to the airport, demanding that authorities help find their relatives, CNN affiliate Geo TV reported. 
  
 "We will work to investigate any negligence in rescue efforts by the authorities and those found guilty of negligence will be punished accordingly," Sindh province Gov. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan said. 
  
 The rescue operation unfolded nearly a day after terrorists entered the airport from two places with a plan to destroy a group of parked airplanes and "bring down our aviation industry," according to the Pakistani government. 
  
 It was late Sunday night, and the militants were armed with guns, grenades and suicide vests. They went into the cargo area, about a kilometer (0.62 miles) from where commercial planes take off. 
  
 In a "heroic" effort, security forces "laid down their lives" to block the terminal and stop the attackers, surrounding them and killing all of them, the prime minister's office said. 
  
 There were 10 terrorists, military spokesman Maj. Gen. Asim Bajwa said, and two of them detonated suicide vests. 
  
 By the time the attack was over, officials said 29 people were dead, including 10 militants. Another 24 people were injured, the military said. 
  
 JUST WATCHED Militants attack Karachi airport Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Militants attack Karachi airport 02:43 
  
 JUST WATCHED Militants storm parts of Karachi airport Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Militants storm parts of Karachi airport 01:57 
  
 JUST WATCHED Karachi Airport under siege Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Karachi Airport under siege 03:53 
  
 JUST WATCHED Gunmen attack Karachi airport Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Gunmen attack Karachi airport 04:16 
  
 The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the assault on the country's largest and busiest airport. 
  
 Speaking from an undisclosed location, Pakistani Taliban commander Abdullah Bahar said the attack was retaliation for the death of former chief Hakimullah Mehsud, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in November in North Waziristan. 
  
 Bahar warned more attacks will follow. 
  
 "As long as we are breathing, our attacks will be continuing 'til the end of our lives," he vowed. 
  
 Fire followed attack 
  
 A building caught fire in the attack, but no planes were damaged, Bajwa said. The airport reopened Monday. 
  
 Some Pakistani media reported a renewed gunbattle at the airport later Monday morning. But officials told CNN the noise was from fire-heated chemical containers exploding. 
  
 Still, as a precaution, security forces opened fire, said Ahmad Chinoy of the Citizen's Police Liaison Committee. He said he was 100% sure there were no militants left in the airport. 
  
 Several days ago, Pakistan's government had warned provincial officials of a possible "high-profile attack on a sensitive or key installation," said Qaim Ali Shah, chief minister of Sindh province. But the warning, he said, did not mention the airport. 
  
 'We felt like sitting ducks' 
  
 Farooq Sattar, a member of parliament, was on a plane at the airport when the attack took place. 
  
 "My aircraft was on the tarmac ready to take off when suddenly, from what I understand, a message came to the pilot saying to get off the runway and return to the gate," Sattar said. "I heard shots and saw smoke." 
  
 "Before the pilot could announce anything, I had text messages blowing up my phone saying 'Karachi airport under attack.' We were in the aircraft for three hours, full of fuel. They locked the doors. 
  
 "The airport was poorly guarded. It was only due to some airport security personnel that the attack got thwarted and the militants didn't make it to our part of the airport. Passengers were extremely nervous. They started looking at me for answers." 
  
 "We felt like sitting ducks on the tarmac," he added. 
  
 Two crew members who were on their first ever flight "freaked out," Sattar said. 
  
 History of terror 
  
 The Pakistani Taliban, which is formally known as Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, has long conducted an insurgency against the Pakistani government. 
  
 "Their primary target is the Pakistani state and its military," said Raza Rumi of the Jinnah Institute, a Pakistani think tank. 
  
 "It resents the fact that (Pakistan) has an alliance with the West, and it wants Sharia to be imposed in Pakistan." 
  
 The group claimed responsibility for a December 2009 suicide bombing at the United States' Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost, Afghanistan. 
  
 The attack killed seven U.S. citizens, including five CIA officers and a member of Jordanian intelligence. 
  
 The U.S. Justice Department charged Mehsud in 2010 for his alleged involvement in the attack. 
  
 Mehsud took over from Baitullah Mehsud, a fellow clan member, in 2009 after the latter was killed in a U.S. drone strike. Four years later, Hakimullah Mehsud suffered the same fate. 
  
 More claims and threats 
  
 Another TTP member claimed the Pakistani government has been "abducting and killing innocent people," and explained why the airport was targeted. 
  
 "We chose a location where there would be less civilian and more official casualties," TTP representative Shahidullah Shahid said. 
  
 Shahid warned the group will engage "in a full-out war with the Pakistani state, starting on June 10." 
  
 But "if even now the Pakistani government backs down," Shahid said, "we are ready to engage in meaningful dialogue." 
  
 Karachi airport attackers were disguised as security workers 
  
 More violence 
  
 The airport wasn't the only site of violence in Pakistan on Sunday. 
  
 Twin suicide attacks near the border with Iran left 24 people dead, including four terrorists, authorities said. Qambar Dashti, commissioner of the Quetta Division, said two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a hotel where dozens of Shia pilgrims from Iran were staying. 
  
 Dashti said 14 out of 18 wounded pilgrims were in critical condition. 
  
 Extremist Sunni militant group Jaish el-Islam, a splinter group of Lashkar e Jhangvi, claimed responsibility. 
  
 On Monday, while Karachi operated as usual, there was violence in other parts of the country. 
  
 Three soldiers were killed and many others were wounded in a suspected suicide attack at a checkpoint in North Waziristan, military officials said. 
  
 What's behind Karachi airport attack? ||||| KARACHI Pakistan Pakistan's Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for an attack on a security academy at Karachi's airport on Tuesday, less than 48 hours after an all-night siege by Taliban gunmen at Pakistan's busiest airport that killed more than 30 people. 
  
 The late Sunday assault destroyed prospects for peace talks between the 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. On Tuesday, a group of gunmen on motorbikes opened fire on an academy run by the Airports Security Force (ASF) and fled after security forces retaliated. No one was hurt, officials said. 
  
 "We accept responsibility for another successful attack against the government," Pakistani Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid told Reuters. 
  
 "We are successfully achieving all our targets and we will go on carrying on many more such attacks." 
  
 Ten militants disguised as security force members and armed with rocket-propelled grenades broke into the airport in the first attack, one of the most brazen in a long-running Pakistani Taliban insurgency. At least 34 people were killed. 
  
 Reflecting an atmosphere of nervousness, Karachi airport suspended all flights in and out of the sprawling city of 18 million for the second time in two days, although most flights were restored by 0930 GMT. 
  
 Earlier on Tuesday, Pakistani fighter jets bombed Taliban positions on the Afghan border. 
  
 "Nine terrorist hideouts were destroyed by early morning military air strikes near the Pakistan-Afghan border," the army's press wing said, adding that 25 militants were killed. 
  
 SEVEN MORE BODIES 
  
 The Pakistani Taliban are allied with the Afghan militants of the same name and share a similar jihadist ideology. 
  
 But they operate as a separate entity, focused entirely on toppling the Pakistani state and establishing strict Islamic rule in the nuclear-armed nation, whereas the Afghan Taliban are united by their campaign against invading foreign forces. 
  
 It was unclear if the latest air strikes signalled the start of a broader offensive in the North Waziristan region where the al Qaeda-linked Taliban are based, or indeed if they had been carried out in retaliation for the airport attack. 
  
 The air force has periodically conducted raids to bomb Pakistani Taliban positions in the lawless, ethnic Pashtun region but has yet to launch a major offensive. 
  
 The semi-autonomous Pashtun lands along the border, known as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, have never been brought under the full control of any government. 
  
 The Pakistani Taliban, a loose alliance of insurgent groups united by anti-state ideology, said they had carried out the late Sunday attack in Karachi in response to the air strikes on their strongholds. 
  
 At Karachi's airport, rescue workers earlier recovered the bodies of seven people trapped inside a cargo building, bringing to 34 the death toll from the first assault. 
  
 "The bodies are badly charred beyond identification," said a morgue official who declined to be identified. 
  
 Airport officials said the victims had taken refuge in the cargo shed to hide from the gunfire but got trapped when the building caught fire. 
  
 "They (security forces) were busy killing militants and clearing the area, nobody bothered to rescue these trapped men," said Abdul Rehman, whose brother was among those killed. "They could have been saved if timely rescue efforts had been made." 
  
 (Writing by John Chalmers and Maria Golovnina; Editing by Nick Macfie) ||||| KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen in Pakistan attacked a training facility near the Karachi airport on Tuesday, a spokesman said. 
  
 Smoke rises above the Jinnah International Airport where security forces continue to battle militants Monday, June 9, 2014, in Karachi, Pakistan. Gunmen disguised as police guards attacked a terminal... (Associated Press) 
  
 Pakistani television stations showed images of security guards rushing to the scene and frantically taking up positions behind buildings or earthen berms around the facility, which serves as a training center for airport security personnel. The facility is roughly one kilometer (half mile) from the Karachi international airport. 
  
 The attack began as at least two groups of gunmen tried to enter the facility from two different entrances, said Ghulam Abbas Memon, a spokesman for the Airport Security Force. The security forces were fighting them back, he said. Memon did not know how many attackers were involved or whether there were any casualties. 
  
 Details were sketchy and no one immediately claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack. 
  
 The firefight came on the heels of a brazen siege by the Taliban who on Sunday night stormed Karachi's Jinnah International Airport in an attack that killed 36 people, including the 10 Taliban gunmen. At least 11 members of the Airport Security Force were killed during that attack. 
  
 The Civil Aviation Authority, which is responsible for running the country's airports, said in its Twitter feed that all flights at the Karachi international airport have been suspended because the academy for the ASF was under attack. 
  
 The organization called on people to be calm and patient. |||||
– Gunmen have launched a fresh assault on Pakistan's biggest airport just two days after a Taliban attack left dozens of people dead. Officials say security forces are battling militants who attacked a security training facility at Karachi airport from two directions, the AP reports. All flights have been suspended and the military has rushed troops to the scene. The death toll from the earlier attack rose to at least 34 today when authorities found the bodies of seven workers who had been trapped in a cold storage facility that caught fire during the battle, CNN reports. Angry relatives accused security forces of abandoning the workers during their battle with militants, who intended to hijack a passenger plane. Before today's attack, the military said 25 militants were killed when "nine terrorist hideouts" were destroyed by airstrikes near the Afghan border, reports Reuters, which notes that it's not clear whether the strikes mark the start of an all-out offensive in retaliation for the airport attack.
Sammanfatta denna artikel: Berättelse höjdpunkter Kropparna av 7 lastarbetare finns i spillror nära en kylförvaringsanläggning på flygplatsen 29 andra dödades i flygplatsen attack, inklusive 10 militanter, tjänstemän säger Pakistanska talibanerna, eller TTP, säger attacken är hämnd för död Hakimulah Mehsud Mehsud, en före detta TTP-chef, dödades av en amerikansk drönar strejk i 2013 Sju kroppar har återfunnits nära en kall lagringsanläggning på en Karachi flygplats tisdag morgon, mer än en dag efter en dödlig militant attack där lämnade 29 andra döda. De sju lastarbetarna hittades i spillror nära hallen där en brand bröt ut under attacken, sade Sindhprovinsens hälsominister dr Saghir Ahmad. Tunga maskiner användes för att bryta sig in i området för att hämta dem. Rescuers hade försökt nå fraktarbetarna, som var instängda på Jinnah International Airport, den största och mest trafikerade flygplatsen i Pakistan. Familjer till arbetarna blockerade en trafikerad väg som ledde till flygplatsen, och krävde att myndigheterna skulle hjälpa till att hitta sina släktingar, rapporterade CNN affiliate Geo TV. "Vi kommer att arbeta för att undersöka all vårdslöshet i räddningsinsatser av myndigheterna och de som befinns skyldiga till vårdslöshet kommer att straffas därefter," Sindh provinsen Gov. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan sa. Räddningsoperationen utspelade sig nästan en dag efter att terrorister kommit in på flygplatsen från två platser med en plan att förstöra en grupp parkerade flygplan och "föra ner vår flygindustri", enligt den pakistanska regeringen. Det var sent på söndag kväll, och militanterna var beväpnade med vapen, granater och självmordsvästar. De gick in i lastområdet, ungefär en kilometer från där kommersiella plan lyfter. I en "heroisk" insats "lade säkerhetsstyrkor ner sina liv" för att blockera terminalen och stoppa angriparna, omringa dem och döda dem alla, sade premiärministerns kontor. Det fanns tio terrorister, militär talesman general Asim Bajwa sa, och två av dem detonerade självmordsvästar. När attacken var över sa tjänstemän att 29 personer var döda, däribland 10 militanter. Ytterligare 24 personer skadades, sade militären. Just WATCHED Militants attack Karachi flygplats Replay More Videos ... MÅSTE WATCH Militants attack Karachi flygplats 02:43 Just WATCHED Militants storm delar av Karachi flygplats Replay More Videos ... MÅSTE WATCH Militants storm delar av Karachi flygplats 01:57 Just WATCHED Karachi flygplats under belägring Replay More Videos ... MÅSTE WATCH Karachi flygplats under belägring 03:53 BARA WATCHED Gunmen attack Karachi flygplats Replay More Videos ... MÅSTE WATCH Gunmen attack Karachi flygplats 04:16 Den pakistanska talibanerna tog på sig ansvaret för överfallet på landets största och mest trafikerade flygplats. På tal från en okänd plats, Pakistans talibanska befälhavare Abdullah Bahar sade attacken var vedergällning för döden av tidigare chef Hakimulah Mehsud, som dödades i en amerikansk drönarattack i november i norra Waziristan. Bahar varnade fler attacker kommer att följa. "Så länge vi andas fortsätter våra attacker till slutet av våra liv", lovade han. Eld följde attack En byggnad fattade eld i attacken, men inga plan skadades, sade Bajwa. Flygplatsen öppnade på måndag. En del pakistanska medier rapporterade en förnyad vapenstrid på flygplatsen senare måndag morgon. Men myndigheterna sa till CNN att ljudet var från branduppvärmda kemiska behållare som exploderade. Men som en försiktighetsåtgärd öppnade säkerhetsstyrkorna eld, sade Ahmad Chinoy från medborgarpolisens sambandskommitté. Han sa att han var 100% säker på att det inte fanns några militanta kvar på flygplatsen. För flera dagar sedan, Pakistans regering hade varnat provins tjänstemän om en möjlig "hög profil attack på en känslig eller nyckel installation," sade Qaim Ali Shah, chefsminister i Sindh-provinsen. Men varningen, sade han, nämnde inte flygplatsen. "Vi kände som sittande ankor" Farooq Sattar, en parlamentsledamot, var på ett plan på flygplatsen när attacken ägde rum. "Mitt flygplan var på landningsbanan redo att lyfta när plötsligt, vad jag förstår, ett meddelande kom till piloten som sa att gå av landningsbanan och återvända till porten," Sattar sade. "Jag hörde skott och såg rök." "Innan piloten kunde meddela något, hade jag sms som sprängde min telefon där det stod 'Karachi flygplats under attack'." Vi var i flygplanet i tre timmar, fulla av bränsle. De låste dörrarna. "Flygplatsen var dåligt bevakad. Det var bara på grund av en säkerhetspersonal som attacken stoppades och militanterna inte tog sig till vår del av flygplatsen. Passagerarna var extremt nervösa. De började titta på mig för att få svar." »Vi kände oss som sittande ankor på asfalten», tillade han. Två besättningsmän som var på sin första flygning någonsin "freaked out", Sattar sade. Terrorismens historia De pakistanska talibanerna, som formellt kallas Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, eller TTP, har länge fört en upprorskampanj mot den pakistanska regeringen. "Deras primära mål är den pakistanska staten och dess militär," sade Raza Rumi av Jinnah Institute, en pakistansk tankesmedja. "Det ogillar det faktum att (Pakistan) har en allians med väst, och det vill att Sharia ska påtvingas i Pakistan." Gruppen tog på sig ansvaret för en självmordsbombning i december 2009 vid USA:s Forward Operations Base Chapman i Khost, Afghanistan. Attacken dödade sju amerikanska medborgare, däribland fem CIA-officerare och en medlem av den jordanska underrättelsetjänsten. USA:s justitiedepartement åtalade Mehsud 2010 för hans påstådda inblandning i attacken. Mehsud tog över efter Baitullah Mehsud, en klanmedlem, 2009 efter att den senare dödats i en amerikansk drönarattack. Fyra år senare drabbades Hakimulah Mehsud av samma öde. Fler påståenden och hot En annan TTP-medlem hävdade Pakistans regering har "fört bort och dödat oskyldiga människor", och förklarade varför flygplatsen var riktad. "Vi valde en plats där det skulle bli mindre civila och mer officiella förluster," TTP företrädare Shahidullah Shahid sade. Shahid varnade gruppen kommer att engagera sig "i ett fullödigt krig med den pakistanska staten, med början den 10 juni." Men "om den pakistanska regeringen till och med nu backar", sa Shahid, "är vi redo att inleda en meningsfull dialog." Karachi flygplats angripare var förklädda till säkerhetsarbetare Mer våld Flygplatsen var inte den enda platsen för våld i Pakistan på söndag. Två självmordsattacker nära gränsen till Iran lämnade 24 personer döda, däribland fyra terrorister, sade myndigheterna. Qambar Dashti, kommissarie för Quetta-divisionen, sa att två självmordsbombare sprängde sig själva på ett hotell där dussintals shia pilgrimer från Iran bodde. Dashti sa att 14 av 18 sårade pilgrimer var i kritiskt tillstånd. Extremist Sunni militant grupp Jaish el-Islam, en splinter grupp av Lashkar e Jhangvi, tog på sig ansvaret. Under måndagen, medan Karachi opererade som vanligt, förekom våld i andra delar av landet. Tre soldater dödades och många andra sårades i en misstänkt självmordsattack vid en kontrollpunkt i norra Waziristan, sade militärtjänstemän. Vad ligger bakom Karachis flygplatsattack? KARACHI Pakistan Pakistan Pakistans talibanska upprorsmän tog på sig ansvaret för en attack mot en säkerhetsakademi på Karachis flygplats på tisdagen, mindre än 48 timmar efter en nattlig belägring av talibanska beväpnade män på Pakistans mest trafikerade flygplats som dödade mer än 30 personer. Den sena söndagsattacken förstörde utsikterna till fredssamtal mellan talibanerna och premiärminister Nawaz Sharifs regering och utlöste spekulationer om att armén kunde välja en allomfattande offensiv mot militanta fästen. På tisdagen öppnade en grupp revolvermän på motorcyklar eld mot en akademi som drevs av Airports Security Force (ASF) och flydde efter att säkerhetsstyrkorna hämnas. Ingen blev skadad, sa myndigheterna. "Vi tar på oss ansvaret för en annan framgångsrik attack mot regeringen", berättade den pakistanska talibanske talesmannen Shahidullah Shahid för Reuters. "Vi lyckas nå alla våra mål och vi kommer att fortsätta med många fler sådana attacker." Tio militanter förklädda till medlemmar av säkerhetsstyrkan och beväpnade med raketdrivna granater bröt sig in på flygplatsen i den första attacken, en av de mest fräcka i ett långvarigt pakistanskt talibanuppror. Minst 34 personer dödades. Som en återspegling av en atmosfär av nervositet avbröt Karachi flygplats alla flygningar in och ut ur den vidsträckta staden på 18 miljoner för andra gången på två dagar, även om de flesta flygningarna återställdes med 0930 GMT. Tidigare i tisdags bombade pakistanska jaktflygplan talibanpositioner vid den afghanska gränsen. "Nio terrorist gömställen förstördes av tidig morgon militära flyganfall nära gränsen Pakistan-Afghan," arméns pressflygel sade, tillägger att 25 militanter dödades. SJU MER ORGAN De pakistanska talibanerna är allierade med de afghanska militanterna med samma namn och delar en liknande jihadistisk ideologi. Men de verkar som en separat enhet, helt inriktad på att störta den pakistanska staten och upprätta ett strikt islamiskt styre i den kärnvapenbeväpnade nationen, medan de afghanska talibanerna förenas genom sin kampanj mot invaderande utländska styrkor. Det var oklart om de senaste flyganfallen signalerade att en bredare offensiv skulle inledas i norra Waziristanregionen där de al-Qaida-anslutna talibanerna är baserade, eller om de faktiskt hade genomförts som vedergällning för flygplatsattacken. Flygvapnet har periodvis genomfört räder för att bomba pakistanska talibanpositioner i den laglösa, etniska pashtunregionen men har ännu inte inlett en större offensiv. De halvsjälvständiga Pashtun-länderna längs gränsen, så kallade federalt administrerade stamområdena, har aldrig ställts under full kontroll av någon regering. De pakistanska talibanerna, en lös allians av upprorsgrupper som förenades av antistatsideologin, sade att de hade genomfört den sena söndagsattacken i Karachi som svar på flyganfallen på sina fästen. På Karachis flygplats återfann räddningsarbetare tidigare kropparna av sju personer instängda i en lastbyggnad, vilket förde till 34 dödssiffran från det första överfallet. "Kropparna är förkolnade bortom identifiering", sa en bårhustjänsteman som avböjde att identifieras. Flygplatsens tjänstemän sade att offren hade tagit sin tillflykt till lastskjulet för att gömma sig från skottlossningen men fastnade när byggnaden fattade eld. "De (säkerhetsstyrkor) var upptagna med att döda militanter och rensa området, ingen brydde sig om att rädda dessa instängda män", sade Abdul Rehman, vars bror var bland de dödade. "De kunde ha räddats om man hade gjort snabba räddningsinsatser." (Skrivelse av John Chalmers och Maria Golovnina; Redigering av Nick Macfie) ^ KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) – Gunmen i Pakistan attackerade en träningsanläggning nära Karachi flygplatsen på tisdag, sade en talesman. Rök stiger över Jinnahs internationella flygplats där säkerhetsstyrkor fortsätter att strida mot militanter måndagen den 9 juni 2014, i Karachi, Pakistan. Vapenförklädda som polisvakter attackerade en terminal... (Associated Press) Pakistanska TV-stationer visade bilder av säkerhetsvakter som rusar till platsen och frenetiskt tar upp positioner bakom byggnader eller jordbjälkar runt anläggningen, som fungerar som ett utbildningscentrum för flygplatsvakter. Anläggningen ligger ungefär en kilometer från Karachis internationella flygplats. Attacken började då minst två grupper av revolvermän försökte ta sig in i anläggningen från två olika ingångar, sade Ghulam Abbas Memon, en talesman för Airport Security Force. Säkerhetsstyrkorna slog tillbaka, sa han. Memon visste inte hur många angripare som var inblandade eller om det fanns några dödsoffer. Detaljerna var skissartade och ingen tog omedelbart på sig ansvaret för tisdagens attack. Eldstriden kom i hälarna på en fräck belägring av talibanerna som på söndagsnatten stormade Karachis internationella flygplats Jinnah i ett attentat som dödade 36 personer, däribland de 10 talibanska revolvermännen. Minst 11 medlemmar av Airport Security Force dödades under den attacken. Civil Aviation Authority, som är ansvarig för att driva landets flygplatser, sade i sin Twitter feed att alla flygningar på Karachi internationella flygplats har stängts av eftersom akademin för ASF var under attack. Organisationen uppmanade människor att vara lugna och tålmodiga. Â°°
Summary this article: Story highlights The bodies of 7 cargo workers are found in debris near a cold storage facility at the airport 29 others were killed in the airport attack, including 10 militants, officials say Pakistani Taliban, or TTP, saying the attack is revenge for death Hakimulah Mehsud Mehsud, a former TTP chief, was killed by a U.S. drone strike in 2013 Seven bodies have been recovered near a cold storage facility at a Karachi airport Tuesday morning, more than one day after a deadly militant attack there left 29 others dead. The seven cargo workers were found in rubble near the hall where a fire broke out during the attack, said Sindh Province Health Minister Dr. Saghir Ahmad. Heavy machines were used to break into the area to retrieve them. Rescuers had attempted to reach the freight workers, who were trapped at Jinnah International Airport, the largest and busiest airport in Pakistan. Families of the workers blocked a busy road leading to the airport, demanding that authorities help find their relatives, CNN affiliate Geo TV reported. "We will work to investigate all negligence in rescue efforts by the authorities and those found guilty of negligence will be punished accordingly," Sindh Province Gov. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan said. The rescue operation took place almost a day after terrorists entered the airport from two locations with a plan to destroy a group of parked aircraft and "bring down our aviation industry", according to the Pakistani government. It was late Sunday night, and the militants were armed with weapons, grenades, and suicide vests. They entered the cargo area, about a kilometer from where commercial planes take off. In a "heroic" effort, security forces "put their lives down" to block the terminal and stop the attackers, surround them and kill them all, the Prime Minister's office said. There were ten terrorists, military spokesman General Asim Bajwa said, and two of them detonated suicide vests. When the attack was over, officials said 29 people were dead, including 10 militants. Another 24 people were injured, the military said. Just WATCHED Militants attack Karachi airport Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Militants attack Karachi airport 02:43 Just WATCHED Militants storm parts of Karachi airport Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Militants storm parts of Karachi airport 01:57 Just WATCHED Karachi airport under siege Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Karachi airport under siege 03:53 ONLY WATCHED Gunmen attack Karachi airport Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Gunmen attack Karachi airport 04:16 The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the assault at the country's largest and busiest airport. Speaking from an unknown location, Pakistani Taliban commander Abdullah Bahar said the attack was retaliation for the death of former chief Hakimulah Mehsud, who was killed in a US drone attack in November in northern Waziristan. Bahar warned more attacks will follow. "As long as we breathe, our attacks continue until the end of our lives," he promised. Fire followed attack A building caught fire in the attack, but no planes were damaged, said Bajwa. The airport opened on Monday. Some Pakistani media reported a renewed gun battle at the airport later Monday morning. But authorities told CNN that the sound was from fire-heated chemical containers that exploded. But as a precaution, the security forces opened fire, said Ahmad Chinoy of the Civic Police Liaison Committee. He said he was 100% sure there were no militants left at the airport. Several days ago, the Government of Pakistan had warned provincial officials of a possible "high profile attack on a sensitive or key installation," said Qaim Ali Shah, Chief Minister of Sindh Province. But the warning, he said, did not mention the airport. "We felt like sitting ducks" Farooq Sattar, an MP, was on a plane at the airport when the attack took place. "My aircraft was on the runway ready to take off when suddenly, as I understand it, a message came to the pilot saying to get off the runway and return to the gate," Sattar said. "I heard shots and I saw smoke." "Before the pilot could announce anything, I had text messages that blew up my phone saying 'Karachi airport under attack'." We were in the aircraft for three hours, full of fuel. They locked the doors. "The flight site was poorly guarded. It was only because of a security staff that the attack was stopped and the militants did not make it to our part of the airport. The passengers were extremely nervous. They started looking at me for answers." "We felt like sitting ducks on the asphalt," he added. Two crew members who were on their first ever flight "freaked out", Sattar said. History of Terrorism The Pakistani Taliban, formally known as Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, have long waged an insurgency campaign against the Pakistani government. "Their primary goal is the Pakistani state and its military," said Raza Rumi of Jinnah Institute, a Pakistani think tank. "It dislikes the fact that (Pakistan) has an alliance with the West, and it wants Sharia to be imposed in Pakistan." The group claimed responsibility for a December 2009 suicide bombing at the US Forward Operations Base Chapman in Khost, Afghanistan. The attack killed seven U.S. citizens, including five CIA officers and one member of Jordanian intelligence. The U.S. Department of Justice charged Mehsud in 2010 with his alleged involvement in the attack. Mehsud took over from Baitullah Mehsud, a clan member, in 2009 after the latter was killed in a U.S. drone attack. Four years later, Hakimulah Mehsud suffered the same fate. More claims and threats Another TTP member claimed the Pakistani government has "abducted and killed innocent people", explaining why the airport was targeted. "We chose a place where there would be less civilians and more official casualties," TTP representative Shahidullah Shahid said. Shahid warned the group will engage "in a full war with the Pakistani state, beginning on June 10." But "if the Pakistani government even now backs down," said Shahid, "we are ready to engage in a meaningful dialogue." Karachi airport attackers were disguised as security workers More violence The airport was not the only place of violence in Pakistan on Sunday. Two suicide attacks near the border with Iran left 24 people dead, including four terrorists, said authorities. Qambar Dashti, commissioner of the Quetta Division, said two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a hotel where dozens of Shia pilgrims from Iran lived. Dashti said 14 of 18 wounded pilgrims were in critical condition. Extremist Sunni militant group Jaish el-Islam, a splinter group of Lashkar e Jhangvi, claimed responsibility. On Monday, while Karachi operated as usual, violence occurred in other parts of the country. Three soldiers were killed and many others wounded in a suspected suicide attack at a checkpoint in northern Waziristan, military officials said. What's behind Karachi's airport attack? KARACHI Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for an attack on a security academy at Karachi Airport on Tuesday, less than 48 hours after a night siege by Taliban armed men at Pakistan's busiest airport killing more than 30 people. The late Sunday attack destroyed the prospect of peace talks between the Taliban and the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and sparked speculation that the army could choose an all-embracing offensive against militant strongholds. On Tuesday, a group of gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on an academy operated by the Airports Security Force (ASF) and fled after the security forces retaliated. The authorities said no one was hurt. "We assume responsibility for another successful attack on the government," Pakistani Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid told Reuters. "We manage to achieve all our goals and we will continue with many more such attacks." Ten militants disguised as members of the security force and armed with rocket-powered grenades broke into the airport in the first attack, one of the most brazen in a long-standing Pakistani Taliban uprising. At least 34 people were killed. As a reflection of an atmosphere of nervousness, Karachi airport suspended all flights in and out of the vast city of 18 million for the second time in two days, although most flights were restored by 0930 GMT. Earlier on Tuesday, Pakistani fighter aircraft bombed Taliban positions on the Afghan border. "Nine terrorist hideouts destroyed by early morning military air strikes near Pakistan-Afghan border," the army press wing said, adding that 25 militants were killed. SEVEN MORE ORGAN The Pakistani Taliban are allied with Afghan militants of the same name and share a similar jihadist ideology. However, they operate as a separate entity, fully focused on overthrowing the Pakistani state and establishing strict Islamic rule in the nuclear-armed nation, while the Afghan Taliban are united by their campaign against invading foreign forces. It was unclear whether the recent air strikes signaled that a wider offensive would begin in the northern Waziristan region where the Al-Qaeda affiliated Taliban are based, or whether they had actually been conducted in retaliation for the airport attack. The Air Force has periodically conducted raids to bomb Pakistani Taliban positions in the outlaw, ethnic Pashtun region but has not yet launched a major offensive. The semi-autonomous Pashtun countries along the border, so-called federally administered tribal areas, have never been placed under the full control of any government. The Pakistani Taliban, a loose alliance of insurgent groups united by anti-state ideology, said they had conducted the late Sunday attack in Karachi in response to the air strikes on their strongholds. At Karachi Airport, rescue workers previously recovered the bodies of seven people trapped in a cargo building, bringing to 34 death tolls from the first assault. "The bodies are charred beyond identification," said a morgue official who declined to be identified. Airport officials said the victims had taken refuge in the cargo shed to hide from the shooting but got stuck when the building caught fire. "They (security forces) were busy killing militants and clearing the area, nobody bothered to save these trapped men," said Abdul Rehman, whose brother was among those killed. "They could have been rescued if rapid rescue had been undertaken." (Writing by John Chalmers and Maria Golovnina; Editing by Nick Macfie) ^ KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) – Gunmen in Pakistan attacked a training facility near Karachi airport on Tuesday, a spokesman said. Smoke rises over Jinnah International Airport where security forces continue to fight militants Monday, June 9, 2014, in Karachi, Pakistan. Armed as police guards attacked a terminal... (Associated Press) Pakistani television stations showed footage of security guards rushing to the scene and frantically taking up positions behind buildings or earth beams around the facility, serving as a training center for airport guards. The facility is located approximately one kilometre from Karachi International Airport. The attack began as at least two groups of gunmen attempted to enter the facility from two different entrances, said Ghulam Abbas Memon, a spokesman for the Airport Security Force. The security forces fought back, he said. Memo didn't know how many attackers were involved or if there were any casualties. The details were sketchy and no one immediately claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack. The gunfight came on the heels of a brazen siege by the Taliban that stormed Karachi International Airport Jinnah on Sunday night in an attack that killed 36 people, including the 10 Taliban gunmen. At least 11 members of the Airport Security Force were killed during that attack. The Civil Aviation Authority, who is responsible for operating the country's airports, said in its Twitter feed that all flights at Karachi International Airport have been shut down because the Academy of ASF was under attack. The organization urged people to be calm and patient. <unk>
– Gunmen har inlett en ny attack mot Pakistans största flygplats bara två dagar efter att en talibanattack lämnade dussintals människor döda. Polisen säger att säkerhetsstyrkor slåss mot militanter som attackerade en säkerhetsutbildningsanläggning på Karachi flygplats från två håll, rapporterar AP. Alla flygningar har avbrutits och militären har rusat trupper till platsen. Dödssiffran från det tidigare anfallet steg till minst 34 idag när myndigheterna hittade kropparna av sju arbetare som hade varit instängda i ett kyllager som fattade eld under slaget, uppger CNN. Arga släktingar anklagade säkerhetsstyrkor för att ha övergett arbetarna under deras strid med militanter, som hade för avsikt att kapa ett passagerarplan. Före dagens attack sa militären att 25 militanter dödades när "nio terroristgömmen" förstördes av flyganfall nära den afghanska gränsen, rapporterar Reuters, som konstaterar att det inte är klart om strejkerna markerar starten på en all-out offensiv som vedergällning för flygplatsattacken.
– Gunmen has launched a new attack on Pakistan’s largest airport just two days after a Taliban attack left dozens of people dead. Police say security forces are fighting militants who attacked a security training facility at Karachi airport from two directions, reports AP. All flights have been suspended and the military has rushed troops to the scene. The death toll from the previous attack rose to at least 34 today when authorities found the bodies of seven workers who had been trapped in a cold storage facility that caught fire during the battle, CNN states. Angry relatives accused security forces of abandoning the workers during their battle with militants, who intended to hijack a passenger plane. Prior to today's attack, the military said 25 militants were killed when "nine terrorist caches" were destroyed by air strikes near the Afghan border, reports Reuters, who notes that it is not clear if the strikes mark the start of an all-out offensive in retaliation for the airport attack.