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Pakistan Marks 11 Years Since APS Peshawar Massacre

Nationwide memorials highlight enduring grief alongside unresolved accountability.

Overview

  • Ceremonies at Army Public School and Quran recitations in homes are being held Tuesday to commemorate the 2014 attack.
  • The assault killed 147 people, including more than 130 students, with six TTP attackers storming the campus during school hours.
  • Pakistan created military courts under the National Action Plan; authorities say hundreds of militants received death sentences and several linked to the case were executed.
  • Reports note an alleged mastermind, identified as Umar Mansour, also known as Umar Naray, was later killed in Afghanistan, though some accounts name Omar Khorasani.
  • Despite sustained counterterrorism operations, officials and local reporting acknowledge parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa remain vulnerable to militant attacks.