East Asia

Deadly Attack at Bacha Khan University, in Charsadda, Pakistan

Four militants used morning fog as cover to climb over and cut through barbed wire barrier at the back of Bacha Khan University in Charsadda and begin an attack that last several hours and killed at least 20. (A. Tanzeem/VOA)

Student, Tasbeeh Ullah, saw a gunman coming up the stairs. As he watched, the gunman took aim at him and started shooting. Tasbeeh Ullah ran up to the rooftop and jumped. He became unconscious and woke up in a hospital, with broken bones. Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, Pakistan. (A. Tanzeem/VOA)

Some of the students were in this room as militants stormed their hostel in a gun and grenade attack Wednesday morning. Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, Pakistan. (A. Tanzeem/VOA)

Explosive sniffing dogs were on hand to help the security forces Wednesday as they searched through the premises of Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, Pakistan. (A. Tanzeem/VOA)

National and international media scrambled to get as much information as possible on the campus of Bacha Khan University Wednesday hours after security forces finished their operation and declared the campus clear, Charsadda, Pakistan. (A. Tanzeem/VOA)

Police arrived at the scene 45 minutes after the attackers entered the university campus. Charsadda is a relatively smaller town about 50 kilometers from Northwestern Pakistani city Peshawar. Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, Pakistan. (A. Tanzeem/VOA)

Entrance to Bacha Khan University where militants killed at least 20 in a gun and grenade attack, in Charsadda, Pakistan. (A. Tanzeem/VOA)

Entrance to the boys hostel in Bacha Khan University that was the scene of the bloodiest carnage. Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, Pakistan. (A. Tanzeem/VOA)

Pakistan’s military surrounded the university campus and carried out a clearing operation. Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, Pakistan. (A. Tanzeem/VOA)

Close up of some of the firing that took out the last two militants. Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, Pakistan. (A. Tanzeem/VOA)

Snipers took out the last remaining militants as they tried to flee from this rooftop through stairs behind the wall. Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, Pakistan. (A. Tanzeem/VOA)