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NAIROBI: In December 2014, the Taliban attacked an Army Public School in Peshawar Province in Pakistan, killing over 150 people including 134 school children. They held hundreds hostage before the Pakistan Army Special Services Group (SSG) stormed the school in 15 minutes and rescued over 900 people.
The extremists claimed they had attacked the school to avenge the killing their relatives by the Army. The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Shariff, flew to Peshawar to supervise the rescue operations himself.
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