Militancy's Grip on Northwest Pakistan: A 20 Hour Standoff Ends, but Questions Remain The events unfolding in northwestern Pakistan have left a trail of death and destruction in their wake.
The recent 20 hour standoff between security forces and militants holed up inside a police compound in Kohat has ended with the militants claiming eight lives.
The attack was brutal – a suicide bomber rammed his explosives laden vehicle into a mosque, while gunmen stormed the facility, killing 21 people and wounding over 100 others.