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It said that attackers, wearing explosives-laden jackets and carrying AK-47 rifles, hand-propelled grenades and mortars, entered the PAF base camp in Peshawar’s Badaber area after storming a guard post.

Pakistani authorities on Saturday arrested 28 suspects, including eight Afghans, a day after the deadly Taliban attack on an air force base near here that killed 42 people.

Taliban gunmen have stormed a Pakistani air force base, killing at least 17 people, most of whom were offering prayers in a mosque, the deadliest such attack in years.

The Pakistani Taliban launched a brazen assault on a military base on the outskirts of the north-western city of Peshawar early Friday, storming a mosque inside the sprawling compound and killing 16 worshippers during prayers.