Pakistani media accuse army of collusion after naval base siege

PAKISTAN’S military was ridiculed and accused of complicity in the media yesterday after a small group of militants laid siege to a naval air base, holding out for 16 hours against hundreds of commandos and rangers.

Pakistani media accuse army of collusion after naval base siege

As few as six militants infiltrated the PNS Mehran naval base in Karachi, the headquarters of Pakistan’s naval air wing, on Sunday night, killing 10 security forces and wounding 20.

“Our mujahedeen who conducted this operation were equipped with faith as well as with sophisticated weapons and that’s why they fought with hundreds of security forces and inflicted heavy losses on them,” Pakistan Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told Reuters from an undisclosed location.

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