Karachi, June 10
Taliban militants today attacked a training camp of the Airport Security Force outside the Karachi international airport, but fled after Pakistani forces repulsed the assault, a day after an all-night siege at the facility left nearly 40 people dead.

The militants opened indiscriminate fire on a security post located at the ASF academy in Bitai Abad near Jinnah International Airport which had been cleared of militants after fierce clashes between forces and terrorists yesterday. The army's press wing said there were three or four attackers on motorbikes while an ASF spokesman said there were two. "Two persons came towards the ASF checkpost and started firing," Colonel Tahir Ali, a spokesman for the ASF told reporters. "Nobody has been killed or injured," he added.

Army spokesman Major General Asim Bajwa said three to four assailants were involved in the attack."Three-four terrorists fired near the ASF camp, ran away. No breach of fence, no entry. Chase is on, situation under control," he tweeted.

Airport operations were resumed after temporarily being suspended for the second time in as many days. The attackers failed to penetrate the security cordon and managed to flee into nearby congested residential areas.

The ASF spokesman said the incident had been played up and dismissed reports about five terrorists entering the base camp and engaging the security forces. — PTI