DINA for the issue of June 10, 2014

	June 10, 2014 | Shabaan 11, 1435
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Bid to disable aviation system thwarted Habib Khan Ghori | Hasan Mansoor | Imtiaz Ali 19 security personnel, civilians lay down their lives; 10 militants killed • Attackers were ready for extended fight • CM upset over Nisar’s attitude KARACHI: The militants, who kept security forces engaged for five hours in an attack on the Karachi airport late on Sunday night and resisted to the fullest of their potential till the wee hours of Monday,	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995 Karachi Stocks down 36.59 Points: KARACHI, June 9 : At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was 29472.52,down 36.59 points. Forex Update : KARACHI, June 9 : The Pakistani Rupee was traded at 99.75 to the US Dollar in the open market.
Three troops killed in suicide attack on post Pazir Gul MIRAMSHAH: Three soldiers were killed and 10 others injured when a suicide attacker rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a checkpost near Miramshah in North Waziristan Agency on Monday. The Inter-Services Public Relations, the military’s media wing, said the attacker smashed his vehicle into the Boya checkpost on Miramshah-Datakhel road, killing three soldiers and injuring 10 others, including two women.
Bodies of Taftan victims handed over to families Saleem Shahid QUETTA: The bodies of 24 pilgrims killed in suicide attacks and firing at two hotels in the border town of Taftan were brought to Quetta by helicopters on Monday. The dead included 13 men, 10 women and a child. Eighteen people were injured in the Sunday night attack.
TTP owns up to airport attack From the Newspaper MIRAMSHAH: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Monday claimed responsibility for the attack on Karachi airport in revenge for the killing of their leader. Hakeemullah Mehsud died in a US drone strike in November. “We carried out the attack on Karachi airport to avenge the death of Hakeemullah Mehsud,” TTP spokesman Shahidullah Shahid told AFP.
HOW IT HAPPENED… Imran Ayub • Shortly after 11.15pm on Sunday, two groups of militants about five each in number carrying backpacks and armed with assault AK-47 and 222 rifles stormed the old terminal of the airport through its Fokker gate and customs clearance gate. • Around midnight, the first casualty of the gory episode was reported when five ASF personnel were killed one after the other by one of the attackers’ groups in a facility close to the Fokker gate.
Heavy exchange of fire on border with Iran Saleem Shahid QUETTA: A heavy exchange of fire took place between Pakistani and Iranian border forces along Mashkel area of Washuk district on Monday, sources said. The Iranian forces started firing rockets at around 9.30am, they said.
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