BBC: Analysis on Taliban school attack

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BBC: Analysis on Taliban school attack

The Taliban has long been in a threat in Pakistan, but Tuesday's attack on a school is being called one of the deadliest incidents in the country’s history.

Pakistani parents react near the site of an attack by Taliban gunmen on a school in Peshawar on December 16, 2014. At least 130 people were killed in a Taliban attack on an army-run school in northwest Pakistan, officials said. AFP PHOTO/ A MAJEED (Photo credit should read A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images)

The Taliban has long been in a threat in Pakistan, but Tuesday's attack on a school is being called one of the deadliest incidents in the country’s history.

Americans woke up Tuesday to the news that Taliban militants attacked a government-run military school in Pakistan.

The death toll reached 141 people by morning, with most of the victims being children.

The Taliban has long been in a threat in Pakistan, but this is being called one of the deadliest incidents in the country’s history.

The BBC's Owen Bennett-Jones provides analysis on the situation.