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Islamist Taliban militants storm Bacha Khan University in winter fog killing at least 19 in three hour gunfight. Most students were in class. The school is about 50 kilometres from Peshawar.

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A soldier stands guard at the entrance to a dormitory where a militant attack took place, in Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, Pakistan.Caren Firouz/Reuters

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Emotional students leave the Bacha Khan university.A Majeed/AFP / Getty Images

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Forensic experts examine the bodies of attackers in a dorm room at Bacha Khan University.Caren Firouz/Reuters

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Pakistani family members wait outside a local hospital where injured people were taken.B.K. Bangash/The Associated Press

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Pakistani rescuers move an injured victim outside the Bacha Khan university.A Majeed/AFP / Getty Images

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Pakistani rescuers rush an injured man at a hospital following an attack by gunmen at Bacha Khan university.Hasham Ahmed/AFP / Getty Images

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A doctor looks at an x-ray of a man injured in an attack on a university.B.K. Bangash/The Associated Press

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A volunteer sits next to coffins at a local hospita.B.K. Bangash/The Associated Press

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