An overnight gun battle at the main airport in Karachi left nearly thirty people dead as the Taliban claimed responsibility and said the brazen assault was retribution for the killing earlier this year of a key leader by a U.S. drone.

Pakistan Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid claimed his group’s responsibility for the attack, saying it was revenge for the Pakistan Army’s continued war against those living in the tribal areas, acknowledgement of failed peace talks, and the Pakistan government’s backing of the U.S. military’s drone attacks in the tribal regions along the border.

“Pakistan used peace talks as a tool of war, it killed hundreds of innocent tribal women and children. This is our first attack to avenge the death of Hakimullah Mehsud,” Shahid told Agence-France Presse. “We have yet to take revenge for the deaths of hundreds of innocent tribal women and children in Pakistani air strikes. It’s just the beginning, we have taken revenge for one, we have to take revenge for hundreds.”

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According to Reuters:

The Guardian reports that the airport attack will likely derail any lingering hope for a peace agreement between the Pakistan Taliban, tribal militias, and the Pakistan government which also has direct impact on the U.S. war in neighboring Afghanistan:

And Asia Times adds:

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