The Jihadist War in Pakistan After the Mehran Attack

Pakistani security forces ended a nearly 17-hour standoff with a group of militants that had attacked Pakistan Naval Station Mehran in Karachi, destroyed one of the base's P-3C Orion anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft and damaged another. The attack is evidence that the Pakistani Taliban not only have revived their abilities, but enhanced them to the point that they can now operate far beyond their core territory in the northwest.