• A view of the damaged premises of a cold-storage cargo facility. The charred bodies of seven Karachi airport workers who phoned their families as they hid in a cold-storage facility that was engulfed in flames during the attack were recovered by Pakistani authorities on June 10. Rizwan Tabassum/AFP Photo
    A view of the damaged premises of a cold-storage cargo facility. The charred bodies of seven Karachi airport workers who phoned their families as they hid in a cold-storage facility that was engulfed in flames during the attack were recovered by Pakistani authorities on June 10. Rizwan Tabassum/AFP Photo
  • A Pakistani Ranger stands guard at the fire-damaged premises of a cold-storage cargo facility. Rizwan Tabassum/AFP Photo
    A Pakistani Ranger stands guard at the fire-damaged premises of a cold-storage cargo facility. Rizwan Tabassum/AFP Photo
  • Pakistani Rangers keeping watch a day after the siege. Rizwan Tabassum/AFP Photo
    Pakistani Rangers keeping watch a day after the siege. Rizwan Tabassum/AFP Photo
  • A man clears debris from the tarmac of Jinnah International Airport in the aftermath of the attack. Athar Hussain/Reuters
    A man clears debris from the tarmac of Jinnah International Airport in the aftermath of the attack. Athar Hussain/Reuters
  • A tractor runs past a damaged building on the tarmac. Athar Hussain/Reuters
    A tractor runs past a damaged building on the tarmac. Athar Hussain/Reuters
  • Damaged vehicles are left on the tarmac after Sunday’s attack. Athar Hussain/Reuters
    Damaged vehicles are left on the tarmac after Sunday’s attack. Athar Hussain/Reuters
  • Planes are seen near a section of a damaged building, left, at the airport. Athar Hussain/Reuters
    Planes are seen near a section of a damaged building, left, at the airport. Athar Hussain/Reuters
  • Pakistan Army’s armoured personnel carriers at the Jinnah International Airport. Athar Hussain/Reuters
    Pakistan Army’s armoured personnel carriers at the Jinnah International Airport. Athar Hussain/Reuters
  • Pakistani security officials at the fire-damaged building of a cold-storage cargo facility where bodies of airport workers were discovered a day after the assault, ‘charred beyond recognition’. Rehan Khan/EPA
    Pakistani security officials at the fire-damaged building of a cold-storage cargo facility where bodies of airport workers were discovered a day after the assault, ‘charred beyond recognition’. Rehan Khan/EPA

In pictures: aftermath of Karachi airport siege


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A brazen attack on Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport by the Pakistani Taliban killed at least 36 people, including the 10 the militant gunmen, on June 9, 2014.