I'm here in Peshawar to meet a survivor of the school massacre,
a 12-year-old named Munib.
That's a cockatoo though, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- These are love birds. - These are love birds?
(Bird squawking)
Munib's enthusiasm for his birds hides a deep hurt.
Just months earlier, he was at a school assembly
when TTP gunmen came in and opened fire.
How many students were in the auditorium?
300 to 400.
- 3 to 400? - Yeah.
And how many terrorists came in?
Three.
Three guys, and they just started shooting?
Yeah.
Just shooting wildly at all the students?
Yes.
They were of my age, 14, 15, 16.
- The terrorists? - Yeah. they were of this age.
- They were that young? - Yeah.
How many friends did you have who...
My personal friends, two.
- Who died? - Yeah.
One was attacked from behind, and seven bullets in his back.
And one was shot in the knee.
He died of bleeding.
And what do you think about these terrorists?
They are, you know, cowards.
We didn't attack their schools.
We didn't attack their boys.
Do you want revenge on them?
Yeah, definitely I want revenge.
Everyone wants revenge.
They picked a soft target.
They strike us where, you know, we can't cope with.
They gave us a wound which we can never heal.
Munib's older brother Aafik was also at the school that day.
And so how has life after this incident been for you?
Well, I would say it is a complete devastation for me.
I lost 17 of my friends that day.
Right now, I'm completely out of sorts.
I cannot pull myself together.
I'm not able to study,
and I'm not able to, you know, be myself again.
Even now I've been awake since the past 49 hours now.
So you haven't slept in 49 hours?
No.
(Sniffing)
This tragedy, this event at your school...
has served as a bit of a turning point for this country.
It was so horrifying that finally people woke up,
and they unified the rangers, the army, the police
to deal with these terrorists.
Are you frustrated sometimes,
that why did it have to come to this,
that I had to lose my friends in order for this to happen?
Yeah.
Even last night I was crying on this, because you know,
literally Pakistan has given up too many bodies.
(Chattering)
Why does this nation need so many bodies just to wake up?
(Yelling)
You bury them, and you realize that each one of them
has taken a piece of your soul with them.
It's kind of heartbreaking.
They gave up their lives for a better Pakistan,
and now it is up to us to make it happen.
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A day after the school massacre,
the government reinstates the death penalty.
No more talk about negotiations with the Pakistani Taliban,
no more talk of a settlement.
They must simply be killed or driven out.
Some militants in custody are hanged,
and the TTP vows to get revenge.
Two months later, they get their chance.
(Chanting)
It's Friday prayer, or Jumu'ah,
at the Imamia Masjid in Peshawar.
(Chanting)
The faithful gather at this Shia mosque,
but their numbers have noticeably dwindled.
Everyone is still haunted by a recent attack from the TTP.
On February 13th, 2015, during the Jumu'ah prayer,
four TTP members stormed this mosque.
(Gunshots)
They open fire indiscriminately...
(Gunshots)
...before finally exploding their suicide vests...
(Explosion)
...killing 20 and injuring more than 60.
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Ali, a member at the mosque,
walks me through what happened that horrific day.
It's been renovated now, but had you come 5, 6 months ago,
it was all black and ruins.
There were still blood marks and bloodstains
all over the roof and the walls.
By chance, Ali avoided the worst of the massacre.
I walked in after 3 minutes.
So you walked in right after...
Right after.
In fact, we were still not sure that
the suicide bombers have gone or no.
So you were basically late for Jumu'ah.
I was late for Jumu'ah, as usual.
(Yelling)
It was like you walked into a beef shop, the smell,
and you would find...
I saw four legs there, brain, human eyes...
Did anybody officially take responsibility for the attack?
Taliban did.
- TTP? - Yeah.
So why... why did they do it?
Because these people are Khawarij.
They don't follow Islam.
Islam is a religion of peace.
It does not portray extremism.
These people have their own agendas.
They are thirsty for power.
They're thirsty of implementing
their sick ideology in this country.
The worst part is you don't know who your enemy is.
To me, every other person who I don't know is an enemy,
because I don't know if he's from Taliban.
Is he going to shoot me?
Is he going to blow himself up?
I'm prepared for the worst.
I'm prepared for anything.
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SUROOSH: Pakistan has now declared an all-out war
on the TTP.
Mass arrests in Karachi have increased dramatically.
During these operations,
some suspects are executed on the spot.
Many Pakistanis support this hardline approach.
They want stability by any means necessary.
The Pakistani people are so fed up of the violence
that they're looking the other way and saying,
"Whatever you do, just make us safe, we'll live with that."
And so that's how they've approached this.
So we just got a call from the police station in Baldia Town,
which is just outside of Karachi, about 15 kilometres.
They told us that they have just captured 12 TTP guys.
So we're going to go and interview them.
The cell's overcrowded, and the prisoners are agitated.
So the police are accusing you of being part of the TTP?
It's hard to know what to believe.