Taliban attack on Pakistan military-run school

The uncle and cousin of injured student Mohammad Baqair, center, comfort him as he mourns the death of his mother, who was a teacher at the school that was attacked by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan.  (Mohammad Sajjad / Associated Press)

Volunteers carry a student injured in an attack Dec. 16 by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan.  (Mohammad Sajjad / Associated Press)

People gather at a hospital where victims of a Taliban attack on a school were being treated in Peshawar, Pakistan.  (Mohammad Sajjad / Associated Press)

A wounded student is treated at a hospital after a Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan.  (Mohammad Sajjad / Associated Press)

A wounded student is treated at a hospital after an attack by Taliban gunmen on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan.  (A Majeed / AFP/Getty Images)

Pakistani army troops hold positions close to a school that was attacked by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan.  (Mohammad Sajjad / Associated Press)

A candlelight vigil is held in Islamabad, Pakistan, for the victims of a Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar.  (Anjum Naveed / Associated Press)

Parents escort their children outside a school that was attacked by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan.  (B.K. Bangash / Associated Press)

A plainclothes security officer escorts students rescued from a nearby school during a Taliban attack in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday.   (Mohammad Sajjad / Associated Press)

Pakistani army troops block a road leading to a school that was attacked by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday.   (Mohammad Sajjad / Associated Press)

A Pakistani woman weeps as she waits at a hospital where victims of a Taliban attack were being treated in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday.  (Mohammad Sajjad / Associated Press)

Pakistani parents leave with their children near the site of an attack by Taliban gunmen on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday.  (A Majeed / AFP/Getty Images)

A Pakistani student injured in a Taliban attack on a school is taken to a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday.   (Mohammad Sajjad / Associated Press)

Pakistani soldiers transport rescued schoolchildren from the site of an attack by Taliban gunmen on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday.  (A Majeed / AFP/Getty Images)

Pakistani army troops hold positions near a school attacked by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday.  (Mohammad Sajjad / Associated Press)

A hospital security guard helps a student injured in an attack by Taliban gunmen on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday.   (Mohammad Sajjad / Associated Press)