CRI听力:At Least 12 Killed in Air Force Base Attack in Karachi

Pakistani troops battled Taliban gunmen holed up in a naval base in the city of Karachi, in the most audacious attack in the country since the killing of Osama bin Laden by US forces.

More than 20 Pakistani Taliban militants stormed the building with guns and grenades, blowing up at least one aircraft Sunday night.

A navy spokesman said the operation against the attack has been completed after more than 14 hours of fight within the base.

According to the spokesman, 13 army personnel, including 11 navy officers and two rangers were killed in the attack.

The Pakistan Taliban has claimed the responsibility and said the attack was to avenge the al Qaida leader's killing. A Taliban spokesman is warning more such attacks.

Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has condemned the attack, saying Pakistan will be committed to fight against terrorism.

"Well the cross fire is on, the terrorists have taken over a building within this complex, and of course we are going to launch an operation, this is an act of terrorism against Pakistan as it was being speculated and also the Taliban and al-Qaida had announced earlier that they'll attack Pakistan's major installations and of course the armed forces and they have done this first act and that's what I say Pakistan is on war, Pakistan is suffering, Pakistan is a victim and Inshallah we have the courage and we have the resolve to fight and we will keep on fighting till the demise of these terrorists."

For more on the attack, we are now joined with Zameer Abbas, a reporter in Karachi.