PAKISTAN: An attack on Pakistani tightly guarded army headquarters in Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, ended on Saturday with all four attackers killed, a military spokesman told Pakistani television.
At least four soldiers were killed in the assault by suspected militants dressed as soldiers, the officials said.
"All the four terrorists have been killed. The fighting is over now. The situation is under control," Major General Athar Abbas told private TV channel Geo in a live interview.
"I can't give you the exact casualties inflicted on our guards but four of them at the first checkpost were martyred," the spokesman, later told Dunya Television.
The attack came as the army prepares for a major offensive against Pakistani Taliban militants in their northwestern stronghold on the Afghan border.
It also came a day after a suspected suicide car-bomber killed 49 people in the city of Peshawar in an attack the government said underscored the need for the all-out offensive.
The suspected militants had driven up to the gate of the headquarters in a white Suzuki van and opened fire and threw a grenade when challenged, security officials said.
The Pakistani Taliban have vowed to increase attacks to avenge the killing of their leader Baitullah Mehsud in a U.S. drone strike in August.
Al- Qaeda-linked Islamist militants who have launched numerous attacks over the past couple of years, most aimed at the security forces and government and foreign targets.
