Agencies, Washington :The killing of at least 130 schoolchildren by Taliban in Peshawar on Tuesday drew swift and strong reactions from world leaders and chief of the United Nations. “We stand with the people of Pakistan,” said US President Barack Obama while condemning the horrendous attack. “By targeting students and teachers in this heinous attack, terrorists have once again shown their depravity,” he said in a statement issued by his office. “We stand with the people of Pakistan, and reiterate the commitment of the United States to support the government of Pakistan in its efforts to combat terrorism and extremism and to promote peace and stability in the region,” President Obama said. In a statement, US Secretary of State John Kerry said the news of the attack was devastating. He said that “parents send their kids to school to learn and to be safe and to dream and to find opportunity”. The Taliban’s vision of the world, he added, was the opposite of everything that those mothers and fathers wanted for their children. “This morning, wherever you live, wherever you are, those are our children, and this is the world’s loss,” Mr Kerry said.
