Photos: American among 11 killed in Taliban attack on mountain in Pakistan
June 23, 2013
Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest mountain in the world, is seen from Karakorum Highway leading to neighboring China in Pakistan's northern area in 2004. Gunmen wearing police uniforms killed nine foreign tourists and one Pakistani before dawn Sunday, June 23, 2013 as they were visiting one of the world's highest mountains in a remote area of northern Pakistan, officials said. (AP Photo/Musaf Zaman Kazmi, File) ( CORRECTION Pakistan )
Pakistani workers of political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement 'MQM', light candles during a protest to condemn the killing of foreign tourists by militants, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, June 23, 2013. Islamic militants wearing police uniforms shot to death many foreign tourists and one Pakistani before dawn at their base camp on Nanga Parban, one of the world's highest mountains. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) ( Pakistan )
Pakistani workers of political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement 'MQM', hold placards during a protest to condemn the killing of foreign tourists by militants, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, June 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) ( Pakistan )
A police officer makes way for Ukrainian Ambassador to Pakistan Volodymyr Lakomor, center, upon his arrival to see bodies of Ukrainian tourists, who were killed by Islamic militants, at a morgue of local hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, June 23, 2013. Islamic militants wearing police uniforms shot to death many foreign tourists and one Pakistani before dawn as they were visiting one of the worldís highest mountains in a remote area of northern Pakistan that has been largely peaceful, officials said. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed) ( Pakistan )
Hospital staff and rescue workers move the body of one of the nine foreign tourists killed by unidentified gunmen near the Nanga Parbat peak, from an ambulance to a hospital morgue in Islamabad June 23, 2013. Gunmen stormed a mountaineering base camp in northern Pakistan on Sunday and shot dead nine foreign trekkers and a Pakistani guide as they rested during an arduous climb up Nanga Parbat, one of the world's tallest peaks, police said. REUTERS/Sohail Shahzad ( PAKISTAN-TOURISTS/ )
Pakistani air force personnel carry coffins of foreign tourists as they are unloaded from a C-130 air plane upon arrival at Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi on June 23, 2013. Gunmen dressed as police killed nine Chinese and Ukrainian tourists in an unprecedented attack in the Pakistani Himalayas claimed by the Taliban, who said they had set up a new faction to target foreigners in revenge for US drone strikes. AFP/Getty Images ( 520819057 )
Pakistani female journalists look at the coffin of a foreign tourist in an ambulance in Islamabad on June 23, 2013. Gunmen dressed as police killed nine Chinese and Ukrainian tourists in an unprecedented attack in the Pakistani Himalayas claimed by the Taliban, who said they had set up a new faction to target foreigners in revenge for US drone strikes. FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images ( 520819552 )
Pakistani air force personnel carry coffins of foreign tourists as they are unloaded from a C-130 air plane upon arrival at Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi on June 23, 2013. AFP/Getty Images ( 520819064 )
Pakistani air force personnel carry coffins of foreign tourists to an ambulance upon arrival at Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi on June 23, 2013. AFP PHOTO/STRSTR/AFP/Getty Images ( 520819066 )
Ambulances carry the bodies of foreign tourists killed by unidentified gunmen near the Nanga Parbat peak, after they are brought to a military base in Rawalpindi June 23, 2013. Gunmen stormed a mountaineering base camp in northern Pakistan on Sunday and shot dead nine foreign trekkers and a Pakistani guide as they rested during an arduous climb up one of the world's tallest peaks, police said. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed ( PAKISTAN-TOURISTS/ )
Pakistani police lead ambulances carrying the coffins of foreign tourists as they come out from Chaklala air base in Rawalpindi on June 23, 2013. FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images ( 520819879 )
Pakistani rescuers shift a coffin of a foreign tourist from an ambulance to a hospital in Islamabad on June 23, 2013. FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images ( 520819555 )
Pakistani police escort ambulances carrying the coffins of foreign tourists who were killed in an attack on their basecamp on Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest mountain in the World. TFAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images ( 520820396 )
Pakistani rescue workers unload the casket of a foreign tourist, who was killed by Islamic militants, from an ambulance to shift in a morgue of local hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, June 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed) ( Pakistan )
Soldiers sit in a vehicle as they escort ambulances carrying the bodies of foreign tourists killed by unidentified gunmen near the Nanga Parbat peak, after the bodies were brought to a military base in Rawalpindi June 23, 2013. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed ( PAKISTAN-TOURISTS/ )
Pakistani rescuers shift a coffin of a foreign tourist from an ambulance to a hospital in Islamabad on June 23, 2013. FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images ( 520819559 )
Pakistani workers of political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), hold placards during a protest to condemn the killing of foreign tourists by militants, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, June 23, 2013. Islamic militants wearing police uniforms shot to death many foreign tourists and one Pakistani before dawn as they were visiting one of the world's highest mountains in a remote area of northern Pakistan that has been largely peaceful, officials said. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) ( Pakistan )
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