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Pakistan navy has declared that the operation involving an attack by armed men on a military base in the Pakistani city of Karachi has come to an end, according to Al Jazeera's sources.
According to a navy spokesman, 11 navy officers and two paramilitary ranger have been killed and 14 others injured in the attack that lasted for hours before ending past midday on Monday.
At least a dozen men attacked the Mehran base, a key naval aviation facility, late on Sunday. Two maritime patrol aircraft were destroyed and at least nine people were also wounded in the assault.
Talat Hussain, a senior Pakistani journalist, told Pakistan's Dawn News that "We need to realize that this is not just an incident. The reality is that Pakistan is under attack, it is not just a security breach."
Lengthy operation
Earlier a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban said that the team of militants they sent into Karachi's PNS Mehran naval base on Sunday night had enough supplies to survive a three-day siege.
According to navy officials operation went on for hours because they were trying to capture the fighters alive.
Details of the number of attackers killed in the operation will be confirmed by a navy spokesperson in a media briefing.
Aaamir Latif, bureau chief, online news network, told Al Jazeera that "Earlier there were reports that the militants had taken hostages but navy sources said that is not the case."
Taliban claim
Intelligence officials said that between 15 and 20 attackers were inside the base, and had attacked three hangars housing aircraft.
A military spokesman said two Pakistan Navy staff were killed in the attack.
Yusuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan's prime minister, condemned the attack.
Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and threatened further attacks.
"It was the revenge of martyrdom of Osama bin Laden. It was the proof that we are still united and powerful," Ehsan of Taliban told agencies by telephone from an undisclosed location on Monday.
"We had already warned after Osama's martyrdom that we will carry out even bigger attacks," he said, referring to previous vows to avenge the killing of the al-Qaeda leader by US special forces three weeks ago.
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Flames and smoke pour out from a Pakistani military air base after an attack by fighters, in Karachi.
Al-Jazeera
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