Peshawar school attack was a reply to a recent military crackdown on Taliban by Pakistan Army in North Waziristan . The attacks were aimed at reasserting the Taliban's presence and capacity to cause chaos. Fazlullah's hatred for schools are well known because he wants to destroy every option for women to get education.
Since 2009, militants have targeted more than 1,000 schools — a time frame that closely traces the rise of Fazlullah.
This isn't Fazlullah's first assault on schools. In 2012, he claimed responsibility for an elimination attempt onNobel Prize Peace winner Malala Yousafzai, who wrote a widely read anonymous blog describing the awfulness of life under the Taliban.
