The Pakistan military has launched massive air strikes in its remote border region against the Taliban in retaliation for the massacre in a Peshawar school on Tuesday morning that left at least 141 dead, 132 of them children.

In a post on Twitter, Pakistan army chief Gen Raheel Sharif said: "#PakArmy has launched massive air strikes in Khyber on the intelligence reports. More than 10 air strikes hve been carried out in last 1 hour."