Story highlights Divisions remain over the Pakistan army's handling of the counter-terror fight

People fear sending their children to school

(CNN) Once again, Pakistan has been left reeling by an attack on some of its most vulnerable and defenseless people.

Bacha Khan University is in Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, of which Peshawar is the provincial capital. The city, less than 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Charsadda, is where the Pakistani Taliban slayed 145 people, including 132 children.

And it is the violence-weary people of northern Pakistan that suffer as the military combats the extremist insurgency and counter the ideology its preaches.

There is a strong sense of déjà vu -- people are feeling helpless and disillusioned -- but there are also divisions.

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