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RIAZ KHAN

RIAZ KHAN

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Pakistanis mourn 18 killed in a suicide bombing at an army base

A city in northwestern Pakistan has observed a day of mourning a day after a twin suicide bombing targeted a military base and killed 18 people, including five soldiers

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12 killed, 30 wounded in Pakistan military base attack launched by suicide bombers

Officials and a local hospital in Pakistan says that an attack launched by suicide bombers at a military base has killed at least 12 people and wounded 30 others

12 killed, 30 wounded in Pakistan military base attack launched by suicide bombers
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Residents flee border area as Afghan and Pakistani forces clash over crossing closure

A Pakistani official says residents have fled a border area with Afghanistan after forces from both sides clashed into the early hours of the morning

Residents flee border area as Afghan and Pakistani forces clash over crossing closure
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Afghan and Pakistani forces trade fire at the border as a key crossing remains closed

Officials say that Pakistani and Afghan forces traded fire overnight at a key northwestern border crossing

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Thousands of mourners attend funeral of Taliban-linked cleric killed in Pakistan suicide blast

Pakistani authorities are offering a reward for information about a suicide bomb attack at a mosque in the northwest in which seven people died

Thousands of mourners attend funeral of Taliban-linked cleric killed in Pakistan suicide blast
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Suicide bomber kills senior cleric at pro-Taliban seminary in northwest Pakistan on eve of Ramadan

Police in northwestern Pakistan say a suicide bomb attack on a mosque at a pro-Taliban seminary has killed a senior cleric and five other worshippers and wounded many other people ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan

Suicide bomber kills senior cleric at pro-Taliban seminary in northwest Pakistan on eve of Ramadan
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Key Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing remains shut, disrupting trade and movement of people

Officials say a nearly week-long closure of a key crossing on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border has disrupted bilateral trade and the movement of people

Key Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing remains shut, disrupting trade and movement of people
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Afghans in droves head to border to leave Pakistan ahead of a deadline in anti-migrant crackdown

Afghans are piling into trucks and buses and leaving Pakistan to avoid arrest and deportation

Afghans in droves head to border to leave Pakistan ahead of a deadline in anti-migrant crackdown
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Dozens of Afghans who were illegally in Pakistan are detained and deported in nationwide sweeps

Pakistani security forces have launched sweeps to arrest and deport Afghans who are in the country illegally, sending dozens back after a government-set deadline for them to leave expired

Dozens of Afghans who were illegally in Pakistan are detained and deported in nationwide sweeps
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Suicide bomber attacks police station in northwest Pakistan, killing 23 officers and wounding 32

Pakistani officials say a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle at a police station’s main gate in the country's northwest, killing at least 23 security forces and wounding 32

Suicide bomber attacks police station in northwest Pakistan, killing 23 officers and wounding 32
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Suspected militants kill 2 police officers assigned to protect polio workers in northwest Pakistan

Authorities say suspected militants have shot and killed two police officers assigned to escort polio workers in northwest Pakistan during the nationwide campaign against polio

Suspected militants kill 2 police officers assigned to protect polio workers in northwest Pakistan
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At least 36 die in Pakistan as heavy winter rains collapse buildings and trigger landslides

Heavy rains across Pakistan have left at least 36 people dead and 50 others injured

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Pakistani police say 5 Chinese nationals and their local driver were killed in a suicide attack

Authorities in Pakistan say that a suicide bomber has rammed his explosive-laden car into a vehicle in the northwest of the country

Pakistani police say 5 Chinese nationals and their local driver were killed in a suicide attack
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Death toll from 4 days of rains rises to 63 in Pakistan with more rain on the forecast

Lightning and heavy rains led to 14 deaths in Pakistan, officials said Wednesday, bringing the death toll from four days of extreme weather to at least 63

Death toll from 4 days of rains rises to 63 in Pakistan with more rain on the forecast
Asia|Environment|News

Pakistani province issues a flood alert and warns of a heavy loss of life from glacial melting

A Pakistani province has issued a flood alert because of glacial melting and is warning of a heavy loss of life if timely safety measures aren't undertaken

Pakistani province issues a flood alert and warns of a heavy loss of life from glacial melting
Health|News|World

Pakistan's health ministry confirms a case of mpox but more tests are being done for its variant

Pakistan’s health ministry says it has identified its first case of mpox this year, days after the World Health Organization declared the spread of mpox a global health emergency

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Gunmen kill a policeman guarding polio workers in northwestern Pakistan

Police say a pair of gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire and killed a policeman guarding a group of polio workers going door-to-door in a vaccination campaign in northwestern Pakistan

Gunmen kill a policeman guarding polio workers in northwestern Pakistan
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2 transgender women stabbed to death at home in northwest Pakistan

Police say two men armed with daggers killed two transgender women at their home in conservative northwest Pakistan overnight before fleeing the scene

2 transgender women stabbed to death at home in northwest Pakistan
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Militants in northwest Pakistan attack a security post killing 10 forces

Authorities say a group of militants have attacked a security post in northwest Pakistan and killed 10 officers in an intense shootout

Crime|Health|World

Attack on a health center used in an anti-polio campaign in Pakistan kills 2 police officers

Pakistani officials say militants attacked a health center used in an ongoing anti-polio campaign in the country's northwest, triggering a shootout that left two police officers dead

Attack on a health center used in an anti-polio campaign in Pakistan kills 2 police officers
Crime|MidEast|World

7 people are killed in Pakistan when a militant's car bomb accidentally explodes

Police in Pakistan say that a car bomb accidentally went off at the house of a Pakistani Taliban militant in the northwest of the country, killing at least two children and five suspected militants

Asia|World

Suicide car bomb kills 12 troops at a security post in northwestern Pakistan

A suicide bomb attack at a security post in northwestern Pakistan has killed 12 troops, military sources and officials said

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Gunmen fire on vehicles carrying Shiites in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 42

Pakistani police say gunmen have fired on vehicles carrying Shiite Muslims in the restive northwest, killing at least 42 people and wounding 20 others

Gunmen fire on vehicles carrying Shiites in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 42
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Pakistani city mourns 42 Shiite Muslims who were ambushed and killed in a gun attack

Protesters in Pakistan’s restive northwest chanted anti-government slogans and tensions flared as funeral prayers were held for 42 Shiite Muslims who were ambushed and killed by gunmen a day earlier

Pakistani city mourns 42 Shiite Muslims who were ambushed and killed in a gun attack
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Fighting between armed sectarian groups in restive northwestern Pakistan kills at least 37 people

A senior Pakistani police officer says fighting between armed sectarian groups in the country's restive northwest has killed at least 37 people

Fighting between armed sectarian groups in restive northwestern Pakistan kills at least 37 people

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