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Pakistan arrests 97 Al-Qaeda and other militants; foils jailbreak plan
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Pakistan arrests 97 Al-Qaeda and other militants; foils jailbreak plan

Pakistan has arrested 97 Al-Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militants, including three commanders, in the southern city of Karachi and foiled a…
Pakistan wants as many Taliban groups as possible to join talks
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Pakistan wants as many Taliban groups as possible to join talks

Pakistan said as many Taliban groups as possible must be persuaded to join any upcoming peace discussions with the Afghan…
Suicide bomber attacks army facility in Pakistan, wounding 5
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Suicide bomber attacks army facility in Pakistan, wounding 5

Police say a suicide car bomber has blown himself up outside the gate of an army facility in southwest Pakistan,…
Obama urges ‘serious’ action against Pakistan extremists
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Obama urges ‘serious’ action against Pakistan extremists

US President Barack Obama has urged Pakistan to show it is "serious" about crushing extremist networks operating on its territory,…
Pakistan’s thin red line: armed teachers in classrooms
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Pakistan’s thin red line: armed teachers in classrooms

Headmaster Naveed Gul walked past the armed guard at the gate into his office. As primary school pupils studied their…
Pakistan Taliban kill at least 19 as they storm university
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Pakistan Taliban kill at least 19 as they storm university

Islamist Taliban militants stormed a university in volatile northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 19 people and wounding dozens…
Suicide bomber kills at least 10 in northwest Pakistan
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Suicide bomber kills at least 10 in northwest Pakistan

A suicide bomber blew himself up close to a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least ten…
World Health Organization hopes to eradicate polio in 2016
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World Health Organization hopes to eradicate polio in 2016

An official says the World Health Organization hopes to eradicate polio in 2016, after containing outbreaks in conflict-ridden Syria, Iraq…
Pakistan executed 332 after reinstating death penalty: report
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Pakistan executed 332 after reinstating death penalty: report

Pakistan announced this week that authorities have executed 332 criminals and militants since lifting a moratorium on the death penalty…
Suicide bomber kills at least 15 outside Pakistan polio center
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Suicide bomber kills at least 15 outside Pakistan polio center

A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people, most of them police, outside a polio eradication center in Pakistan's western…
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