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89 Killed In Suicide Bomb Attack At Mosque In Pakistan's Peshawar
The attack happened Monday during afternoon worship in the provincial capital of Peshawar, close to areas along the Afghan border where militancy has been steadily rising.
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4 Pakistan School Massacre Militants Hanged: Officials
Pakistan today hanged four militants linked to a Taliban massacre at a school in the northwestern city of Peshawar, the first time it has executed anyone convicted in the attack, which killed more than 150 people.
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Pakistan's Unfinished War Against Extremism
A palpable sense of security is returning to Pakistan as a crackdown on militancy bears fruit, but critics warn the government has not taken long-term steps to tackle the underlying scourge of extremist Islam.
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Pakistan Targets Funding Sources of Madrasas to Combat Terror
Pakistan has frozen more than 200 bank accounts of unregistered religious seminaries in a bid to break the nexus between militants and those who provide them funds.
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US Drone Strike Kills 5 Militants in Pakistan
A US drone attack on a militant compound in a restive Pakistani tribal area on Tuesday killed at least five militants, security officials said.
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Comic Book 'Guardians' Aims to Steer Young Pakistanis Away From Extremism
When Taliban militants stormed a school in Pakistan's northwest last December, killing 150 people, mainly children, in the country's deadliest terror attack, comic book creators Mustafa Hasnain and Gauhar Aftab decided it was time to act.
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Pakistani Court Blocks Execution of Those Convicted by Military Courts
Pakistan's Supreme Court today ordered the suspension of death sentences passed by military courts set up this year after a spike in militant violence but which have raised concern about fairness and the extent of military powers.
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Confident Pakistan Holds First Republic Day Parade in 7 Years
Pakistan was holding its first Republic Day parade in seven years on Monday, a symbolic show of strength in the war against Taliban insurgents three months after a militant attack on an army-run high school killed 132 children.
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22 Killed, At Least 60 Injured in Blast Outside Mosque in Peshawar
Unidentified militants attacked a mosque in Peshawar in northwest Pakistan during Friday prayers, killing at least 22 worshippers and injuring at least 60 others, police said.
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Peshawar School Attack: 9 Out of 27 Conspirators Killed, Says Pakistan
Pakistan's Army today said that out of 27 Taliban militants involved in the Peshawar school massacre nine have been killed and 12 others arrested.
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Pakistan Hanging Cancelled After Last-Minute Pardon
Authorities in Pakistan's central Punjab province on today cancelled the hanging of a convicted sectarian militant after the victim's family pardoned him, officials and a family member said.
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Pakistan Issues Death Warrants for 6 More Militants: Official
Pakistan on Saturday issued orders to hang six more militants, official said, the latest in a wave of executions in the wake of the Peshawar school massacre, which claimed 149 lives in the country's deadliest terror attack.
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Pakistan School Massacre Probe: Afghan Canteen Staffers Held
Some Afghan nationals working in the canteen of the army-run school where 150 people, mostly school children, were massacred, have been arrested by Pakistan security agencies for allegedly facilitating the Taliban militants in carrying out the bloodbath.
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Pakistan Airstrikes, Gun Battle Kill 55 Militants
At least 55 militants were killed in airstrikes and a gun battle with ground forces in Pakistan's troubled northwest where the military launched a major offensive this year, officials said on Saturday.
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23 Militants Killed in Airstrikes, Says Pakistan Army
Pakistan's army says its warplanes have killed 23 militants as part of an ongoing operation in a troubled tribal region near the Afghan border.
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89 Killed In Suicide Bomb Attack At Mosque In Pakistan's Peshawar
The attack happened Monday during afternoon worship in the provincial capital of Peshawar, close to areas along the Afghan border where militancy has been steadily rising.
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4 Pakistan School Massacre Militants Hanged: Officials
Pakistan today hanged four militants linked to a Taliban massacre at a school in the northwestern city of Peshawar, the first time it has executed anyone convicted in the attack, which killed more than 150 people.
-
Pakistan's Unfinished War Against Extremism
A palpable sense of security is returning to Pakistan as a crackdown on militancy bears fruit, but critics warn the government has not taken long-term steps to tackle the underlying scourge of extremist Islam.
-
Pakistan Targets Funding Sources of Madrasas to Combat Terror
Pakistan has frozen more than 200 bank accounts of unregistered religious seminaries in a bid to break the nexus between militants and those who provide them funds.
-
US Drone Strike Kills 5 Militants in Pakistan
A US drone attack on a militant compound in a restive Pakistani tribal area on Tuesday killed at least five militants, security officials said.
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Comic Book 'Guardians' Aims to Steer Young Pakistanis Away From Extremism
When Taliban militants stormed a school in Pakistan's northwest last December, killing 150 people, mainly children, in the country's deadliest terror attack, comic book creators Mustafa Hasnain and Gauhar Aftab decided it was time to act.
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Pakistani Court Blocks Execution of Those Convicted by Military Courts
Pakistan's Supreme Court today ordered the suspension of death sentences passed by military courts set up this year after a spike in militant violence but which have raised concern about fairness and the extent of military powers.
-
Confident Pakistan Holds First Republic Day Parade in 7 Years
Pakistan was holding its first Republic Day parade in seven years on Monday, a symbolic show of strength in the war against Taliban insurgents three months after a militant attack on an army-run high school killed 132 children.
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22 Killed, At Least 60 Injured in Blast Outside Mosque in Peshawar
Unidentified militants attacked a mosque in Peshawar in northwest Pakistan during Friday prayers, killing at least 22 worshippers and injuring at least 60 others, police said.
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Peshawar School Attack: 9 Out of 27 Conspirators Killed, Says Pakistan
Pakistan's Army today said that out of 27 Taliban militants involved in the Peshawar school massacre nine have been killed and 12 others arrested.
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Pakistan Hanging Cancelled After Last-Minute Pardon
Authorities in Pakistan's central Punjab province on today cancelled the hanging of a convicted sectarian militant after the victim's family pardoned him, officials and a family member said.
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Pakistan Issues Death Warrants for 6 More Militants: Official
Pakistan on Saturday issued orders to hang six more militants, official said, the latest in a wave of executions in the wake of the Peshawar school massacre, which claimed 149 lives in the country's deadliest terror attack.
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Pakistan School Massacre Probe: Afghan Canteen Staffers Held
Some Afghan nationals working in the canteen of the army-run school where 150 people, mostly school children, were massacred, have been arrested by Pakistan security agencies for allegedly facilitating the Taliban militants in carrying out the bloodbath.
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Pakistan Airstrikes, Gun Battle Kill 55 Militants
At least 55 militants were killed in airstrikes and a gun battle with ground forces in Pakistan's troubled northwest where the military launched a major offensive this year, officials said on Saturday.
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23 Militants Killed in Airstrikes, Says Pakistan Army
Pakistan's army says its warplanes have killed 23 militants as part of an ongoing operation in a troubled tribal region near the Afghan border.
