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38 Killed, Dozen Injured In Latest Attack On Shia Muslims In Pakistan
At least 38 people have died in Pakistan's restive northwest province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa after gunmen fired indiscriminately in two separate incidents of sectarian violence targeting Shia Muslims.
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Five Dead In Attack Targeting Shiites In Balochistan
Gunmen Monday killed five people including three Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province in the latest sectarian attack on the religious minority, police said.
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Would-Be Suicide Bomber Sheds Light On Suspected Pakistani Terrorist Web
The confession of a Pakistani teenager who was captured moments before carrying out a suicide attack has given police a rare glimpse into a terrorist network they say is behind the recent surge in sectarian violence.
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US Warns Citizens Against All Non-Essential Travel To Pakistan
The US has warned its citizens against all non-essential travel to Pakistan given that the country continues to experience significant terrorist violence including sectarian attacks.
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Gunmen Kill 2 Shiites, Policeman in Pakistan Sectarian Attack
Gunmen today shot dead two Shiite brothers and a policeman at a passport office in the Pakistani city of Quetta, officials said, the latest sectarian attack to strike the country's restive southwest.
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Pakistan Bus Attack Points to Growing Islamic State Influence
Investigators probing the first attack claimed in Pakistan by the Islamic State (IS) group believe a notorious local sectarian group may have carried out the massacre as it seeks to expand its ties to the Middle East.
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Pakistan Issues a New List of Over 100 Most Wanted Terrorists
Pakistan has come out with a new list of 110 "most wanted terrorists", along with revised cash rewards, belonging to various banned outfits and involved in high-profile attacks and sectarian killings in the country.
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Bomb Attack at Pakistani Mosque Kills Over 60: Officials
A powerful bomb tore through a busy mosque in southern Pakistan today, killing more than 60 people in the country's deadliest sectarian attack in nearly two years.
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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 Shrine Attack Kills Three Including Army Officer
Gunmen killed three people including a senior army officer in an attack on a Sufi shrine in central Pakistan, officials said on Monday, in the latest deadly sectarian violence to hit the country.
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India is No. 4 on list of countries hit by terror
In a world dotted with conflicts of all kinds, raging civil wars, bloody sectarian violence and terrorism, South Asia emerges as the worst affected. According to the Global Terrorism Index, that profiles data on terrorism from across the world, India is the fourth most affected in the world by terrorism, after Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Pakistan arrests militant leader over Quetta bombings
Police said they arrested the leader of a banned militant group on Friday in connection with sectarian attacks in the northwestern city of Quetta that have killed nearly 200 people this year.
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Anger, scuffles as Pakistan Shiites buried 89 people
Scuffles broke out Wednesday as Pakistani Shiite Muslims buried the 89 victims of a second major bomb attack in five weeks, which has highlighted the government's inability to stem sectarian violence.
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Bombings kill 103 people in Pakistan
A series of bombings in different parts of Pakistan killed 103 people on Thursday, including 69 who died in a sectarian attack on a bustling billiard hall in the southwest city of Quetta, officials said.
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Five killed in attack on Pakistan Shi'ite gathering, 70 hurt
A bomb killed at least five people and wounded about 70 near a Shi'ite procession in Pakistan on Sunday, police said, as the sect braced for major sectarian attacks by Sunni militants during a critical event in their religious calendar.
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38 Killed, Dozen Injured In Latest Attack On Shia Muslims In Pakistan
At least 38 people have died in Pakistan's restive northwest province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa after gunmen fired indiscriminately in two separate incidents of sectarian violence targeting Shia Muslims.
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Five Dead In Attack Targeting Shiites In Balochistan
Gunmen Monday killed five people including three Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province in the latest sectarian attack on the religious minority, police said.
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Would-Be Suicide Bomber Sheds Light On Suspected Pakistani Terrorist Web
The confession of a Pakistani teenager who was captured moments before carrying out a suicide attack has given police a rare glimpse into a terrorist network they say is behind the recent surge in sectarian violence.
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US Warns Citizens Against All Non-Essential Travel To Pakistan
The US has warned its citizens against all non-essential travel to Pakistan given that the country continues to experience significant terrorist violence including sectarian attacks.
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Gunmen Kill 2 Shiites, Policeman in Pakistan Sectarian Attack
Gunmen today shot dead two Shiite brothers and a policeman at a passport office in the Pakistani city of Quetta, officials said, the latest sectarian attack to strike the country's restive southwest.
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Pakistan Bus Attack Points to Growing Islamic State Influence
Investigators probing the first attack claimed in Pakistan by the Islamic State (IS) group believe a notorious local sectarian group may have carried out the massacre as it seeks to expand its ties to the Middle East.
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Pakistan Issues a New List of Over 100 Most Wanted Terrorists
Pakistan has come out with a new list of 110 "most wanted terrorists", along with revised cash rewards, belonging to various banned outfits and involved in high-profile attacks and sectarian killings in the country.
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Bomb Attack at Pakistani Mosque Kills Over 60: Officials
A powerful bomb tore through a busy mosque in southern Pakistan today, killing more than 60 people in the country's deadliest sectarian attack in nearly two years.
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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 Shrine Attack Kills Three Including Army Officer
Gunmen killed three people including a senior army officer in an attack on a Sufi shrine in central Pakistan, officials said on Monday, in the latest deadly sectarian violence to hit the country.
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India is No. 4 on list of countries hit by terror
In a world dotted with conflicts of all kinds, raging civil wars, bloody sectarian violence and terrorism, South Asia emerges as the worst affected. According to the Global Terrorism Index, that profiles data on terrorism from across the world, India is the fourth most affected in the world by terrorism, after Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Pakistan arrests militant leader over Quetta bombings
Police said they arrested the leader of a banned militant group on Friday in connection with sectarian attacks in the northwestern city of Quetta that have killed nearly 200 people this year.
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Anger, scuffles as Pakistan Shiites buried 89 people
Scuffles broke out Wednesday as Pakistani Shiite Muslims buried the 89 victims of a second major bomb attack in five weeks, which has highlighted the government's inability to stem sectarian violence.
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Bombings kill 103 people in Pakistan
A series of bombings in different parts of Pakistan killed 103 people on Thursday, including 69 who died in a sectarian attack on a bustling billiard hall in the southwest city of Quetta, officials said.
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Five killed in attack on Pakistan Shi'ite gathering, 70 hurt
A bomb killed at least five people and wounded about 70 near a Shi'ite procession in Pakistan on Sunday, police said, as the sect braced for major sectarian attacks by Sunni militants during a critical event in their religious calendar.
