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Taliban Declares 3-Day Afghan Ceasefire For Eid Holiday
The Taliban on Monday declared a three-day ceasefire in Afghanistan to mark this week's Eid al-Fitr holiday, just two days after the government blamed the insurgents for bombs outside a school that killed more than 50 people, mostly young girls.
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55 Dead, Over 150 Injured In Blasts Targeting Afghan School In Kabul
Explosions caused by a car bomb and mortars outside a school in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least 55 people and wounded over 150, mostly female students, officials said, in an attack President Ashraf Ghani blamed on Taliban insurge
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Pak Military Courts, Set Up After Peshawar School Attack, Discontinued
Pakistan's controversial military courts which had sentenced 161 terrorists to death were discontinued today, two years after they were set up for speedy trial of hardcore terrorists following the deadly Taliban attack on an army school that killed nearly 150 children.
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Pak Supreme Court To Hear Appeals Against Military Court Convictions
Pakistan's Supreme Court will start hearing appeals this week from convicts sentenced by military courts, including two terrorists on death row for the deadly 2014 Taliban attack on an army school which killed nearly 150 schoolchildren.
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Afghan Insurgents Kill 10-Year-Old Boy Who Joined Militia
A 10-year-old Afghan boy who was declared a hero after fighting the Taliban has been shot dead by insurgents while on his way to school, officials said on Wednesday.
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Pakistan Taliban Commander Vows More School Attacks In Video
A senior Pakistani Taliban commander released video footage today of four fighters he said carried out Wednesday's deadly assault on a university in Pakistan's northwest that killed 20 people and vowed more attacks on schools in future.
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Android Game on Peshawar School Massacre Pulled From Google Play
Pakistan Army Retribution, an Android game based on the 2014 killings of school children at a Peshawar school by the Taliban has been removed from Google Play.
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26 Killed In Suicide Bombing At Government Office In Pakistan
A young Taliban suicide bomber today blew himself up outside a crowded government office in Pakistan's restive northwest, killing at least 26 people and injuring nearly 60 others, in one of the deadliest attacks since the Peshawar school carnage that left over 150 dead.
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Malala Yousafzai Condemns Donald Trump's 'Ideology Of Hatred'
Nobel prize winner Malala Yousafzai condemned Donald Trump's views on Muslims on Tuesday, at a sombre ceremony to remember the 134 children killed in a Taliban attack on a Pakistani school a year ago.
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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 Air Strikes Kill 22 Militants: Officials
At least 22 militants were killed today when Pakistani fighter jets bombarded six insurgent hideouts on the country's troubled northwest frontier bordering Afghanistan, security officials said.
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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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Gunmen Attack School in Pakistan, 1 Dead: Police
Unidentified gunmen attacked a school in Pakistan on Monday and killed a guard, police said, raising fears of a repeat of a deadly school attack five months ago that toughened Pakistan's resolve to fight militants.
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US Drone Strike Kills 9 Pakistani Militants in Afghanistan
A US drone strike in eastern Afghanistan has killed nine militants linked to the Pakistani Taliban in an area close to the countries' rugged border, officials said today.
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Taliban Declares 3-Day Afghan Ceasefire For Eid Holiday
The Taliban on Monday declared a three-day ceasefire in Afghanistan to mark this week's Eid al-Fitr holiday, just two days after the government blamed the insurgents for bombs outside a school that killed more than 50 people, mostly young girls.
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55 Dead, Over 150 Injured In Blasts Targeting Afghan School In Kabul
Explosions caused by a car bomb and mortars outside a school in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least 55 people and wounded over 150, mostly female students, officials said, in an attack President Ashraf Ghani blamed on Taliban insurge
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Pak Military Courts, Set Up After Peshawar School Attack, Discontinued
Pakistan's controversial military courts which had sentenced 161 terrorists to death were discontinued today, two years after they were set up for speedy trial of hardcore terrorists following the deadly Taliban attack on an army school that killed nearly 150 children.
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Pak Supreme Court To Hear Appeals Against Military Court Convictions
Pakistan's Supreme Court will start hearing appeals this week from convicts sentenced by military courts, including two terrorists on death row for the deadly 2014 Taliban attack on an army school which killed nearly 150 schoolchildren.
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Afghan Insurgents Kill 10-Year-Old Boy Who Joined Militia
A 10-year-old Afghan boy who was declared a hero after fighting the Taliban has been shot dead by insurgents while on his way to school, officials said on Wednesday.
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Pakistan Taliban Commander Vows More School Attacks In Video
A senior Pakistani Taliban commander released video footage today of four fighters he said carried out Wednesday's deadly assault on a university in Pakistan's northwest that killed 20 people and vowed more attacks on schools in future.
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Android Game on Peshawar School Massacre Pulled From Google Play
Pakistan Army Retribution, an Android game based on the 2014 killings of school children at a Peshawar school by the Taliban has been removed from Google Play.
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26 Killed In Suicide Bombing At Government Office In Pakistan
A young Taliban suicide bomber today blew himself up outside a crowded government office in Pakistan's restive northwest, killing at least 26 people and injuring nearly 60 others, in one of the deadliest attacks since the Peshawar school carnage that left over 150 dead.
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Malala Yousafzai Condemns Donald Trump's 'Ideology Of Hatred'
Nobel prize winner Malala Yousafzai condemned Donald Trump's views on Muslims on Tuesday, at a sombre ceremony to remember the 134 children killed in a Taliban attack on a Pakistani school a year ago.
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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 Air Strikes Kill 22 Militants: Officials
At least 22 militants were killed today when Pakistani fighter jets bombarded six insurgent hideouts on the country's troubled northwest frontier bordering Afghanistan, security officials said.
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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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Gunmen Attack School in Pakistan, 1 Dead: Police
Unidentified gunmen attacked a school in Pakistan on Monday and killed a guard, police said, raising fears of a repeat of a deadly school attack five months ago that toughened Pakistan's resolve to fight militants.
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US Drone Strike Kills 9 Pakistani Militants in Afghanistan
A US drone strike in eastern Afghanistan has killed nine militants linked to the Pakistani Taliban in an area close to the countries' rugged border, officials said today.
