Author: Riaz Khan
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Aid workers among 11 dead in Pakistani hotel blast
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Investigators searched a wrecked luxury hotel in northwestern Pakistan for evidence Wednesday after a brazen suicide bombing killed 11 people, including aid workers, in what the U.N. condemned as a “heinous terrorist attack.” Elsewhere in the volatile region, security forces killed 70 suspected militants in an area close to two major Taliban…
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Suicide blast at mosque in Pakistan kills 30
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A suicide bomber killed at least 30 people and wounded 40 attending Friday prayers at a mosque in Pakistan’s northwest, violence that came as the country’s leaders urged a visiting U.S. envoy for more aid to stave off Taliban-led militancy. The attack also occurred as the Pakistani army said it had made…