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Two bombs, hours apart, exploded in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday, killing 23 people and underscoring the reach of militants despite successive military offensives close to the Afghan border, police said.

A suicide bomber struck outside a court building in the main northwest city of Peshawar, killing at least five people and wounding 49.

A powerful explosion Tuesday outside a five-star hotel in the northwestern city of Peshawar killed at least 11 people and wounded 55, Pakistani officials said.

Back-to-back explosions shook two markets in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Thursday evening, killing two civilians and wounding 70 others, an official from the deputy police superintendent's office said.