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2 bombs hit northwestern Pakistani city; 23 dead

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.

 

Blasts Reported Near U.S. Consulate in Pakistan

Blasts Reported Near U.S. Consulate in Pakistan

At least three explosions erupted on Monday near the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar, officials said. An earlier bomb killed at least 25 at a political rally in Dir.

 

Double bombing kills 11 at Pakistan police station

Suspicion falls on the Taliban, who have been blamed for two weeks of attacks that have killed more than 150.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A trio of suicide attackers, including a rare female bomber, set off two blasts outside a police station in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar today, killing 11 people in the latest bloodshed in an unrelenting wave of terror plaguing the country.

 

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