Can Pakistan face down a growing Taliban insurgency?
02 February 2023 |
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A suicide bomber killed dozens of police officers at a mosque in northwestern Pakistan. It is the country's worst terrorist attack in years as a wave of Taliban-fueled militancy targets the state.
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