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In this photo taken with a smartphone, police officers secure a road leading to the site of a powerful bomb at a mosque in Kohat, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/B.S. Gillani)

Bombing at mosque near police offices in Pakistan kills at least 15

By Riaz Khan and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Police officers examine the site following a suicide bombing, in Kabal, a town in the Swat Valley in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Sherin Zada)

A suicide bomber strikes an anti-militant rally in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 14

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Rescue workers and volunteers transport an injured victim of a suicide bomber upon arrival at a hospital in Bannu, in northwest, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Aamad Khattak)

Twin attacks by militants kill 3 police officers, wound 20 in restive northwest Pakistan

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Local residents examine damage at the site of a bomb explosion at a market in Sarai Norag in Lakki Marwat, a district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Farhat Ullah)

Bomb rigged to rickshaw explodes in Pakistan bazaar, killing 9 and wounding more than 2 dozen others

By Riaz Khan - Associated Press

A worker clear rubble with an excavator as a police officer and local residents gather at the site of overnight suicide bombing at a security post in Fatah Khel, in Bannu, a district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Aamad Khattak)

Death toll rises to 14 in Pakistan suicide attack. Pakistani Taliban splinter group claims blast

By Riaz Khan and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

An ambulance carrying injured people drive towards a hospital after suicide bombers attacked the headquarters of the Federal Constabulary (FC), in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Zubair)

Suicide bombers strike security force headquarters in northwestern Pakistan, killing 3 officers

By Riaz Khan and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Vehicles and motorcyclists drive through a flooded road after heavy rainfall in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Search continues for 150 people missing in Pakistan’s northwest following devastating floods

By Riaz Khan - Associated Press

An Afghan refugee girl peers through a torn curtain at the entrance of her home at Kababayan Refugee Camp in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Pakistan wants to deport millions of Afghans. In one region, they have no plans to go

By Riazat Butt - Associated Press

Taliban fighters stand guard during the funeral prayers of Khalil Haqqani, the minister for refugees and repatriation, during his funeral procession in eastern Paktia province, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Saifullah Zahir)

Taliban say Pakistani airstrikes killed 46 people in eastern Afghanistan, mostly women and children

By Riaz Khan and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Relatives load the body of a victim, who was killed in a gunmen firing incident, into a vehicle at a hospital, in Parachinar, main town of Kurram district of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussain Ali)

Pakistani city mourns 42 Shiite Muslims who were ambushed and killed in a gun attack

By Riaz Khan - Associated Press

An injured victim, right, of gunmen firing incident on a passenger vehicle, is treated at a hospital in Parachinar, in Kurram district of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Dilawar Hussain)

At least 38 killed as gunmen open fire on vehicles carrying Shiites in northwest Pakistan

By Riaz Khan - Associated Press

A Muslim cleric and transgender persons attend a prayer ceremony for their colleagues, who were killed by two men armed with daggers at their home, in Mardan, a city in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Arif Khan)

2 transgender women stabbed to death at home in northwest Pakistan

By Riaz Khan - Associated Press

Two Russian climbers, center, who were evacuated from the base camp of one of the highest mountains to the northern city, a week after they were stranded on a remote peak following being hit by a formation of ice, are helped by volunteer, upon their arrival in Skardu, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/M.H. Balti)

Russian climbers reach hospital after rescue in Pakistani Himalayas

By Riaz Khan - Associated Press

People visit at the site of Monday's suicide bombing after authorities finished the rescue operation, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. A suicide bombing that struck inside a mosque at a police and government compound in northwest Pakistan reflects "security lapses," current and former officials said as the death toll from the devastating blast climbed to 100 on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Peshawar, the city of flowers, becomes epicenter of violence

By Riaz Khan and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Security officials and rescue workers search bodies at the site of suicide bombing, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. A suicide bomber struck Monday inside a mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing multiple people and wounding scores of worshippers, officials said. (AP Photo/Zubair Khan)

Pakistan blames ‘security lapse’ for mosque blast; 100 dead

By Riaz Khan - Associated Press

Army soldiers and police officers clear the way for ambulances rushing toward a bomb explosion site, at the main entry gate of police offices, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. A powerful bomb went off Monday near a mosque and police offices in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least a few people and wounding some 70 worshippers, police and government officials said. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Suicide bomber kills 59, wounds over 150 at Pakistan mosque

By Riaz Khan - Associated Press

Security officials and rescue workers search bodies at the site of suicide bombing, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. A suicide bomber struck Monday inside a mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing multiple people and wounding scores of worshippers, officials said. (AP Photo/Zubair Khan)

Suicide bomber kills 47, wounds over 150 at Pakistan mosque

By Riaz Khan - Associated Press

Rescue workers and police officers examine the site of bomb explosion in an Islamic seminary in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. A powerful bomb blast ripped through an Islamic seminary on the outskirts of the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday morning, killing some students and wounding dozens others, police and a hospital spokesman said. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Bomb at seminary in Pakistan kills 8 students, wounds 136

By Riaz Khan - Associated Press

Supporters of a religious group chant slogan during a rally favoring the Khalid Khan, who gunned down Tahir Naseem in courtroom, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, July 31, 2020. Naseem, a U.S. citizen, according to a U.S. State Department statement, was gunned down this week in a Pakistani courtroom while standing trial on a charge of blasphemy. The placard on right is read as 'we can die for honor of Prophet'. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Thousands rally in Pakistan in support of killer of American

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Elizabeth Lal, a Christian woman who was injured and her son-in-law Nadeem Jordon killed by gunmen because he rented in a Muslim neighborhood, shows a picture of Jordon on her mobile during an interview with the Associated Press, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Thursday, July 9, 2020. Analysts and activists say minorities in Pakistan are increasingly vulnerable to Islamic extremists as Prime Minister Imran Khan vacillates between trying to forge a pluralistic nation and his conservative Islamic beliefs. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Minorities under attack as PM pushes ‘tolerant’ Pakistan

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press