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Radicals, extremists campaign ahead of Pakistan elections
FAISALABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan is seeing an unprecedented number of extremists and militant sectarian groups — even an international terror figure with a $10 million U.S.-offered bounty on his head — on the campaign trail ahead of parliamentary elections later this month.…READ MORE
Police special forces commander gunned down as truce nears
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen shot and killed a senior police special forces commander who was known as a dogged anti-Taliban warrior barely 24 hours before President Ashraf Ghani’s unilateral cease-fire was to end at midnight Friday, the Defense Ministry said.…READ MORE
Pakistan's media faces threats, abductions ahead of vote
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — When Pakistan’s military spokesman held a press conference earlier this month on emerging threats, Matiullah Jan, a journalist who has written critically of the judiciary and the military, was surprised to see his own picture flash on the screen.…READ MORE