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Pakistan PM to Travel to Saudi Arabia, Iran to Alleviate Growing Tensions

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to travel to Saudi Arabia and Iran Monday, in an effort to alleviate inflamed tensions between the two regional rivals after the Sunni kingdom’s execution of a prominent Shiite cleric sparked a divide across the Muslim world, pitting Sunnis against Shiites.

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Muslim Boy Cuts Off Own Hand After Blasphemy Mistake

(AFP)- A 15-year-old Pakistani boy cut off his own hand believing he had committed blasphemy, only to be celebrated by his parents and neighbours for the act, police told AFP Friday. Local police chief Nausher Ahmed described how an imam

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Islamic State Bombs Pakistani Consulate in Afghanistan

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) branch in Afghanistan has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on the Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad, the provincial capital of Nangarhar, which has become the jihadist group’s primary stronghold in the country.

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Saudis Surround Iran with Belligerent Pakistan

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Any threat to Saudi Arabia’s territorial integrity will evoke a strong response from Islamabad, Pakistani army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif said Sunday.

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Islamabad’s Christian Slum Dwellers Pray for Christmas Miracle

As the winter sun sets on Pakistan’s leafy capital Islamabad, residents of the city’s largest Christian slum use bicycles, donkey carts and their backs to haul jerry cans filled with water to their homes. Situated on the capital’s periphery, the

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Taliban Changes Tune on Polio, Joins WHO Vaccination Campaign

The Afghanistan-Pakistan region is considered to be the last frontier for efforts to eradicate naturally-occurring polio cases, and the Taliban, a terrorist group that operates in both countries, has joined the final fight against the crippling and potentially deadly infectious disease.

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Photo of CA Terrorists Farook and Malik Arriving in U.S. Surfaces

A photograph of Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik arriving in the United States as a couple for the first time, dated July 27, 2014, has surfaced. It was taken in the customs area at Chicago O’Hare International Airport and obtained by ABC News, which did not go into detail about how it came by the image.

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