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| Pakistan: deadly bomb blast kills dozens in Peshawar | Pakistan: deadly bomb blast kills dozens in Peshawar |
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| A bomb blast in Peshawar, north-west Pakistan, has killed 31 people and wounded 70, a week after a bombing at a church in the frontier city killed scores, police and hospital authorities said. | |
| Islamist violence has been on the rise in Pakistan in recent months, undermining the efforts of the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, to tame the insurgency by launching peace talks with the Taliban. | |
| Sunday's blast happened outside a police station in Peshawar in an area crowded with shops and families. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. | |
| The casualties were confirmed by police and by Arshad Javed, a doctor at Lady Reading hospital in Peshawar. | The casualties were confirmed by police and by Arshad Javed, a doctor at Lady Reading hospital in Peshawar. |
| It follows an attack by a Taliban faction on Peshawar's Anglican church last Sunday that killed more than 80 people, the deadliest attack on Christians in predominantly Muslim Pakistan. | It follows an attack by a Taliban faction on Peshawar's Anglican church last Sunday that killed more than 80 people, the deadliest attack on Christians in predominantly Muslim Pakistan. |
| The Taliban have repeatedly rejected Pakistan's constitution and have called for the full implementation of Islamic law and for war with India. | The Taliban have repeatedly rejected Pakistan's constitution and have called for the full implementation of Islamic law and for war with India. |
| Sharif is due to meet his Indian counterpart ,Manmohan Singh, on the sidelines of the United Nations general assembly later on Sunday, only hours after the latter described Pakistan as the "epicentre of terrorism in our region". | |
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