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Taliban claim bomb in southwest Pakistan that kills 13

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Thursday for a bomb that killed 11 security personnel and two civilians in the southwestern city of Quetta.Full story

Bomber targets Pakistan's Hazara minority in run-up to elections

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A prominent leader of Pakistan's ethnic Hazara minority narrowly escaped a suicide attack that killed six people on Tuesday, underscoring the growing threat militants pose to secular politicians in the run-up to next month's general elections. Full story

Two Czech women tourists kidnapped in western Pakistan

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Unknown attackers have kidnapped two Czech women travelling in western Pakistan, officials of both countries said on Thursday. Full story

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Relatives and officials pray as they attend the funeral of victims, who were killed in a bomb blast, in Quetta
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A policeman comforts a man weeping over the death of his son, who was killed in a bomb blast, before his funeral in Quetta
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A policeman comforts a man weeping over the death of his son, who was killed in a bomb blast, before his funeral in Quetta May 23, 2013. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Thursday for the bomb that killed 11 security personnel and two civilians in the southwestern city of Quetta. Sixte

Relatives carry the casket of a victim, who was killed in a bomb blast, for the funeral in Quetta
Relatives carry the casket of a victim, who was killed in a bomb blast, for the funeral in Quetta

Relatives carry the casket of a victim, who was killed in a bomb blast, for the funeral in Quetta May 23, 2013. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Thursday for the bomb that killed 11 security personnel and two civilians in the southwestern city of Quetta. Sixteen people were wounded in

A security official searches for evidence near the remains of a damaged vehicle at the site of a bomb blast in Quetta
A security official searches for evidence near the remains of a damaged vehicle at the site of a bomb blast in Quetta

A security official searches for evidence near the remains of a damaged vehicle at the site of a bomb blast in Quetta May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed