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October 11, 2021

AQ Khan, Who Admitted to Role in Global Nuclear Proliferation Scandal, Dies at 85
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Pakistani nuclear scientist AQ Khan has died at the age of 85. Khan
helped Pakistan build its nuclear arsenal. He later confessed to
smuggling nuclear weapons blueprints to other countries, including Iran,
North Korea and Libya, in one of the world's largest nuclear
proliferation scandals.


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