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January 31, 2023

Taliban Offshoot Claims Responsibility for Bombing of Pakistani Police Compound
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In Pakistan, the death toll from Monday's suicide bombing in the
northwestern city of Peshawar rose to 95, after first responders ended
their rescue and recovery operation. A local official said more than 225
people were also injured in the attack, which tore through a packed
mosque inside a police and government compound. Most of the dead were
police officers. An offshoot of the Taliban known as TTP claimed
responsibility for the massacre.


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