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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 18, 2020
Suicide blast kills 10 in southwestern Pakistan city of Quetta
At least 10 people were killed in a suicide blast that hit a police vehicle in southwestern Pakistan on Monday, officials said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jul 5, 2019
Pakistan's Hazaras yearn for normalcy despite fear of attack by extremist militants
High walls around the neighborhoods of Pakistan's embattled Hazara community in the southwestern city of Quetta are designed to protect them from extremist militants, but also serve as a constant reminder of the threat they face.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 17, 2019
Nine Islamic State militants killed in southwest Pakistan raid
Pakistani security forces killed nine Islamic State militants during an hours-long raid near Quetta in the restive southwest of the country that has been hit by repeated jihadist attacks this month, officials said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 16, 2018
Drive-by shooters gun down two Christians exiting church in Pakistan's Quetta
Two members of Pakistan's beleaguered Christian community were killed on Sunday in the country's southwest when unknown gunmen opened fire on a small group that had just left a local church, police officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 3, 2018
Casualty claims conflict after Afghan airstrike targets apparent Taliban gathering
An Afghan forces airstrike on a suspected Taliban gathering in the northern province of Kunduz on Monday caused dozens of casualties, including many civilians, officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 3, 2017
Pakistani city taps clerics to push polio immunizations for 400,000 kids after rare strain is found
Pakistan began a special five-day polio immunization campaign in the southwestern city of Quetta on Monday for children under 5 after a rare strain of the virus was found in sewage samples, officials said.

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