Pakistani forces end 20-hour standoff with militants in the northwest
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces on Saturday ended a standoff with militants holed up inside a police compound in northwestern Pakistan, officials said. The confrontation began Friday after a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a mosque, and gunmen stormed the facility, killing 21 people and wounding 103 others. The coordinated attack...
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