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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on February 17, 2017, 05:16:34 pm
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Pakistan 'kills 100 militants' after Sufi shrine attack
Pakistan says it has killed more than 100 militants in a security crackdown following Thursday's attack on a shrine that left at least 80 people dead.
A suicide bomber blew himself up among devotees at the Sufi shrine in the town of Sehwan.
Pakistan has reacted with raids across the country and by lashing out at Afghanistan which it accuses of tolerating militant sanctuaries.
So-called Islamic State said it had carried out the attack.
It was the latest in a string of bombings by the jihadist group.
Continued: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39001703