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Bomb blast in Pakistan's Balochistan province kills three, including political leader, 12-year-old child; several others injured
•The incident happened in Chaman area of Qilla Abdullah district in Pakistan after the bomb planted in a motorcycle parked on the roadside exploded killing three people, including the central leader of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl, Maulana Muhammad Hanif
Pakistan opens border to allow Afghans to take part in presidential polls after request from defence ministry
•About 9.6 million Afghans are registered to vote in key presidential poll which marks the culmination of a bloody election campaign.
Pakistan: Hundreds of Pashtuns protest against arrest of Fata Political Alliance chief Arif Khan Wazir, threaten nationwide sit-in
Fp Staff •Hundreds of supporters of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement joined activists and political party workers to protests against the arrest of Fata Political Alliance chief Arif Khan Wazir and three other PTM leaders in Wana
Pakistan launches military operation near Afghanistan border to combat militants; urges Kabul to take similar step
•Pakistan says it has launched a new military operation near the Afghan border to combat militants.
Pakistan forces kill two suicide bombers who attempted to attack a military camp
•Pakistan security forces killed a suicide bomber while another blew himself up during an attempted attack on a paramilitary camp in the country's northwest tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
Pakistan-Afghanistan's Chaman border shut after protests near Friendship Gate
•Pakistan has closed one of its main border point with Afghanistan after a group of Afghans staged a protest and tried to attack the crossing in the troubled Balochistan province.