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Pakistan: ISIS Suicide Bomb Attack Kills 15 in Quetta

HeadlineAug 14, 2017

In Pakistan, ISIS militants have claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a military truck that killed eight soldiers and at least seven other people in the southwestern city of Quetta on Saturday. The Pakistani military says the attack was targeting planning efforts for Independence Day celebrations. Today and tomorrow mark the 70th anniversary of India and Pakistan’s independence from British colonialism.

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