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AQ Khan, Who Admitted to Role in Global Nuclear Proliferation Scandal, Dies at 85

HeadlineOct 11, 2021

Pakistani nuclear scientist AQ Khan has died at the age of 85. Khan helped Pakistan build its nuclear arsenal. He later confessed to smuggling nuclear weapons blueprints to other countries, including Iran, North Korea and Libya, in one of the world’s largest nuclear proliferation scandals.

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