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24 Killed in Pakistan as Protesters Torch U.N. Offices and Attempt to Storm U.S. Consulate

HeadlineMar 02, 2026

In Pakistan, at least 24 people were killed Sunday as angry protests over the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran were met with violence. In Karachi, security guards at the U.S. Consulate fired on demonstrators who breached the outer wall, killing 10 people. At least 14 people were killed in northern Pakistan, where demonstrators vandalized several buildings and set fire to United Nations regional offices. 

Meanwhile, Pakistan escalated its war on Afghanistan’s Taliban over the weekend, with an attempted strike on Bagram Air Base, the former U.S. military base north of Kabul. Hundreds of soldiers and scores of civilians have been killed in cross-border fighting since Pakistan announced a state of “open war” with Afghanistan last week.

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