Pakistan Hits Taliban, Urges NATO to Seal Border.

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Source: nyt/reuters

Pakistani forces launched an offensive to wrest control of the lawless South Waziristan region on Saturday after militants rocked the country with a string of bomb and suicide attacks in recent weeks, killing more than 150 people.

Six people were killed in two suicide bomb attacks at the International Islamic University in the capital, Islamabad, on Tuesday, prompting authorities to order the closure of educational institutions across the country.

The order to close schools unnerved investors in Pakistan's main stock market which was 2.36 percent lower at 9,342.91 at 0750 GMT.



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