Pakistan Amnesty Case Stirs Tensions as Bomb Kills Nine

Reuters: Pakistan’s top court began hearing challenges on Monday to an amnesty order that could deepen political tensions in a nuclear-armed country already facing pressure to fight Taliban militants on several fronts.



An attack by a suicide bomber killed nine people outside a court in Peshawar, highlighting relentless security troubles in Pakistan, an ally that Washington needs to help fight the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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