Pakistan

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Pakistan sectarian bus attack in Kohistan kills 18

Gunmen have killed at least 18 Shia Muslim bus passengers in a sectarian attack in the northern Pakistani district of Kohistan, officials say. The attackers are reported to have checked the identity cards of all the passengers before removing the Shias and shooting them. About 27 other passengers on the bus were spared.

Kohistan is not known for militancy, but it borders the Swat valley, which has had a Taliban presence in the past. The attack took place close to the remote and mountainous area of Harban Nala, approximately 130 miles (208 km) north of the capital, Islamabad.

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