The acting chief minister of this northwestern province, Muhammad Azam Khan, announced that 95 had been killed with 221 injured, making it one of the deadliest attacks ever on Pakistan’s security forces. The blast signaled the brazen revival of violent tactics by the extremist Pakistani Taliban group, which had once been quelled by a military crackdown and until recently was in peace talks with the government.
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