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In this photo released by Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, visiting Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, front right, walks with his Pakistani counterpart Jalil Abbas Jilani, front left, upon his arrival for a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Iran's foreign minister was in Pakistan for talks on deescalating tensions after deadly airstrikes by Tehran and Islamabad earlier this month killed at least 11 people, marking a significant escalation in fraught relations between the neighbors. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

Pakistan and Iran agree to work together to improve security after tit-for-tat airstrikes

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan and political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) attend an election campaign rally in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. Pakistani police fired tear gas to disperse supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the southern city of Karachi on Sunday, less than two weeks before a national parliamentary election that Khan was blocked from running in because of a criminal conviction. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistani police use tear gas to disperse pre-election rally by supporters of former leader Khan

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Supporters of a religious group 'Markazi Jamiyat Ahle Hadith Pakistan' hold a demonstration to condemn Iran strike in the Pakistani border area, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. The unprecedented attacks by both Pakistan and Iran on either side of their border appeared to target Baluch militant groups with similar separatist goals. The countries accuse each other of providing a haven to the groups in their respective territories. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan seeks to de-escalate crisis with Iran after deadly airstrikes that spiked tensions

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Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

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A Pakistani-made Shaheen-III missile, that is capable of carrying nuclear warheads, are displayed during a military parade to mark Pakistan National Day, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on March 23, 2022. The nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their nuclear arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022, a Swedish think tank said Monday June 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

Pakistan launches retaliatory airstrikes in Iran after an earlier attack by Tehran, killing 9 people

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Emergency services clear the rubble of the house of Peshraw Dizayi that was hit in Iranian missile strikes in Irbil, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. Dizayi, a prominent local businessman, was killed in one of the Irbil strikes along with members of his family. (AP Photo/Julia Zimmermann/Metrography)

Pakistan recalls ambassador to Iran over airstrike that killed 2 people

By Munir Ahmed and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Afghan refugees settle in a camp near the Torkham Pakistan-Afghanistan border, in Torkham, Afghanistan, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. The Taliban says Pakistan has effectively closed a key northwestern border crossing with Afghanistan to truck drivers. Pakistani authorities began requesting passports and visas from Afghan drivers, according to a Taliban official. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Pakistan effectively shuts the key crossing into Afghanistan to truck drivers

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

People attend the funeral of Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric Masoodur Rehman Usmani in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2024. Thousands of mourners attended a funeral Saturday for a Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric gunned down in broad daylight on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, police and a spokesman for the cleric's organization said. (AP Photo/W.K. Yousafzai)

Swiss ski star Odermatt dominates to win World Cup giant slalom in the fog at home in Adelboden

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Three internally displaced children look with surprise at an apple that their mother brought home after begging, in a camp on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Feb 2, 2023. Since the chaotic Taliban takeover of Kabul on Aug. 15, 2021, an already war-devastated economy once kept alive by international donations alone is now on the verge of collapse. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Displaced, repatriated and crossing borders: Afghan people make grueling journeys to survive

By Ebrahim Noroozi - Associated Press

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, center, arrives to appear at a Supreme Court in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, July 24, 2023. Pakistan’s top court on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023 allowed military courts to resume the trials of more than 100 supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of attacking military installations during violent demonstrations that broke out following Khan’s arrest in May. The latest order by the Supreme Court came less than two months after five judges on the same court stopped the trial of 103 civilians who were arrested as part of a crackdown on Khan’s party. (AP Photo/W.K. Yousafzai, File)

Pakistan election officials reject former prime minister Khan’s candidacy in parliamentary election

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Rescue workers and relatives load a body of a police officer who was killed in a militant attack into an ambulance at a hospital in Tank, Pakistan, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. Militants staged attacks on a regional police headquarters and an army post in a former Taliban stronghold in northwest Pakistan before dawn Friday, triggering firefights that killed at least two police officers and a few insurgents, security officials said. (AP Photo)

5 officers and 5 militants die after attacks on police office and 2 army posts in northwest Pakistan

By Riaz Khan - Associated Press

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, center, arrives to appear at a Supreme Court in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, July 24, 2023. Pakistan’s top court on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023 allowed military courts to resume the trials of more than 100 supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of attacking military installations during violent demonstrations that broke out following Khan’s arrest in May. The latest order by the Supreme Court came less than two months after five judges on the same court stopped the trial of 103 civilians who were arrested as part of a crackdown on Khan’s party. (AP Photo/W.K. Yousafzai, File)

Military trials can resume for 103 supporters of Imran Khan, Pakistan court says

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An army soldier examines damages on the site of a bombing at a police station on the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle at a police station's main gate in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing several policemen and wounding more than dozen others, officials said. Some militants also opened fire and a shootout between them and security forces was still ongoing, police officer Kamal Khan said. (AP Photo)

Suicide bomber attacks police station in northwest Pakistan, killing 23 officers and wounding 32

By Riaz Khan and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

U.N. agency warns of Afghans dying in harsh winter if no proper shelter after leaving Pakistan

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As Pakistan cracks down on illegal migrants, nearly half a million Afghans have left, minister says

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Pakistan's Haris Rauf reacts after bowling during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match between Pakistan and England in Kolkata, India, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf pulls out of test tour of Australia

By Rizwan Ali - Associated Press

Members of the social group Aurat March hold signs during a demonstration against the Pakistani government, in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. The U.N. health agency is warning that about 1.3 million Afghans are expected to return to Afghanistan from Pakistan where authorities earlier are expelling foreigners, mostly Afghans, living in the country illegally. It had forced at least 340,000 Afghans to leave Pakistan after spending decades, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

More than 400,000 Afghans have returned home from Pakistan following crackdown on migrants

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Afghans wait for transport to depart for their homeland, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. The U.N. health agency is warning that about 1.3 million Afghans are expected to return to Afghanistan from Pakistan where authorities earlier are expelling foreigners, mostly Afghans, living in the country illegally. It had forced at least 340,000 Afghans to leave Pakistan after spending decades, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

More than a million Afghans will go back after Pakistan begins expelling foreigners without papers

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Morne Morkel, then-coach for Namibia, watches his team play Sri Lanka during their T20 World Cup Cricket match in Geelong, Australia, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. Pakistan fast bowling coach Morne Morkel has resigned with one month left on his six-month contract. The Pakistan Cricket Board did not say why the former South African fast bowler quit. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake, File)

Morne Morkel resigns as Pakistan fast bowling coach

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Police officers arrive to conduct a search operation against illegal immigrants, at a neighbourhood of Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Pakistan government launched a crackdown on migrants living in the country illegally as a part of the new measure which mainly target all undocumented or unregistered foreigners. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistan opens 3 new border crossings to deport Afghans in ongoing crackdown on migrants

By Abdul Sattar - Associated Press