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Blast at Political Convention Kills Dozens in Pakistan

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An ambulance carries injured people after a bomb explosion in the Bajur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, July 30, 2023. [Rescue 1122 Head Quarters via AP]

A blast in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, or KP, province has killed dozens of people and injured more than 100 others, according to authorities.

The explosion in the tribal area of Bajaur, near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, occurred Sunday afternoon during a convention of the religious political party Jamiat Ulema Islam.

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