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Bomb kills soldier, wounds 11 people in southwest Pakistan

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By ABDUL SATTAR
Associated Press

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say a bombing killed a soldier and wounded 11 others, mostly civilians, in southwestern Pakistan. The blast went off on Sunday near a checkpoint in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province. That’s according to a local police official. The Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was carried out by a suicide bomber. It comes a week after a blast killed 101 people at a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar. The assault in Peshawar has prompted the Pakistani prime minister to organize a meeting with his allies and the opposition to discuss how to respond to the violence.

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