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on August 1, 2022, Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers (in brown) and Pakistani Rangers take part in the Beating the Retreat ceremony at the India-Pakistan Wagah border post, about 35 km from Amritsar.
Security personnel and rescue workers prepare to search for the blast victims in the debris of a damaged mosque inside the police headquarters in Peshawar on January 30, 2023. - A blast at a mosque inside a police headquarters in Pakistan on January 30 killed at least 25 worshippers and wounded 120 more, officials said. (Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP) (Photo by ABDUL MAJEED/AFP via Getty Images)
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Security personnel and rescue workers prepare to search for survivors in the debris of a damaged mosque inside the police headquarters in Peshawar, Pakistan, on January 30, 2023. (Abdul Mjaeed/AFP via Getty Images)
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husain_haqqani
husain_haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
A view of stores and markets ahead of their closing time on January 5, 2023, in Islamabad, Pakistan, after the government decided to close stores at 8:30 p.m. to conserve energy as economic woes mount. (Muhammed Semih Ugurlu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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A view of stores and markets ahead of their closing time on January 5, 2023, in Islamabad, Pakistan, after the government decided to close stores at 8:30 p.m. to conserve energy as economic woes mount. (Muhammed Semih Ugurlu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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aparna_pande
aparna_pande
Research Fellow, India and South Asia
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