A fatal blast at a rally in PakistanAt least 43 people were killed in the country’s northwest yesterday, officials said, the latest sign of the deteriorating security situation in Pakistan. The group has previously targeted members of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl, the Islamist political party that organized the rally. A local party leader was killed. Background: Militant groups — including the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or T.T.P. attacked a mosque in Peshawar, killing more than 100 people, and waged an hourslong assault on Karachi.

Source: New York Times July 30, 2023 22:11 UTC