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Thousands attend funeral of Pakistan’s pro-Taliban cleric

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FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2014 file photo, Pakistani religious cleric, Samiul Haq addresses a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistani police and family of a top cleric Haq who was known as &quot;father of the Taliban&quot; has been killed in a knife attack in his bedroom at home in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. Haq's son Hamidul Haq says his father was killed Friday.(AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, File)

Pakistan’s ‘father of Taliban’ cleric killed in knife attack

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Afghan council seeks Pakistani cleric’s help to end war

By RIAZ KHAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013 file photo, Pakistani Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid, center, flanked by his bodyguards, talks to reporters at an undisclosed location in Pakistani tribal area of Waziristan along Afghanistan border. The Pakistani Taliban announced Saturday that the group will observe a one-month cease-fire as part of efforts to negotiate a peace deal with the government, throwing new life into a foundering peace process. Spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said in a statement emailed to reporters that the top leadership of the militant group has instructed all of its units to comply with the cease-fire. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud, File)

Pakistani officials hold direct talks with Taliban

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