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Pakistan rally hit by lethal blast | Pakistan rally hit by lethal blast |
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A suicide bomber has killed at least eight people at a political rally in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say. | |
The blast happened near the house of a leader of the Awami National Party, which is part of the national governing coalition, local media said. | |
A provincial minister, Bashir Ahmad Bilour, was among those killed. | |
The Pakistani Taliban said they carried out the attack, according to the Associated Press of Pakistan. | |
Some 20 people were injured in the blast. | |
The Taliban has repeatedly targeted members of the Awami National Party, which holds power in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. |