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​People transport a man injured by a blast in Bajaur, Pakistan, on Sunday.
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54: At least 54 people were killed and over 150 injured in a bomb blast Sunday in Pakistan at a convention of the country’s conservative Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Party in Bajaur ahead of this year’s elections. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but a local branch of the Islamic State group in Pakistan is believed to have launched recent attacks in Bajaur.