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  "title": "2023_Khar_bombing",
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    {
      "id": "1",
      "title": "Preface",
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          "sentences": [
            {
              "id": "1.s1",
              "text": "On 30 July 2023, the Islamic State – Khorasan Province carried out a Suicide attack|suicide bombing at a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) rally in Khar, Bajaur|Khar, Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing at least 63 people and injuring nearly 200 others.",
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                {
                  "text": "<ref name=\"aj63\">{{Cite web |date= 2 August 2023 |title= Pakistan suicide bombing death toll rises to 63 |url= https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/2/pakistan-suicide-bombing-death-toll-rises-to-63 |work= Aljazeera |access-date= 2 August 2023 |archive-date= 2 August 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230802193253/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/2/pakistan-suicide-bombing-death-toll-rises-to-63 |url-status= live }}</ref>",
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                  "text": "<ref name=\"SKY NEWS\"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=30 July 2023 |title=Suspected Pakistan suicide bombing kills at least 54, injures 135 more at political rally |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/bomb-political-rally-northwest-pakistan-kills-least-35-people-wounds-1-rcna97141 |access-date=31 July 2023 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=30 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730214355/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/bomb-political-rally-northwest-pakistan-kills-least-35-people-wounds-1-rcna97141 |url-status=live }}</ref>",
                  "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/bomb-political-rally-northwest-pakistan-kills-least-35-people-wounds-1-rcna97141",
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                },
                {
                  "text": "<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 August 2023 |title=Pakistan suicide bombing death toll rises to 56 |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/world/asia/pakistan-suicide-bombing-death-toll-rises-to-56 |access-date=2 August 2023 |website=The Financial Express |archive-date=2 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230802033059/https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/world/asia/pakistan-suicide-bombing-death-toll-rises-to-56 |url-status=live }}</ref>",
                  "url": "https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/world/asia/pakistan-suicide-bombing-death-toll-rises-to-56",
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "2",
      "title": "Background",
      "content": [
        {
          "sentences": [
            {
              "id": "2.s1",
              "text": "Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI-F) is a conservatism in Pakistan|conservative political and religious party led by Fazal-ur-Rehman (politician)|Fazal-ur-Rehman. It is supportive of the Taliban government in Afghanistan. The JUI-F had been preparing for 2023 Pakistani general election|a general election after the dissolution of the National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly. Religious parties have attempted to use 2022–2023 Pakistani economic crisis|an economic crisis and former Prime Minister of Pakistan|prime minister Imran Khan's Arrest of Imran Khan|arrest to their advantage.",
              "references": [
                {
                  "text": "<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-31 |title=Islamic State claims responsibility for Pakistan blast that killed 54 |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230731-pakistan-police-comb-bomb-site-after-deadly-blast |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=1 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801134246/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230731-pakistan-police-comb-bomb-site-after-deadly-blast |url-status=live }}</ref>",
                  "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230731-pakistan-police-comb-bomb-site-after-deadly-blast",
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                  "text": "<ref name=\"WaPoInfo\">{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/30/pakistan-blast-khyber-pakhtunkhwa/ |title=At least 40 killed in blast at Pakistan political convention |date=30 July 2023 |last1=Noack |first1=Rick |last2=Hussain |first2=Shaiq |last3=Nawaz Khan |first3=Haq |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref>",
                  "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/30/pakistan-blast-khyber-pakhtunkhwa/",
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            },
            {
              "id": "2.s2",
              "text": "The insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa began in 2004 and its volatility peaked in the late 2000s and early 2010s, including two suicide bombings in Khar in January 2010 Khar bombing|January and December 2010 Khar bombing|December of 2010. This civil war slowed to a low-intensity conflict in 2017. However, the region has seen an increase in terrorism in Pakistan|terrorist activity during the 2020s, with major protests erupting against the deteriorating security situation in January 2023.",
              "references": [
                {
                  "text": "<ref>{{cite news |author=Hanifullah |title=Bajaur rises up against 'terror redux' |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2394513/bajaur-rises-up-against-terror-redux |access-date=31 July 2023 |work=The Express Tribune |date=6 January 2023 |archive-date=7 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107084758/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2394513/bajaur-rises-up-against-terror-redux |url-status=live }}</ref>",
                  "url": "https://tribune.com.pk/story/2394513/bajaur-rises-up-against-terror-redux",
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    {
      "id": "3",
      "title": "Bombing",
      "content": [
        {
          "sentences": [
            {
              "id": "3.s1",
              "text": "JUI-F organized a workers' convention on 30 July 2023. At around 4 p.m., when over 400 party members and supporters were present, a suicide bomber approached the stage and detonated an explosive vest. Maulana Zia Ullah, a local leader of the JUI-F, was killed in the attack and it was the second assassination attempt on him.",
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                {
                  "text": "<ref name=\":0\" /> At least 63 people were killed<ref name=\"aj63\"/> and nearly 200 others were injured, including many children.<ref name=\"SKY NEWS\">{{Cite web|title=Pakistan explosion: At least 54 dead in suicide bombing at political rally in northwest province|url=https://news.sky.com/story/pakistan-explosion-at-least-40-dead-in-blast-at-political-rally-in-northwest-province-reports-12930662|newspaper=Sky News|date=30 July 2023|access-date=30 July 2023|archive-date=30 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730134857/http://news.sky.com/story/pakistan-explosion-at-least-40-dead-in-blast-at-political-rally-in-northwest-province-reports-12930662|url-status=live}}</ref>",
                  "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/pakistan-explosion-at-least-40-dead-in-blast-at-political-rally-in-northwest-province-reports-12930662",
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                  "text": "<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 July 2023 |title=Suspected Pakistan suicide bombing kills at least 54, injures 135 more at political rally |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/bomb-political-rally-northwest-pakistan-kills-least-35-people-wounds-1-rcna97141 |access-date=31 July 2023 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=30 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730214355/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/bomb-political-rally-northwest-pakistan-kills-least-35-people-wounds-1-rcna97141 |url-status=live }}</ref>",
                  "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/bomb-political-rally-northwest-pakistan-kills-least-35-people-wounds-1-rcna97141",
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                },
                {
                  "text": "<ref>{{Cite web |last=Editorial |date=2023-08-02 |title=Intelligence failure |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1767988 |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en |archive-date=2 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230802075940/https://www.dawn.com/news/1767988 |url-status=live }}</ref>",
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            },
            {
              "id": "3.s2",
              "text": "On 31 July, the Islamic State – Khorasan Province (IS–KP) claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing.",
              "references": [
                {
                  "text": "<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/31/islamic-state-pakistan-suicide-bombing-taliban |title=Islamic State says it carried out Pakistan suicide bombing that killed 54 |first1=Shah Meer |last1=Baloch |first2=Hannah |last2=Ellis-Petersen |date=31 July 2023 |access-date=31 July 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |archive-date=31 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731162907/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/31/islamic-state-pakistan-suicide-bombing-taliban |url-status=live }}</ref>",
                  "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/31/islamic-state-pakistan-suicide-bombing-taliban",
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    {
      "id": "4",
      "title": "Reactions",
      "content": [
        {
          "sentences": [
            {
              "id": "4.s1",
              "text": "The Pakistani Taliban condemned the bombing, as did Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesperson for the Afghan Taliban government. In a message on Twitter, Mujahid wrote, \"Such crimes cannot be justified in any way\".",
              "references": [
                {
                  "text": "<ref name=\":0\">{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/07/30/1190973873/pakistan-bombing-political-rally-bajur-district-maulana-fazlur-rehman |title=A bombing at a political rally in Pakistan has killed at least 40 people |date=30 July 2023 |publisher=NPR |access-date=30 July 2023 |archive-date=30 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730135257/https://www.npr.org/2023/07/30/1190973873/pakistan-bombing-political-rally-bajur-district-maulana-fazlur-rehman |url-status=live }}</ref>",
                  "url": "https://www.npr.org/2023/07/30/1190973873/pakistan-bombing-political-rally-bajur-district-maulana-fazlur-rehman",
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            },
            {
              "id": "4.s2",
              "text": "Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the bombing and gave his condolences to the families of the victims. In a statement by his party Foreign Minister Bilawal Zardari \"expressed deep sorrow over the loss of precious lives\" and also said \"the terrorists, their facilitators and planners need to be eliminated so that peace is established in the country\". Minister of Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb stated on social media that \"religion of terrorists is only terrorism. Ending terrorism is very important for the survival and integrity of Pakistan\".",
              "references": [
                {
                  "text": "<ref>{{Cite web |title=Suicide bomber kills 44 at Pakistan political rally |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/30/deadly-bomb-blast-at-political-rally-in-northwest-pakistan |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en |archive-date=30 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930103245/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/30/deadly-bomb-blast-at-political-rally-in-northwest-pakistan |url-status=live }}</ref>",
                  "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/30/deadly-bomb-blast-at-political-rally-in-northwest-pakistan",
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                  "text": "<ref name=\":Al Jazeera\">{{Cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2023/7/30/deadly-bomb-blast-at-political-rally-in-northwest-pakistan |title=At least 44 killed in suicide attack at Pakistan rally |date=31 July 2023 |work=Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera |access-date=31 July 2023 |archive-date=30 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730231239/https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2023/7/30/deadly-bomb-blast-at-political-rally-in-northwest-pakistan |url-status=live }}</ref>",
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    {
      "id": "5",
      "title": "See also",
      "content": [
        {
          "sentences": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "6",
      "title": "References",
      "content": [
        {
          "sentences": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}