For more than a decade, Peshawar has been on the front line for the Pakistani government's fight with militant groups such as the Taliban. A major terrorist attack near the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar in April 2010 killed at least 25 people.
MORE: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/07/world/asia/pakistan-violence/index.html
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