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Pakistan says there is 'open war' with Afghanistan after latest strikes

Pakistan's defense minister says there is "open war" on the Afghan Taliban government after tensions between the two countries flared.

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Diaa Hadid
Diaa Hadid chiefly covers Pakistan and Afghanistan for NPR News. She is based in NPR's bureau in Islamabad. There, Hadid and her team were awarded a Murrow in 2019 for hard news for their story on why abortion rates in Pakistan are among the highest in the world.
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