Violence surges in Pakistan’s tribal belt as Taliban, IS-K go on attack – BBC News

By Abid HussainBBC Urdu, Orakzai District
Image caption, A Pakistani Taliban militant lays down his gun and helmet in Orakzai (file image)
Seventeen-year-old Israr was fast asleep when his phone rang.
It was 2am and the teenager was exhausted. He’d been…

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