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Thursday, October 29, 2020, 10:43
'Large number' of Afghan refugees among Pak seminary blast victims
By Xinhua
Thursday, October 29, 2020, 10:43 By Xinhua

Rescue workers and police officers examine the site of an explosion at an Islamic seminary in Peshawar, Pakistan, Oct 27, 2020. (MUHAMMAD SAJJAD / AP)

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa said a large number of students who got killed and injured in Tuesday's terrorist attack on a seminary in Peshawar city of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province were Afghan refugees, according to a statement issued by the army on the Wednesday night.

"Pakistan had always wanted peace in Afghanistan and would continue to cooperate fully," Pakistani Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa said, adding that the two countries could not afford any instability and chaos in the current situation, as the consequences would be dire

The army chief visited Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar to inquire about the condition of those injured in the blast, the military's media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations, said in the statement.

Bajwa said the terrorists had bathed the innocent children of the seminary in blood to revive their dark history and nefarious intention, according to the statement.

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The army chief said that both Afghanistan and Pakistan had faced terrorism in the past two decades. Pakistan opens its hearts and doors to Afghan refugees, and the peace of Afghanistan and Pakistan is intertwined.

"Pakistan had always wanted peace in Afghanistan and would continue to cooperate fully," he said, adding that the two countries could not afford any instability and chaos in the current situation, as the consequences would be dire.

Bajwa said Pakistan rejects terrorism and the country has defeated its ideology with patience and unity, and the armed forces "will not rest until we bring the terrorists and their facilitators to justice".

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Tuesday's blast, which was detonated with an improvised explosive device, targeted the seminary when more than100 students were attending their routine morning classes. According to police, the incident left eight students killed and more than 120 people injured.

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