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title: "Blast in northwestern Pakistan mosque injures local Islamist party leader, three others"
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# Blast in northwestern Pakistan mosque injures local Islamist party leader, three others

> PESHAWAR, March 14 (Reuters) - A blast tore through a mosque on Friday in northwestern Pakistan, police said, injuring an Islamist party leader and three others, including children.

By Reuters · Published 14 March 2025, 15:08 SAST · Updated 14 March 2025, 15:08 SAST

## Key points
- In a chilling reminder that peace is still on the run in Pakistan, JUI-F leader Abdullah Nadeem was hospitalized after a blast—one of many recent reminders that the border region is less about tranquility and more about escalating chaos, with two innocent children caught in the crossfire of a political powder keg.
- Abdullah Nadeem, a JUI-F leader, hospitalized after a blast targeting him in South Waziristan; two children injured.
- The perpetrator of the explosion remains unidentified amid rising violence in Pakistan's border regions.
- Recent attacks include a suicide bombing at an Islamic seminary, killing six, and a train hijacking in Balochistan.
- Pakistan pledges to combat militancy, accusing Afghan Taliban of providing safe haven, a claim they deny.

## Content

Abdullah Nadeem, a local leader of the Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) political party, was believed to be the target of the blast and had been hospitalised with serious injures, said Asif Bahadar, a district police chief in South Waziristan. He said two children were among the injured.

It was not immediately clear who was behind the explosion.

Attacks have been escalating in Pakistan's border regions with Afghanistan in recent months.

Last month, a suicide bomber killed six worshippers during Friday prayers at an Islamic seminary in northwestern Pakistan, known as a historic training ground for the Afghan Taliban.

This week in southwestern Balochistan, separatist militants hijacked a train and held passengers hostage in a day-long standoff with security forces.

Pakistan has vowed to crack down on growing militancy and has said the militants are finding safe haven in neighbouring Afghanistan, a charge the ruling Afghan Taliban deny.

(Reporting by Mushtaq Ali; Writing by Charlotte Greenfield; Editing by Alison Williams and Sharon Singleton)