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    <text>The Pakistani capital Islamabad remains on lockdown to host a potential second round of talks between the U.S. and Iran even despite uncertainty of a second round of talks. </text>
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      <text>The initial three rounds of ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran conclude after 14 hours. However, the Iranian government says that negotiations will continue. </text>
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    <text>The initial three rounds of ceasefire talks between Iran and the United States conclude in Islamabad, Pakistan, after 14 hours. However, the Iranian government says that negotiations will continue. </text>
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      <text>The delegations of the United States and Iran arrive in Islamabad, Pakistan, for ceasefire talks, the highest-level engagement between the two countries since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, with the Iranian delegation led by Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and the U.S. delegation led by Vice President JD Vance. </text>
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      <text>The delegations of the United States and Iran arrive in Islamabad, Pakistan for ceasefire talks, the highest-level engagement between the two countries since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, with the Iranian delegation led by Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. delegation led by U.S. Vice President JD Vance. </text>
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    <text>The delegations of the Iran and the United States arrive in Islamabad, Pakistan, for ceasefire talks, the highest-level engagement between the two countries since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, with the Iranian delegation led by parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and foreign minister Abbas Araghchi and the U.S. delegation led by vice president JD Vance. </text>
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      <text>Pakistan reinforces security and enforces a lockdown in the Capital Territory in Islamabad to prepare for US-Iran ceasefire talks. </text>
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      <text>Pakistan beefs up security and enforces a lockdown in the Capital Territory in Islamabad to prepare for US-Iran ceasefire talks. </text>
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    <text>Pakistan enforces a lockdown in the Capital Territory to prepare for Iran–U.S. ceasefire talks. </text>
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    <text>Pakistani interior minister Mohsin Naqvi says that Afghan nationals carried out Tuesday's suicide bombing in Islamabad, which killed 12 people and injured many others, adding that the attack was planned and directed from Afghanistan, increasing tensions between the countries. </text>
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      <text>Prime Minister Imran Khan launches the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in Pakistan, with the first jab of Sinopharm's vaccine administered to a doctor in Islamabad. </text>
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      <text>Prime Minister Imran Khan launches a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in Pakistan, with the first jab administered to a doctor in Islamabad. </text>
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    <text> Thousands of protestors rally in front of the Parliament of Pakistan in Islamabad in support of Mumtaz Qadri, the killer of reformist Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer in 2011 who was subsequently executed last February. The Pakistan Army was called in to control the situation. </text>
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    <text>At least 23 people are killed and 60 injured after a bus carrying a wedding party crashes near the Pakistani capital Islamabad. [http:--www.perthnow.com.au-news-breaking-news-bus-crash-kills-23-in-pakistan-story-e6frg12u-1226383707397?from=public_rss (AFP via Perth Now)]date=August 2019 </text>
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