PARACHINAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb blast killed 16 people and wounded 27 in Pakistan on Friday, government officials said, in an area that authorities said they had cleared of Taliban fighters.
"Most of the dead and injured were returning from Friday prayers at a mosque," said Mehmood Aslam, a government official in the area.
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