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Tue, 4 Feb 2014 17:32 PM

Security official and rescue workers collect evidence at the site of a bomb blast in Peshawar February 4, 2014. . A suicide bomber killed at least eight people on Tuesday near a mosque frequented by minority Shi'ite worshippers in a densely populated neighbourhood of the Pakistani city of Peshawar, police and doctors said. Najeeb Rehman, a senior policeman, said the attack, possibly the work of more than one suicide bomber, had taken place as worshippers left the mosque and walked towards a local hotel. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)

Tue, 4 Feb 2014 13:16 PM

Maulana Sami ul-Haq (C), one of the Taliban negotiators, speaks during a news conference with his team members Ibrahim Khan (L) and Maulana Abdul Aziz (R) in Islamabad February 4, 2014. Pakistan's much-awaited talks with the Taliban got off to a shambolic start on Tuesday after government negotiators failed to turn up at an agreed time following days of confusion over who should represent the insurgents. On Tuesday, a group of bearded negotiators representing the Taliban arrived at an agreed venue in central Islamabad at 2 p.m. (0900 GMT) for what had been scheduled to be the first round of talks."We arrived on time for the meeting but the government side didn't turn up," a visibly angry Haq, one of the Taliban negotiators, a radical cleric known as the Father of the Taliban, told reporters after a two-hour wait. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Tue, 4 Feb 2014 13:08 PM

Maulana Sami ul-Haq (C), one of the Taliban negotiators, flanked by his team members Ibrahim Khan (2nd L) and Maulana Abdul Aziz (2nd R), gestures before a news conference in Islamabad February 4, 2014. Pakistan's much-awaited talks with the Taliban got off to a shambolic start on Tuesday after government negotiators failed to turn up at an agreed time following days of confusion over who should represent the insurgents. On Tuesday, a group of bearded negotiators representing the Taliban arrived at an agreed venue in central Islamabad at 2 p.m. (0900 GMT) for what had been scheduled to be the first round of talks."We arrived on time for the meeting but the government side didn't turn up," a visibly angry Haq, one of the Taliban negotiators, a radical cleric known as the Father of the Taliban, told reporters after a two-hour wait. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Tue, 4 Feb 2014 13:04 PM

Maulana Sami ul-Haq (C), one of the Taliban negotiators, answers a question during a news conference with his team members Ibrahim Khan (L) and Maulana Abdul Aziz (R) in Islamabad February 4, 2014. Pakistan's much-awaited talks with the Taliban got off to a shambolic start on Tuesday after government negotiators failed to turn up at an agreed time following days of confusion over who should represent the insurgents. On Tuesday, a group of bearded negotiators representing the Taliban arrived at an agreed venue in central Islamabad at 2 p.m. (0900 GMT) for what had been scheduled to be the first round of talks."We arrived on time for the meeting but the government side didn't turn up," a visibly angry Haq, one of the Taliban negotiators, a radical cleric known as the Father of the Taliban, told reporters after a two-hour wait. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Tue, 4 Feb 2014 13:03 PM

Maulana Sami ul-Haq (C), one of the Taliban negotiators, speaks during a news conference with his team members Ibrahim Khan (L) and Maulana Abdul Aziz (R) in Islamabad February 4, 2014. Pakistan's much-awaited talks with the Taliban got off to a shambolic start on Tuesday after government negotiators failed to turn up at an agreed time following days of confusion over who should represent the insurgents. On Tuesday, a group of bearded negotiators representing the Taliban arrived at an agreed venue in central Islamabad at 2 p.m. (0900 GMT) for what had been scheduled to be the first round of talks."We arrived on time for the meeting but the government side didn't turn up," a visibly angry Haq, one of the Taliban negotiators, a radical cleric known as the Father of the Taliban, told reporters after a two-hour wait. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)