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A Pakistani Army brigadier and his driver have been shot dead in their car in the capital Islamabad Thursday morning, 22 October. A guard was wounded. The attackers were two young men on a motorcycle, who escaped. The attack comes just three days after a twin suicide attack at the International Islamist University killed at least four people. Over 180 people have died in attacks around Pakistan since the beginning of October.

The attacks come as the Pakistani army launched a major ground offensive into the Federally Administered Tribal Areas’ South Waziristan district to rid it of Pakistan Taliban militants. Al-Jazeera, BBC, Reuters