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Pakistan support in improving its security policy. The interior ministries of China and Pakistan participate in exchanges of expertise and intelligence to combat terrorism that targets both countries. In April 2015, a Pakistani military security force was formed with 12,000 soldiers to
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Pakistan. China is one of the many nations with which Pakistan has collaborated in anti-terrorism agreements, and economic relations between the countries have compelled more interactions to limit terrorism. In 2009, Chinese President
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on 14 July 2021. The attack occurred when a vehicle carrying explosives collided with a bus carrying
Chinese engineers to a construction site. Two Pakistani soldiers were also killed. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, though Pakistani Foreign Minister
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have occurred since 2004. They increased beginning in 2018 as China's global influence increases, and
Chinese nationals are victims of terror attacks more commonly in Pakistan than in any other country. The attacks have further increased since the
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