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Suspected militants ignited a fire with kerosene to burn down a girls’ school in north-western Pakistan near the Afghan border, in a third incident this month targeting female education, officials said on Wednesday. The compound was set ablaze on Monday night in the region of North Waziristan, stoking fresh fears about the safety of female students, whose education has been a target of Islamists for years. The incident that occurred in the remote region was reported on Wednesday, local police chief Rehan Khan told dpa. North Waziristan had long served as a headquarters for al-Qaeda and the aff…

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