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Imran faces test in governing Taliban stronghold

AFP

In perhaps the most dramatic outcome of Pakistan’s elections, Imran Khan’s party has won power in the northwest, putting to the ultimate test the former cricket star’s anti-US rhetoric and calls for peace talks with the Taliban. After years of war, displacement and broken promises from religious parties…