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BANNU, Peshawar: Two bombs weighing twenty pounds each were defused by security forces in the Bannu district near Peshawar on Sunday, DawnNews reported.

In related news, a bomb planted on a motorcycle was defused near a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpost situated in the Chaman area near the Pak-Afghan border.

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