Pakistan: Gunmen attack 3 sites in east, 18 killed

Pakistan: Gunmen attack 3 sites in east, 18 killed

LAHORE, Pakistan—Teams of gunmen attacked three security sites Thursday in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore while a suicide bomber hit a northwestern town, killing a total of 26 people in an escalating a wave of terror aimed at scuttling a planned offensive into the militants' heartland on the Afghan border.

The assaults paralyzed one of the nation's most vibrant cities and showed the militants are highly organized and able to carry out sophisticated, coordinated strikes against heavily fortified facilities, despite stepped up security across the country.

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