Blast in Pakistan's Rawalpindi city kills 4

ISLAMABAD -Citing security concerns, the U.N. suspended long-term development work in two key areas along Pakistan's volatile border with Afghanistan on Monday, a blow to international efforts to counter the country's rising militancy.

Underscoring the militant threat, an explosion near a bank killed four people and wounded more than a dozen in the capital's neighboring city of Rawalpindi, said police official Kashif Ayaz.

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