Fallout from Pakistani madrassa bombing: Prince Charles cancels trip to Peshawar

Earlier today Pakistani forces bombed a madrassa, or Islamic school, killing 80 militants. The school was believed to be have run by al-Qaeda.

Yesterday Prince Charles and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall arrived in Pakistan for a state visit. Tomorrow they had planned to visit Peshawar, a city in that notorious border tribal area of Pakistan. But at the suggestion of the Pakistani government, that visit has been cancelled.

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