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LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistanis expressed renewed resolve Wednesday to drive extremists out of their country a day after a deadly Taliban-led attack on a school.

In the wake of the attack — which left 148 dead, including 132 students in the northwestern city of Peshawar — Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pledged to step up a campaign that, along with U.S. drone strikes, targets militants. He also promised to lift a moratorium on the death penalty for terrorism crimes.

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