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File photo : Earlier, the two sides failed to reach an agreement after marathon talks that stretched into two days.

Pakistan Tightens Security Ahead of Possible Second Round of US-Iran Talks in Islamabad

Pakistan has launched sweeping security measures in Islamabad and Rawalpindi amid expectations of a possible second round of negotiations between the United States and Iran, despite no official confirmation of the talks.

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Photo: AP/Francisco Seco : Broken glass lies on the floor beneath chandeliers covered in protective plastic in a room damaged, according to Iranian authorities, by a nearby airstrike during U.S.-Israeli strikes in early March at the Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Tehran, Iran.

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| Photo: ISNA via AP : Damage caused by U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran is seen at the Qajar-era Golestan Palace in Tehran, Iran.

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| Photo: IMAGO/Stringer : The Iranian national team, National team players appear at the ceremony wearing black armbands and carrying girls school backpacks to protest the bombing of Shajareh Tayyebeh girls elementary school in Minab and the US-Israel strikes in Iran ahead of the friendly match between Iran and Nigeria at the Mardan Sports Complex in Antalya, Turkiye

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| Photo: ISNA via AP : Damage caused by U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran is seen at the Qajar-era Golestan Palace in Tehran, Iran, March 3, 2026.

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| Photo: AP/Hussein Malla : A displaced migrant man who was among others who fled Israeli strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs checks his mobile phone as he sits on a mattress at Saint Joseph Church, which has been turned into a shelter for displaced migrants, mostly from African nations, in Beirut, Wednesday, March 11, 2026.

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| Photo: Abbas Zakeri/Mehr News Agency via AP : Residents and officials attend the funeral of people killed in what Iranian officials said was an Israeli-U.S. strike Feb. 28 on a girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran.

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