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Hey, I'm Kelly McEvers, and this is Embedded from NPR, with a special series from our friends at the

CBC called The Kill List.

In episode four, we go back to the beginning, to when activist Karima Baluch was alive and living in exile in Canada,

and to the beginning of Mary Lynx investigation into Baluch's death a few years later.

And just a note before we get started, this episode contains difficult subject matter,

including references to suicide and torture,

if you or someone you know might be considering suicide,

or are in crisis call or text 988

to reach the suicide and crisis lifeline.

Okay, this is episode four,

I am not a terrorist.

Mary link takes it from here. I began this investigation more than a year ago with a single question, what happened to Karima Baluch?

Trying to answer that has taken me down paths that continue to be both surprising and concerning,

discovering threats, very real threats against Pakistani dissidents living in the West.

An assassination plot, allegations of state sanctions kill lists.

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