I'm looking to use Pandoc to strip comments from a Markdown document, but it looks like Pandoc strips information when I run the following command:

pandoc example.md --strip-comments  -o example-rendered.md

example.md

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- some example comment
- mention related issues (Github, Trello, etc.)
- with nesting and other stuffreviewers when you're ready
  + "Use your gut" to choose appropriate reviewers
  + expect your first response within 24 hours
-->

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[0]: https://example.com

example-rendered.md

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This is what I expected the output to be

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[0]: https://example.com

Is there a way to make pandoc preserve the document?