US EditionMilitant attacks on Pakistani police kill 5 as government hunt for insurgents displaces thousands
- On Thursday, militants carried out multiple overnight attacks across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing five Pakistani police officers and injuring eight, officials said.
- Since 2007, the Pakistani Islamist militant group The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for attacks timed to coincide with Independence Day festivities.
- A spike in attacks in recent months has strained the under-equipped police force, with militants using rocket-propelled grenade launchers in some assaults.
- Authorities are registering displaced families in camps set up in public schools after the government operation in Bajaur district displaced at least 100,000 people.
- Since late 2022, attacks have accelerated, with 335 militant assaults in 2024 killing 520 people, Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies reports.
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Pakistani militants kill six policemen in eight targeted attacks in
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Militants in Pakistan’s northwest carried out eight overnight gun and grenade attacks targeting the police, killing six officers, an official said on Thursday. The attacks targeted police stations, checkpoints and patrols across seven districts in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, police officer Mohammad Ali Babakhel said, as the nation
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Militant attacks on Pakistani police kill 5 as government hunt for insurgents displaces thousands
A series of attacks against Pakistani police by militants left five officers dead and eight wounded in the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Pakistan’s Independence Day.
Pakistani Militants kill 6 policemen in Eight Targeted attacks
The News God Pakistani Militants kill 6 policemen in Eight Targeted attacks Six out of eight targeted police officers were killed by Pakistan’s militants in overnight gun and grenade attacks, an official said on Thursday. According to police officer Mohammad Ali Babakhel, the attacks targeted police stations, checkpoints and patrols across seven districts in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, as the nation of 240 million peop…
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