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Roadside bomb kills 3 officers in northwestern Pakistan
The attack is the third in three days amid escalating militant violence attributed to the Pakistani Taliban, who are accused of using Afghan territory as a base, officials said.
- On Wednesday, a powerful roadside bomb targeting a police vehicle killed three police officers in Dera Ismail Khan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police official Sajjad Khan said; it was the third such attack in as many days.
- Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi blamed the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, for the bombing, saying no group immediately claimed responsibility and an investigation is underway.
- A day earlier militants ambushed a vehicle in Bannu , killing a government administrator, two guards and a passerby.
- Pakistan has seen a steady rise in militant violence, deepening tensions with Afghanistan after cross-border clashes killed dozens before a Qatar-mediated cease-fire on Oct. 19.
- Islamabad accuses Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan of using Afghan territory as a safe haven since the Taliban's takeover in 2021, while the group has intensified attacks against security forces in recent years.
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