10 Pak security personnel killed in terror attack

Ten security personnel were killed and three others injured when militants attacked their checkpost in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said on Friday. The security personnel were killed when a gunfight erupted following the attack on Thursday at the...

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Peshawar, Updated At : 10:15 AM Oct 26, 2024 IST

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Ten security personnel were killed and three others injured when militants attacked their checkpost in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said on Friday.

The security personnel were killed when a gunfight erupted following the attack on Thursday at the checkpost in the Daraban area of Dera Ismail Khan district, a police official said.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) . The Pakistani government has repeatedly accused the TTP of spreading terrorism and operating from sanctuaries in Afghanistan.