Gunmen ambushed police in Pakistan’s restive northwest, killing 4 officers
Peshawar, Pakistan– Gunmen ambushed a police car in Pakistan’s restive northwest on Wednesday, killing four officers and wounding two others, officials said.
Sajjad Khan, a senior police official, said that the attack occurred in the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province while officers were heading to a nearby town to conduct an operation aimed at arresting a local leader of the Pakistani Taliban. He added that the police responded by firing, and the exchange of fire is still continuing.
the Pakistani Talibanknown as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, is separate from but allied with the Afghan Taliban and has been emboldened since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021. Many Pakistani Taliban leaders and fighters are believed to have taken refuge there.
The Pakistani Taliban and other militants frequently target civilians and security forces in Pakistan, which has seen a rise in armed violence in recent years. The latest exchange of fire comes days after a suicide bomber was sent by one of the companies affiliated with… ISIS targeted a Shiite mosque On the outskirts of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, killing at least 33 worshipers.
