Militants in northwest Pakistan attack a security post killing 10 forces

Associated Press

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities say a group of militants have attacked a security post in northwest Pakistan and killed 10 officers in an intense shootout. Police said that other security forces were wounded in the attack overnight in Dera Ismail Khan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Also on Friday, suspected militants ambushed a police vehicle killing a local police chief and another policeman, authorities said. No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks but the suspicion is likely to fall on the Pakistani Taliban who have been emboldened since the Afghan Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021.