One killed in attack on police checkpoint in Pakistan
Islamabad - At least one police officer was killed and another wounded Saturday in a bomb explosion at a police checkpoint in Pakistan's troubled north-western region, officials said.
The attack took place in the area of Dandoful, Charsada district, in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Confirming the casualties, police officer Sabir Khan told dpa by phone that the bomb was apparently planted overnight by Taliban militants near the barricade.
Khan said about 12 police officers were near the checkpoint at the time of the blast. Most were saved as they were inside a mud-and-brick hut, while two officers were at the barricade to check for suspicious vehicles.
While no group claimed responsibility for the attack, Taliban have targeted police in the district, which is on the border of the tribal region of Mohmand, a hotbed of al-Qaeda-linked militants.
At least 80 recruits of the paramilitary Frontier Constabulary were killed in May when suicide bombers attacked their vehicles in the same area
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The attack took place in the area of Dandoful, Charsada district, in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Confirming the casualties, police officer Sabir Khan told dpa by phone that the bomb was apparently planted overnight by Taliban militants near the barricade.
Khan said about 12 police officers were near the checkpoint at the time of the blast. Most were saved as they were inside a mud-and-brick hut, while two officers were at the barricade to check for suspicious vehicles.
While no group claimed responsibility for the attack, Taliban have targeted police in the district, which is on the border of the tribal region of Mohmand, a hotbed of al-Qaeda-linked militants.
At least 80 recruits of the paramilitary Frontier Constabulary were killed in May when suicide bombers attacked their vehicles in the same area
Source http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1674746.php/One-killed-in-attack-on-police-checkpoint-in-Pakistan
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