Attack on northwest Pakistan police post kills 11 officers | Armed Groups News

Fifteen attackers have been additionally killed in the course of the hours-long raid in Pakistan’s northwestern Hangu district.

An ambush on a police checkpoint in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has killed at the least 11 cops and injured dozens, in line with native authorities.

The assault late on Wednesday came about within the Hangu district close to the Afghan border. The attackers first used explosive-laden quadcopters to focus on the police submit earlier than ambushing it, in line with a police assertion.

Safety forces engaged in an hours-long gun battle with the attackers, killing 15 of them whereas sustaining heavy casualties, mentioned native police.

Along with the 11 cops killed, 28 have been hospitalised with accidents.

Amongst these killed was Deputy Superintendent Diyar Khan, who had led reinforcements to the scene, native police mentioned.

Attackers set three police vehicles alight and took one other police automobile, added district police officer Mujahid Hussain.

No group has claimed duty for the newest assault, which got here days after a deadly suicide bombing targeting Pakistani soldiers within the close by district of Tank. The Pakistan Taliban, identified by the acronym TTP, claimed duty for ⁠the suicide assault.

Violence in Pakistan’s border areas has risen sharply in recent months, focusing on primarily the navy and police after an armed battle between Pakistan and Afghanistan killed tons of earlier this 12 months.

Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder, reporting from Islamabad, mentioned there was a spike in assaults focusing on police and safety forces alongside the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

Islamabad claims fighters use secure havens in Afghanistan to coach and ‌plan assaults in Pakistan. Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities has denied the cost and mentioned the unrest is Pakistan’s home downside.

The Pakistan Taliban has been waging ⁠a revolt in opposition to the Pakistani state since 2007 in an try and overthrow the federal government and change it with their very own model of governance.

The surging assaults alongside the Afghanistan-Pakistan border have the potential to reignite combating between the neighbours. The 2 international locations engaged of their worst fighting in years in February, ‌with ‌Pakistan finishing up air strikes inside Afghanistan.

“Relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan have dropped to an all-time low,” mentioned Hyder. “All sides accuses the opposite of harbouring teams that [work against each other].”