Pakistanfaces a growing wave of terrorism and separatist violence.
Police officers guard outside a factory where, according to police, two Chinese nationals were shot and injured, in Karachi, Pakistan November 5, 2024. / Photo: Reuters
Eight soldiers were killed and seven police officers kidnapped in separate attacks in northwest Pakistan, police and intelligence officials have told AFP. A Monday clash resulted in the deaths of"eight soldiers" and"nine militants" in the Tirah area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, an intelligence officer said on condition of anonymity.In a separate attack in the province,"seven police officers were kidnapped" at a checkpoint, said a senior police official, also speaking anonymously.Another police official, Muhammad Zia ud-Din, confirmed the incident.The group killed 10 police officers on October 25.
Separatist attacks on Pakistan's security forces are taking place elsewhere in the country of 240 million. On Saturday, seven soldiers were killed by separatists in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, a week after a bombing by the same group killed 26 people, including 14 soldiers, at a train station in the provincial capital.
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