Car bomb at police checkpoint kills at least 15 in northwest Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Militants detonated a car bomb at a checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan and opened fire on police, killing at least 15 and wounding three, officials said on Sunday. “Last night in the Fateh Khel area of Bannu, a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a police checkpoint, after which multiple militants entered the post,” Bannu police official Muhammad Sajjad Khan told AFP. READ: 5 killed in Pakistan suicide bombing He said that 15 officers were confirmed dead, the latest attack in the border province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during a wave of militancy that has strained ties between Islamabad […]... Keep on reading: Car bomb at police checkpoint kills at least 15 in northwest Pakistan

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