PESHAWAR: Five Pakistani police personnel were killed on Tuesday (Dec 23) when their van was ambushed in a combined bombing and shooting attack in the country’s northwest, provincial police said, as Pakistan grapples with a resurgence of militant violence. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the assault, saying police had “always played a frontline role in the war against terrorism”. The ambush took place in Karak district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, an area that has been relatively spared major militant attacks compared with other parts of the province.
Published at: 2025-12-23 21:42:00
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