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Gunmen kill four policemen in NW Pakistan
[Al Ahram] Gunmen in a car rubbed out four coppers at a checkpoint in a restive northwestern Pak city on Sunday, officials said.The shooting took place in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. , capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... province, where Talibs are active. "At least four coppers embraced martyrdom after unknown gunnies in a car fired at them when asked to stop for checking," senior police official Mohammad Ismail told AFP. Nobody immediately grabbed credit, but Talibs, who have been waging a bloody insurgency against the state, routinely target police and security forces. Posted by: Fred 2013-10-21 |
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