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Three security personnel die in Peshawar and Mohmand
PESHAWAR: Three security personnel were killed in two separate incidents on Sunday in Peshawar and Mohmand agency.In the first incident, a police official was killed when a police van was attacked. The police vehicle was assigned to Mathra police station. "Police van of Mathra police station of Peshawar came under attack in Pajagi road area," said a police official. "The police mobile was on regular patrolling when it was attacked," said Abbas Majid Marwat, SSP Operations Peshawar. The police official was later identified as Naveed. A passerby was also injured in the attack, and was later shifted to Lady Reading Hospital. In a separate incident, two security officials were killed in Mohmand agency. A Khasadar force official and a Bomb Disposal Unit official were killed in landmine blast in Safi tehsil of Mohmand agency. Security forces launched a search operation in the area following the attack. Mohmand is one of Pakistan’s seven tribal agencies near the Afghan border where the military has been battling Al-Qaeda and Taliban-linked militants for over a decade. Posted by: badanov 2016-09-05 |
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