10 policemen and 18 militants killed in attack in northwestern Pakistan

Pakistani police announced the killing of ten of its members and the injury of 12 others on Wednesday in an attack by gunmen on a security convoy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the country's northwest, while 18 militants were killed in the clashes that followed the attack. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

Pakistani police announced on Thursday the killing of ten of its members and the injury of 12 others on Wednesday in an attack by gunmen on a security convoy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the country's northwest. The clashes that followed the attack resulted in the killing of 18 militants. Police reported that the convoy was returning from an illegal gold mining site in the Gumbat area of Kohat district when it came under fire. The attack led to the burning of two police vehicles, and damage to two other vehicles and a private car. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for a series of attacks in different areas, including the targeting of the police convoy in Gumbat. Another official reported the killing of ten militants belonging to the movement in a separate security operation in the Orakzai area of Kohat district, and the seizure of a quantity of weapons in their possession. These developments come amid ongoing tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan since the Taliban's return to power in 2021.