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Gunmen kill three soldiers in northwestern Pakistan
Two gunmen on a motorcycle killed three soldiers on Sunday near the northwestern city of Peshawar, police said.
Two gunmen on a motorcycle killed three soldiers on Sunday near the northwestern city of Peshawar, police said.
The gunmen struck in Garhi Sohbat Khan on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, attacking a private vehicle carrying the three soldiers.
The attackers used handguns to target the soldiers, who were returning from a military dairy farm after fetching milk for officers, Khan said.
No one claimed responsibility, but Islamic militants have been involved in multiple such attacks in and around the provincial capital surrounded by lawless tribal regions.
Dad Mohammad, another area police officer, said the incident was second of the kind in this area — which is close to the Mohmand tribal region. Last week gunmen shot dead a prominent physician who was instrumental in anti-polio campaigns, he said.
The Mohmand tribal region is a hotbed for Islamic militants and the Pakistani army has carried out several operations to eliminate militant hideouts. But the militants have repeatedly struck back.
On Friday, a suicide bomber killed 36 worshippers during Friday prayers in the Ambar area of Mohmand. Jamaatul Ahrar, a breakaway faction of the Taliban, claimed responsibility for that attack.
