Gunmen kill five police in northwest Pakistan near Afghan border, police say


DERA ISMAIL ⁠KHAN, Pakistan, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Gunmen ambushed a police vehicle and killed ⁠five officials in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, police said, as ‌the South Asian nation struggles to quell a rising wave of militant attacks and faces renewed border tensions with neighbouring Afghanistan.

The ambush in Kohat city, situated along the ​border with Afghanistan, comes a day after a ⁠drone and gun attack killed ⁠three paramilitary troops in the nearby city of Karak.

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