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Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants killed six paramilitary unit and abducted 8 others during an onslaught connected a checkpoint successful northwestern Pakistan, information officials said connected Tuesday (June 9, 2026).
Dozens of members of the militant group, which claimed work for the attack, stormed a checkpoint successful the metropolis of Peshawar with firearms, manus grenades and mortar shells connected Monday (June 9, 2026), a information authoritative told AFP connected information of anonymity due to the fact that they were not authorised to talk to media.
"Six unit of the Federal Constabulary (FC) were martyred and 4 others wounded successful an onslaught carried retired by equipped militants," said a 2nd information official, referring to Pakistan's paramilitary unit which contributes to overmuch of the frontline information successful Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan.
"The militants abducted 8 FC unit and took them to an undisclosed location," the 2nd root said.
Pakistan's subject did not instantly respond to petition for comment.
The TTP posted an representation of the men it had abducted connected its societal media transmission and claimed work for the attack.
Pakistan has been warring increasing insurgencies successful its occidental regions that borderline Afghanistan, which Islamabad accuses of harbouring militants — an assertion the Afghan Taliban authorities successful Kabul has repeatedly denied.
Last month, militants killed 26 radical successful Khyber Pakhtunkhwa successful respective attacks.
Relations betwixt Kabul and Islamabad person deteriorated sharply successful caller months implicit the militancy allegations, with diplomatic tensions escalating into deadly cross-border clashes including Pakistani airstrikes wrong Afghanistan.
