Police officer killed in explosion in northwest Pakistan

Peshawar, Nov 8 (PTI) A police officer was killed in an explosion in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, police said.

     According to the police, the incident occurred in Chakesar tehsil of Shangla district in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

     Constable Qayyum Khan, posted at Martung Police Station in the district, was killed when a remote-controlled bomb rigged to a parked motorcycle detonated as he was on his way to the police station, police said.

     No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack.

     Following the incident, police reached the site and cordoned off the area. A search operation is underway.

     The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has faced recurring unrest over the years driven by militant violence, cross-border movement of fighters from Afghanistan and repeated military operations.

     Pakistan accuses the banned terror outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan of carrying out recurring attacks in the province bordering Afghanistan since its ceasefire deal with the federal government ended in November 2022.

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