Militants opened fire on January 7 on a security van, killing a policeman in northwestern Pakistan, in a region bordering Afghanistan where violence has spiked in recent months, local police said. A search was under way to find the attackers who fled the scene in Dogar Umerzai, a village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, police spokesman Fatiullah Khan said. Nobody immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. However, such incidents have intensified since the banned Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), ended a cease-fire with the government in Islamabad and ordered its fighters to carry out attacks across the country. To read the original story by AP, click here.
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