Pakistani officials said four security officials were killed in a shoot-out on July 2 in the southwestern Balochistan Province. They said the Tehrik-e Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, in which about a dozen militants attacked police and frontier officers at a highway checkpoint. One of the attackers was killed and three injured, a local police commissioner said. The Tehrik-e Taliban is distinct from the Taliban in Afghanistan, but espouses a similar ideology. Islamabad has charged that some of the attacks in Pakistan have been organized inside Afghanistan.
Pakistan Taliban Claims Attack That Killed Four Security Officers
Pakistani authorities said the Tehrik-e Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, in which about a dozen militants attacked police and frontier officers at a highway checkpoint. (file photo)