10 Pakistani police officers, 18 terrorists killed in attack in northwest: police

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The gunmen ambushed police returning from an operation against illegal gold mining in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Kohat district.

Gunmen attacked police during an operation against illegal gold mining in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 10 officers, while 18 terrorists died in the ensuing fighting, an official police statement said.

A statement by provincial police in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said officers were returning from a mine in the Gumbat area of Kohat district when terrorists opened fire on them.

In addition to the 10 police and 18 terrorist deaths, 12 police personnel were wounded, the police statement said.

In the aftermath of the clashes, the terrorist group Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for a series of attacks across the country, including one on a police convoy in the Gumbat area.

Earlier, a senior administrative official in Kohat told AFP that terrorists set two police vehicles on fire during the assault, while two other police vehicles and one private vehicle were missing.

Another senior administrative official in the Orakzai area of Kohat said that 10 terrorists belonging to the TTP were killed during a separate operation in the district.

A large quantity of weapons was also recovered from the terrorists, the official added.

Security forces are battling intensifying terrorism in the border province they say emanates from Afghanistan, an accusation its Taliban government denies.

A spokesperson for a local emergency service earlier on Wednesday said there had been a "firing incident involving police personnel" in Kohat district, adding that rescue workers were treating a dozen wounded officers.

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