Pakistan has lodged a diplomatic protest with Afghanistan after 15 policemen were killed in an attack in the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday.
Islamabad’s foreign ministry summoned the Afghan charge d’affaires to “deliver a strong demarche regarding the cowardly vehicle-borne IED attack carried out by terrorists of Fitna-al-Khawarij,” on the Fateh Khel Police Post, a statement said on Monday. Fitna-al-Khawarij is a term Islamabad uses to designate the Pakistani Taliban.
The incident occurred in the Bannu district of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan, when a suspected bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into a police checkpoint.
The suicide bombing was followed by explosions and firing launched by the heavily armed terrorists.
According to an investigation by Pakistan, evidence and technical intelligence indicate that the attack was carried out by terrorists residing in Afghanistan, it said.
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