Pakistani Taliban attacks on security forces kill more than 20 in restive northwest

Pakistani Taliban militants have claimed responsibility for separate attacks that killed 20 security officers and three civilians in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan. Friday’s attacks came hours after the Afghan Taliban government accused Pakistan of “violating Kabul’s sovereign territory”. The Pakistani Taliban on Saturday claimed responsibility for deadly attacks in several northwestern districts that killed 20 security officials and three civilians. The attacks, which included a suicide bombing on a police training school, were carried out on Friday in several districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan. Militancy has surged in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since the withdrawal…

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