At least 10 police officers, including two senior officials, were killed on Wednesday when militants ambushed a police convoy in Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan.
An intense exchange of fire between security forces and the attackers was ongoing following the ambush, said Local police official Faisal Khan.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. However, suspicion heavily falls on the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which has stepped up attacks against security forces in the region bordering Afghanistan.
Pakistan has experienced a surge in militant violence in recent years, largely attributed to the TTP—an organization separate from but closely allied with the Afghan Taliban, who returned to power in 2021. Islamabad frequently accuses Afghanistan's Taliban government of providing safe havens to TTP militants, an allegation Kabul denies.