Pakistan militant attack kills 10 policemen in KPK's Kohat, gunbattle still under way

At least 10 police personnel, including two senior officers, were killed in a militant attack in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday, officials told news agency AP.The attack occurred in Kohat district, where militants targeted vehicles carrying police officers, leading to an exchange of gunfire between the attackers and security forces, local police official Faisal Khan said.Khan confirmed that two senior police officers were among those killed. He added that the gunbattle was still underway, but did not share further details.No militant organisation has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.

However, suspicion is likely to centre on the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also known as the Pakistani Taliban, which has intensified its attacks on security forces in the region in recent months.Pakistan has witnessed a rise in militant violence over the past few years, with much of it attributed to the TTP. The group is separate from the Afghan Taliban but shares close ties with it.