Taliban kill two police in Khyber
PESHAWAR: Taliban militants attacked a checkpoint in a Pakistan's Khyber tribal region and killed two tribal policemen, an official said Saturday.
The militants raided the checkpoint near the town of Jamrud in the restive tribal district overnight and took three tribal policemen with them, local administration official Fida Mohammad Bangash told AFP.
'The bullet-riddled bodies of two were found in the morning, while one is still missing,' Bangash said, adding that a search operation had been launched to find him.
The checkpoint was on the main highway linking Khyber with Afghanistan and a key transit route for trucks carrying supplies for the NATO forces stationed across the border.
Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked insurgents have carried out a series of attacks on NATO vehicles and terminals outside the northwestern city of Peshawar.
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