Pakistani Armed Group Attacks Police Outpost, 26 Killed

In northwestern Pakistan, a shootout following an armed group's attack on a police outpost has resulted in 26 deaths.

On July 30, local time, according to AFP and other sources, members of an armed group attacked a police outpost in Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northwestern Pakistan, the previous day.

Injured people are being transported in Pakistan. The photo is unrelated to the article. Photo by AP-Yonhap News.

During the shootout, which lasted about an hour, 11 police officers were killed and more than 20 people were injured. Pakistani police reported that 15 members of the armed group were killed. The police are continuing search operations to eliminate remaining members of the armed group.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which borders Afghanistan, is known as the region with the highest number of terrorist incidents in Pakistan, due to the active presence of extremist groups such as the separatist militant Pakistan Taliban (TTP). Last year in Pakistan, there were more than 5,000 attacks by armed groups, including 27 suicide bombings. In particular, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa alone experienced 3,811 terrorist incidents last year, including 16 suicide bombings.

Regarding the attack the previous day, it has been suggested that the TTP could be a suspect. The TTP, a Sunni Islamist militant coalition, aims to overthrow the Pakistani government and establish a state governed by Islamic law, or 'sharia.' The group is known to have maintained long-term cooperation with the Afghan Taliban and, based in key hideouts in Afghanistan, carries out various terrorist activities moving between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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