Two bomb attacks and a gunfight between police and militants in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province killed at least 14 security personnel and three civilians, including a child, officials said. The latest attacks targeted a checkpoint and a police station, according to a military statement and a security official, as reported by AP. In Bajaur district, militants rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a wall near a checkpoint, killing 11 security personnel and a girl, the military said on Tuesday.The explosion caused “severe destruction” to nearby residential buildings, “leading to the martyrdom of one innocent young girl” and injuring seven others, the military statement said. A security official, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said the vehicle hit the wall of a religious college.In another attack in the town of Bannu, a bomb planted in a rickshaw exploded at the Miryan police station, killing two civilians and wounding 17 others, the official said.Elsewhere in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, three police personnel and three militants were killed during a search operation in Shangla district. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police force said in a statement on Monday that the three slain militants had been involved in “attacks targeting Chinese nationals.”Beijing has poured billions of dollars into Pakistan in recent years, but Chinese-funded projects have sparked resentment, and their citizens have frequently come under attack.
