3 cops martyred in terror attack on Khyber check post.

KHYBER -- As many as three policemen were martyred in a terrorist attack on a police check-post in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Khyber Agency here yesterday. According to the local police, terrorists opened fire on the check-post in Tekhta Beg using explosive material, after which the police station caught fire. This led to exchange of fire between the police force and terrorists, which continued for hours. Immediately after the attack, the traffic on the Pak-Afghan Highway was shut down and a heavy contingent of police was dispatched to the check-post. Talking to journalists, Jamrud SHO Shah Khalid termed thestorm on the police checkpost a suicide attack. 'The suicide bomber entered the...

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