### [2026-05-9](/feed/2026/05/9/index.md)

##### Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
# At least 12 police officers are killed and five others are injured after militants detonated a car bomb and attacked a police checkpoint in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. 




### Sources:

1. [AFP via ''The Times of Israel](https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/car-bomb-attack-on-checkpoint-kills-at-least-12-in-northwest-pakistan-police-say/)

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