Militants attack a security post in restive northwest Pakistan, killing 2 people

No one claimed responsibility but suspicion likely to fall on Pakistani Taliban

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A locator map for Pakistan with its capital, Islamabad, and the Kashmir region. © AP

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Militants armed with assault rifles attacked a security post in restive northwest Pakistan early Tuesday, killing a police officer and a civilian, officials said.

Another officer was also wounded in the attack at the Draban Post in Dera Ismail Khan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police official Abdullah Khan said, adding that the civilian was an employee of the Customs department.

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