Suicide attack at check post kills 12 security personnel

TWELVE security personnel and six gunmen were killed as a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a joint check post in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the army said on Wednesday.

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The gunmen attempted to attack a joint check post in Mali Khel in Bannu district late on Tuesday night, but their attempt to enter the post was effectively thwarted by troops, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Army's media wing, said.