Deadly attack on Pakistan checkpoint leaves 15 dead as militant violence surges

A militant assault on a checkpoint in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has left fifteen people dead, France 24 reports. It's the latest in a surge of violence in the border region, coming just days after another deadly clash there. Authorities blame the growing wave of attacks on militants operating from across the border in Afghanistan.

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