PESHAWAR: Three Pakistani policemen were killed on Thursday when militants attacked a security checkpoint in the Hangu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), officials said, the latest in a surge of violence targeting law enforcement in the country’s northwest. The attack came just three days after suicide bombers stormed the headquarters of the Frontier Constabulary, a paramilitary force, in Peshawar on Monday, killing three personnel and injuring more than five.

Pakistani authorities said a suicide bombing targeting paramilitary police left three officers dead and 12 people injured, including seven civilians.

PESHAWAR: Three Pakistani policemen were killed on Thursday when militants attacked a security checkpoint in the Hangu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), officials said, the…