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Pakistani Taliban fighters have attacked a police post in eastern Punjab province, killing one officer and injuring three others MULTAN, Pakistan -- Pakistani Taliban fighters attacked a police post in eastern Punjab province early Sunday, killing one officer and injuring three others, and triggering a shootout that killed two of the attackers, officials said. The attack occurred in the Mianwali district of Punjab province and led to an intense exchange of fire as reinforcements arrived at the besieged police post, said Imran Nawaz, a spokesman for the counterterrorism police . A group of 10 to 12 militants attack ed the Kundal police post in the Easa Khel area of Mianwali, close to the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province , after midnight, Nawaz said. The exchange of gunfire continued for hours, during which two of the attack ers were killed and a third was wounded but escaped with the others, Nawaz said. A search operation was underway in the area to find the attack ers, he s...

More badly needed humanitarian aid was on its way to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh via both Azerbaijan and Armenia LONDON -- More badly needed humanitarian aid was on its way to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh via both Azerbaijan and Armenia on Saturday. The development comes days after Baku reclaimed control of the province and began talks with representatives of its ethnic Armenian population on reintegrating the area, prompting some residents to flee their homes for fear of reprisals. The aid shipments and evacuations followed Azerbaijan's months-long road blockade of the region led to food and fuel shortages. Baku followed with a lightning military offensive this week. Nagorno-Karabakh came under the control of ethnic Armenian forces, backed by the Armenian Military , in separatist fighting that ended in 1994. Armenian forces also took control of substantial territory around the Azerbaijani region. Azerbaijan regained control of the surrounding territory...