...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
's border with Khyber Agency on Wednesday, officials said.
Hayatabad Police Station SHO Mera Jan was killed and four coppers were maimed in the attack near Karkhano checkpost on the main highway linking Khyber tribal
region with Peshawar. Mira Jan was on routine patrol along the main Pakistain-Afghanistan highway when his vehicle came under gunfire near an Afghan market, a police official said. "The in-charge of Hayatabad Police Station was struck down in his prime, whereas four coppers escorting the police officer were maimed in the attack and are being treated," the official told media while declining to be identified. Mera Jan was patrolling the highway to ensure safe entry and exit of NATO...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
supply trucks. On Monday, DSP Traffic Amanullah Khan and his driver were bumped off while on their way to office.