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Three militants were killed in Uch when Pakistani forces returned fire. (AP photo/File)
CHARSADDA: Unknown gunmen shot and killed a former local politician in Charsadda district, in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police officials said.
Police officials said the man was a member of the Awami National Party (ANP), the provincial ruling party, which is often targeted by militants who see the ANP as supporting the US-led war against al Qaeda and The Taliban in Afghanistan.
No one claimed responsibility.
Meanwhile in Balochistan, a group of militants ambushed a paramilitary convoy in the Uch area, security officials said.
Three militants were killed when Pakistani forces returned fire.
