Militants Attack Pakistan Oil Plant Near Afghan Border, Kill 6 Troops and Guards, Police Say

Militants Attack Pakistan Oil Plant Near Afghan Border, Kill 6 Troops and Guards, Police Say
This is a locator map for Pakistan with its capital, Islamabad, and the Kashmir region. AP Photo
The Associated Press
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan—Dozens of militants attacked an oil and gas plant on Tuesday in Pakistan’s remote northwest, near the border with Afghanistan, killing four security troops and two private guards, officials said.

Oil production was temporarily suspended following the attack on the oil and gas extraction facility run by a multinational European company, MOL Pakistan Oil and Gas, in Hangu, a restive district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.