Pakistan installs fishing nets at security outposts to block drone attacks

Hangu, Pakistan – Police officer Fayyaz Khan and his colleagues ducked for cover as drones carrying explosives rained them down on their checkpost in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province this year.The April 16 attack was claimed by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), commonly known as the Pakistan Taliban, and its fighters then opened fire from all sides of the Sarki Piyala police checkpost in Hangu district, about 30km (18 miles) from the border with Afghanistan and a hotbed of deadly attacks by armed groups, mainly the TTP.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Suicide bombing in Pakistan’s Dera Ismail Khan kills at least 12 peoplelist 2 of 4Pakistan launches deadly air attacks on Afghanistanlist 3 of 4Pro-Imran Khan mass rally launched after Pakistan government talks faillist 4 of 4Pakistan, India summon diplomats after two people killed in border incidentend of listThe confrontation lasted roughly seven hours, killed the driver of an armoured vehicle and injured a constable, Khan, a 40-year-old police inspector, recalled.“There was a great deal of fear because we were in the middle of a battle. At that moment, we did not even know whether we would make it back ...