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Gunmen kill three soldiers in northwest Pakistan

Peshawar is the gateway to the restive tribal areas where the military has been battling Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked militants for over a decade

Gunmen killed three paramilitary soldiers Wednesday after opening fire on their vehicle in Peshawar in Pakistan's insurgency-racked northwest, officials said. The drive-by shooting took place on the city's Ring Road. "Three gunmen riding two motorbikes opened fire at the vehicle of the Frontier Constabulary, killing three soldiers on the spot," city police chief Mubarak Zeb told AFP. He said the attackers escaped. The Commandant of the Frontier Constabulary, Liaqat Khan, also confirmed the incident and casualties. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. But the Pakistani Taliban regularly target military and civilian installations as part of an insurgency which has claimed tens of thousands of lives. Peshawar is the gateway to the restive tribal areas where the military has been battling Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked militants for over a decade.