At least 17 killed in two bomb attacks, gunfight in northwest Pakistan

The separate incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, which left dozens more wounded, come as Pakistan's security forces battle intensifying insurgencies in southern and northern provinces that border Afghanistan. This month the Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for a massive suicide blast at a Shiite mosque in the capital Islamabad that killed 31 people and wounded 169 others. The latest attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa targeted a checkpoint and a police station, according...