Unidentified gunmen attacked a convoy of United Nations vehicles carrying local employees in the Dera Ismail Khan district of Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, police told RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal on July 30. No one was injured in the incident, which occurred in an area connecting Dera Ismail Khan with the neighboring Tank district, Abdul Salam Khalid, Tank police chief told Radio Mashaal. "Apparently, the attackers were trying to kidnap UN staffers," said Khalid, who added that all UN personnel had been safely evacuated. Pakistan has witnessed a surge in violence mostly blamed on the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan.
UN Convoy Attacked In Northwest Pakistan; No Casualties, Police Say
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