Taliban militants launched a deadly attack against security personnel guarding a state-owned gas company in northwest Pakistan, police reported on Monday. The assault resulted in the deaths of at least five paramilitary soldiers and injuries to nearly a dozen more.

The attackers, identified as members of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), targeted the soldiers near the Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Company's team, located near Kot Lalu in the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A police spokesperson confirmed that the militants planned to disrupt a gas pipeline project vital for regional energy distribution.

In a swift retaliatory operation, security forces managed to kill at least eight militants. The injured security personnel were quickly transported to the

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