At least three security personnel have been killed after a suicide bomber and gunmen attacked the Federal Constabulary (FC) headquarters in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar.

“Three FC (Federal Constabulary) personnel deployed at the gate were martyred and four others were wounded,” said Peshawar Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Mian Saeed Ahmad, adding one assailant detonated explosives and two other attackers were shot dead by the security forces.

Monday’s attack, which wounded 11 others, came less than two weeks after a suicide attack outside a court in the capital, Islamabad, killed 12 people.

Here is what we know so far and why armed attacks have surged in Pakistan in recent months.

What happened in Peshawar?

Just after 8am (03:00 GMT) on Monday, a suicide bomber deton

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