Eight soldiers were killed and seven policemen kidnapped in two attacks in northwest Pakistan on Monday night, one claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), police and intelligence officials told AFP on Tuesday.

An intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said ‘eight soldiers’ and ‘nine attackers’ were killed in an attack claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

In a separate attack, ‘seven policemen were abducted’, a senior police officer told AFP.