PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A heavy exchange of fire erupted today at a security-forces office in northwest Pakistan. Police official Dost Mohammed said it was unclear who fired at the office of the security forces in Peshawar, the capital of troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where militants often target police and security forces. Troops immediately surrounding the area were responding to the attack, he said.
The building that came under attack belonged to an army intelligence agency, and captured terrorism suspects were being questioned there at the time of the shooting, two other local police officials said.
The shooting began hours after suspected U.S. missiles struck two vehicles carrying militants in northwest Pakistan and killed four of them.
