The Pakistani Taliban on May 24 claimed responsibility for an attack earlier in the week on an oil field run by the Hungarian company MOL that left at least six security guards dead and forced the suspension of operations. Around 50 militants armed with heavy weapons overran the security check post at the facility located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, northwestern Pakistan, overnight between May 22-23, police official Asadullah Khan said. At least four Pakistani paramilitary soldiers and two security guards from a private company were killed in the hours-long gun battle at one of the country's largest oil fields, Khan added.
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