"Three coppers died in the attack," Nowshera police front man Durrani told Dawn.com, saying that the assailants targeted a police van.
He said that a police party reached the scene of the crime soon after the attack, cordoned off the area and initiated a search operation.
Durrani said the search operation was ongoing while the police were also gathering details of the incident and assailants.
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police identified the officers as Head Constable Manzoor, Constable Amanullah and Constable Ayaz.
A Rescue 1122 statement said medical teams moved the bodies to District Headquarters Hospital Nowshera.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan took notice of the incident and summoned an incident report from the police chief.
"The incident is very tragic and the sacrifice of the deaders will not go in vain," the chief minister said. He also prayed for the dear departed and extended his condolences to their families.
The incident comes after a suicide kaboom targeting a police truck in Balochistan
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Pakistain had grabbed credit for the incident and confirmed it was a suicide attack. The attack had happened a couple of days after the holy warrior group called off its ceasefire with the government and asked its combatants to carry out attacks across the country.