Pakistan Police Convoy Attacked, 11 Officers Killed and 12 Injured

According to the International Desk of Webangah News Agency, security sources informed Anadolu Agency that at least 11 police personnel were killed and 12 others were injured today, Wednesday, in the “Kohat” region of northwestern Pakistan.

Mohammad Nauman Zeb, the spokesperson for Kohat police, stated in an interview with the local newspaper “Express Tribune” that armed individuals opened fire on a police convoy en route to an operation against illegal gold mining.

The newspaper also reported that the attack occurred in the “Darabukach Jalandar Banda” area, situated between the Kohat and Karak districts.

According to Zeb, five police vehicles were also set ablaze during the attack. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has witnessed a series of attacks against police forces in recent months.

Data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), a global monitoring organization, indicates that the number of terrorist attacks in Pakistan has seen an annual increase since 2022. ACLED’s figures show that the number of such incidents rose from 658 in 2022 to 2,425 in 2025, a nearly fourfold increase.