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At least 11 police officers were killed and 12 others injured Wednesday when gunmen attacked a police team heading to raid an illegal gold mining operation in northwestern Pakistan's Kohat district, security sources told Anadolu Agency.
The gunmen opened fire on the officers in the Darbokach Jalandhar Banda area, between the Kohat and Karak districts, Kohat police spokesperson Muhammad Nauman Zeb told the local newspaper Express Tribune.
Five police vehicles were also set on fire during the attack, Zeb said.
The attack comes amid a series of assaults targeting police officers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in recent months.
Terrorist attacks across Pakistan have increased annually since 2022, according to data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED), a global conflict monitoring organization.
The number of attacks rose nearly fourfold, from 658 in 2022 to 2,425 in 2025, ACLED data showed.
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