US EditionPakistan: Police Van Ambush Kills 7, Including DSP, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Kohat District
The attack killed seven, including Deputy Superintendent Asad Mehmood, amid rising cross-border terrorism linked to militant proxy warfare, officials said.
- Kohat district police said gunmen opened fire on a police mobile van on Tuesday, killing seven, including three policemen, on Shakardara Road.
- Since 2021, Pakistan has reported a rise in cross‑border militancy in KP and Balochistan after the Afghan Taliban regained control, prompting intelligence‑based strikes on seven terrorist camps along the Pakistan‑Afghanistan border.
- Two civilians passing by the van were injured, while three injured policemen and one other injured civilian remained under treatment; Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemned the attack and blamed Fitna al‑Khawarij.
- The interior minister Mohsin Naqvi expressed condolences and paid tribute to DSP Asad Mehmood and the three police personnel, pledging support for their families.
- Precision strikes inside Afghanistan have continued as part of counterterror efforts, with Pakistan targeting militants in Kandahar and Kabul and striking seven camps linked to Fitna al-Khawarij and Daesh-Khorasan despite failed ceasefire talks.
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At least seven people, including six Pakistani police officers, were killed and several others injured in an attack on a police patrol vehicle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the Afghanistan border, Pakistani media reported. The post Seven Killed in Attack on Pakistani Police Vehicle Near Afghanistan Border appeared first on KabulNow.
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