Pakistani police were the target of a terrorist attack: 11 people lost their lives
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11 police officers lost their lives and 12 police officers were injured in an armed attack on a police team going to an illegal gold mining operation in the Kohat district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Why It Matters
Armed attacks in Pakistan are concentrated in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan provinces on the border with Afghanistan. Groups claiming to defend ethnic rights in these regions target security forces.
In his statement to the Express Tribune newspaper published in Pakistan, Kohat police spokesman Muhammad Numan Zeb noted that the police team, which set out for an operation against illegal gold mining, was ambushed by armed attackers in the Kohat district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on the border with Afghanistan.
Security sources speaking to AA correspondent shared the information that 11 police officers lost their lives and 12 police officers were injured in the attack.
No organization has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, in which 5 police vehicles were set on fire. An operation was launched against the attackers.
TERRORIST PROBLEM IN PAKISTAN
Armed attacks in Pakistan are concentrated especially in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, which border Afghanistan. Armed groups, who claim to defend the rights of Pashtun and Baloch ethnic groups in both provinces, are attacking Pakistani security forces and civilians.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Expansion of operations against attackers.
Very likely · Within days
Open Questions
- Who is the organization that carried out the attack?
- What are the security measures during the operation?
