At least 11 cops killed, 12 injured after gunmen attack police team in Northwest Pakistan

At least 11 policemen were killed, and 12 others were injured in northwestern Pakistan's Kohat district on Wednesday (November 11). Kohat police spokesman Muhammad Nauman Zeb confirmed that gunmen opened fire at a police team which was en route to conduct a raid against illegal gold mining.

The attack took place in the Darbokach Jalandhar Banda area, between Kohat and Karak districts, according to the local daily Express Tribune. During the attack, five police vehicles were also set on fire.

Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has faced a wave of targeted attacks on police officers over the past several months. This fits a broader pattern: data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED) monitoring group shows terrorist attacks across Pakistan have climbed steadily each year since 2022, nearly quadrupling from 658 incidents that year to 2,425 in 2025.

(This is a developing story. More details are awaited)