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Explosion at Kohat Police Lines kills at least seven

An explosion at the Police Lines in Kohat has killed at least seven people and injured more than thirty others. According to police officials, armed men engaged in an exchange of fire with security personnel following the blast. One source reported the detonation took place inside a mosque, while another placed it near the Old Police Lines.

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Our summary of the disagreement.
Sources disagree slightly on the exact location, with one report placing the explosion inside a mosque within the Police Lines and another reporting it occurred near the Old Police Lines.
The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
8 differing positions reported on casualties across 16 publishers; unresolved.
  • expressseven killed
  • dawnAt least 7 dead, over 30 injured
  • shafaqkills at least 17
  • jpost16
  • rt16
  • arabnewsdeadly
  • prothomalokills 16
  • rferl20 Killed
  • cgtn16 killed
  • middleeasteye31
  • thehindu31 dead
  • deutscheat least 31
  • khaamaKills 21, Including 15 Police Officers
  • feeds-feedburner31 killed
  • kabulnow31 Killed
  • taipeitimes31
7 differing positions reported on attribution across 11 publishers; unresolved.
  • jpostsuicide attack
  • deutschePakistan
  • arabnewsSaudi Arabia
  • prothomaloSuicide attack
  • rferlSuicide Attack
  • expressterrorists
  • cgtnsuicide attack
  • telegramIran
  • feeds-feedburnermilitant
  • kabulnowin Attack
  • 8amPakistan
9 differing positions reported on location across 19 publishers; unresolved.
  • expressOld Police Lines in K-P's Kohat
  • dawnKohat Police Lines
  • shafaqPakistan
  • jpostnorthwest Pakistan
  • rtnorthwest Pakistan
  • deutscheKohat
  • arabnewsnorthwest Pakistan
  • prothomalonear mosque in northwest Pakistan police compound
  • rferlNorthwestern Pakistan
  • cgtnnorthwest Pakistan
  • middleeasteyePakistan
  • thehinduPakistan
  • telegramPakistan
  • khaamaKohat
  • feeds-feedburnerKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • kabulnowPakistan’s Kohat
  • aljazeeraPakistan’s Kohat
  • taipeitimesPakistan
  • 8amKohat
3 differing positions reported on status across 19 publishers; unresolved.
  • expresskilled
  • dawndead
  • shafaqkills
  • jpostkilled
  • rtkilled
  • deutschesuicide bombing
  • arabnewscondemns
  • prothomalokills
  • rferlKilled
  • cgtnkilled
  • middleeasteyerises
  • thehindudead
  • telegramcondemns
  • khaamaKills
  • feeds-feedburnerkilled
  • kabulnowKilled
  • aljazeeraFunerals held
  • taipeitimesrises
  • 8amLinks
WhereKohat
33.582, 71.449 ±10 km
First reported37 days ago
Published2026-09-18 09:47 UTC
Sources19
Casualties reported7
How this travelled.
Reports29Independent tellings17
17 independently corroborated tellings, 4 reported as carrying other outlets.

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Global Event Monitor. Explosion at Kohat Police Lines kills at least seven. 2026-09-18T09:47:11.316Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:2734. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-18/at-least-7-dead-over-30-injured-in-blast-at-4d7108a9

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