ISLAMABAD, November 12. /Dunyo IA/. At least 11 police officers were killed and another 12 injured in an armed attack in the Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan, reports Dunyo IA correspondent, citing Al Jazeera.

According to preliminary reports, unidentified assailants opened fire on police officers who were heading to an operation against illegal gold mining.

Local police spokesperson Muhammad Nauman Zeb said the attackers also set fire to five police vehicles.

Attacks on law enforcement officers have reportedly increased in the region in recent months.

According to the international monitoring organization ACLED, the number of terrorist attacks in Pakistan has increased almost fourfold, from 658 in 2022 to 2,425 in 2025.

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