** A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the Old Police Lines compound in Kohat, Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, during Friday prayers, killing at least 16 people, including five police officers, and wounding 57.**

Gunmen then stormed the compound and exchanged fire with police. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/least-16-killed-suicide-attack-police-facility-in-northwest-pakistan-2026-09-18/) reported that all seven attackers were killed. Dawn reported that the Hafiz Gul Bahadur-led Ittehadul Mujahideen claimed responsibility; the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) separately denied involvement.

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