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2026-09-18 India-Pakistan

At least 16 killed after vehicle loaded with explosives rams into Pakistan mosque

[BBC] At least 16 people, including five police officers, have been killed after a vehicle loaded with explosives rammed into a mosque in north-western Pakistan, according to a senior police official in Peshawar.
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A gun battle is still ongoing between attackers and security forces at the mosque, near police headquarters, in the Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

One of the assailants has reportedly been killed, an officer says, and a rescue operation is under way.

In a statement, Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari expressed "his best wishes for the swift recovery of those injured in the explosion."

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police chief inspector general Zulfikar Hameed described the attack as a "suicide attack", according to Reuters news agency.

There has been no immediate claim of responsibility.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif also condemned the blast.

Militancy in Pakistan's border areas has risen sharply in recent months, targeting the military and police.

Islamabad says militants use safe haven in Afghanistan to train and plan attacks in Pakistan. Afghanistan's Taliban government denies the accusation and says militancy is Pakistan's domestic problem.

Update from Dawn at 2:10 p.m. EDT:

According to IG Hameed and police statements, the attack began when a vehicle-borne improvised bomb (VBIED) detonated at the boundary wall near the mosque inside the Kohat Police Lines.

At least seven attackers then breached the compound and headed towards the CTD and Special Branch buildings. Six attackers, including a jacket wallah, were killed by law enforcers, according to a police statement.

At least one attacker was subsequently cornered, prompting police personnel to launch a clearance operation. At around 3:30pm, police said the operation was "in its final stages".

"The operation will continue until the complete elimination of Fitna-ul-Khawarij," the IG was quoted as saying, adding that the police’s morale remained high.

Fitna al Khawarij is a term the state uses for Death Eaters belonging to the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban
Taliban

...mindless ferocity in a turban...
Pakistain.

Earlier, television footage from the scene showed citizens gathered beside a building with a collapsed wall, digging through the rubble and helping the injured. The blast caused extensive damage to the mosque.

The attack was claimed by the Hafiz Gul Bahadur
...a member of the Madda Khel clan of the Uthmanzai Waziris. Educated in a Deobandi madrassa located in Multan, he is affiliated with the Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) political party. Upon the formation of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in December 2007, he was announced as the group's overall naib amir under Baitullah Mehsud, who was based in South Wazoo, but has largely distanced himself from the TTP due to rivalries with the Mehsuds and disagreements about the TTP's attacks against the Pak state..
-led Ittehadul Mujahideen.

The funeral prayers for 15 police personnel martyred in the Police Lines blast were offered in Kohat later in the evening, after which their bodies were transported to their native districts of Kohat, Karak, Lakki Marwat, Bannu and Mardan in Rescue 1122 ambulances.

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1 George Bush (great religion of peace) can't be reached for comment?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-09-18 09:04|| 2026-09-18 09:04|| Front Page Top

2 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police chief inspector general Zulfikar Hameed described the attack as a "suicide attack"

That would be my guess as well.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-09-18 09:33|| 2026-09-18 09:33|| Front Page Top

3 Must be those dam' Lutherans again...

Posted by Mercutio 2026-09-18 10:09|| 2026-09-18 10:09|| Front Page Top

4
Using Islamic Terrorist suicide tactics will not get any person in the Heaven. This is not self-Defense, or War. It was a stupidly carried out mass murder.

So the real question is, will this enlighten them, or promote more such attacks in revenge from their side?

Or .... looking at it from a really 180 deep political game view. Is a 3rd party funded OPS, hoping to disrupt things or enrage the Pakistani's?

Posted by NN2N1 2026-09-18 13:10|| 2026-09-18 13:10|| Front Page Top

5 Personally, I hope there are alot of revenge attacks on both sides. Only good muslim is a dead one! And change the shit were it automatically makes muslim capitalized please, they don't deserve enough respect for that!

Posted by chris 2026-09-18 13:13|| 2026-09-18 13:13|| Front Page Top

6 Mohammed and Allah were vexed
To discover ["Yes, vexed and perplexed!"]
That the Hancocks of tyrants
In Mecca's environs
Were scribbled in miniscule text.

Posted by Hupimble Panda4789 2026-09-18 16:29|| 2026-09-18 16:29|| Front Page Top

7 Aw,heck. Meant to lowercase 'em, but whatever.

Posted by Hupimble Panda4789 2026-09-18 16:35|| 2026-09-18 16:35|| Front Page Top

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