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Vehicle bomb kills 21 at Kohat mosque, claim follows

By Drooid · Sep 19, 2026, 6:11 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Bombs Mosque

Police report a vehicle bomb detonated at a mosque in Kohat’s police lines, killing six militants.
The blast killed at least 21 people, including 15 police officers and six civilians.
Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan, led by Hafiz Gul Bahadur, claimed responsibility for the attack.
Quick Reaction Forces were deployed to reinforce security around the police lines.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General Zulfiqar Hameed inspected the site.

Summary

Kalin Meets Pakistani Leaders

Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin met Pakistani army chief Asim Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday.
Qatar and Turkey later mediated a cease-fire after Pakistan’s 2025 airstrikes on alleged TTP hideouts in Afghanistan.
China facilitated peace talks between Kabul and Islamabad, but the negotiations failed to produce an agreement.
Afghanistan’s Taliban government denied Pakistan’s accusations that militants use Afghan territory as safe havens.

History

Historical Context

Pakistan’s June 19 2009 launch of Operation Rah-e-Nijat—its ground assault on October 19 that killed about 1,000 TTP fighters and reclaimed South Waziristan by December 12—forced militants to flee into Afghanistan. Decades of cross-border raids have left the region volatile, prompting today’s Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen-claimed bomb that killed 21 and diplomatic talks led by Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin and Chinese envoys.

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Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Bombs Mosque

Police report a vehicle bomb detonated at a mosque in Kohat’s police lines, killing six militants.
The blast killed at least 21 people, including 15 police officers and six civilians.
Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan, led by Hafiz Gul Bahadur, claimed responsibility for the attack.
Quick Reaction Forces were deployed to reinforce security around the police lines.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General Zulfiqar Hameed inspected the site.

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