Eleven police personnel and eighteen terrorists killed in Pakistan's Kohat district ambush

At least 11 police personnel were killed during a violent ambush in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday. The attack occurred in the Kohat district as a police team returned from a joint operation against illegal gold mining in the Darabukach locality. During the heavy exchange of fire, 18 militants belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan were killed. The police reported that five vehicles were set ablaze during the assault, and an emergency was declared at the District Headquarters Teaching Hospital to manage the casualties. Senior officers, including DSP Haider Zaman, were among those killed. Authorities stated the incident highlights <b>alleged links</b> between criminal networks and militant groups Additional security forces have been deployed to the region to secure the area and conduct further investigations into the coordinated attack.