Crowds gather at Kohat blast site

Mobile phone images show civilians and emergency responders gathering at the bomb attack site in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on 18 September 2026, hours after twin suicide bombers struck a police residential compound, according to police.

At least 31 people were killed and more than 100 injured when twin suicide bombers detonated inside a police residential compound in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on 18 September 2026, police confirmed the following day.

Of the 31 fatalities confirmed by police, 16 were police officers — underlining the deliberate targeting of security personnel in the twin suicide attack on the Kohat compound in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 18 September 2026.

Pakistani soldiers deployed to secure the blast site in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on 18 September 2026, following a coordinated twin suicide attack on a police residential compound that left 31 dead and over 100 injured.

More than 100 people were injured in the twin suicide bombing at a police residential compound in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on 18 September 2026, with Pakistani soldiers seen standing guard at the site as authorities launched an investigation, according to police.

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