{"id":4256,"date":"2026-11-12T11:03:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T06:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4256"},"modified":"2026-11-12T11:03:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T06:03:59","slug":"12-police-personnel-martyred-in-attacks-in-kp-18-terrorists-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4256","title":{"rendered":"12 police personnel martyred in attacks in KP, 18 terrorists killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>At least 12 police personnel were martyred in two separate attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, while 18 terrorists were killed in retaliatory action by security forces, according to police officials.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The deadliest incident took place in the Darabu Kach area of Kohat, where a police team returning from an operation against illegal gold mining was ambushed.<\/p>\n<p>Ten personnel were martyred, while 18 attackers were killed in an exchange of fire.<\/p>\n<p>Police and the local civil administration had jointly carried out the operation against illegal gold mining shortly before the attack, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Police sources said armed members of the proscribed militant group Fitna-ul-Khawarij, allegedly acting at the behest of local criminal elements, attacked the team during its return journey.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate incident in Swabi, armed men opened fire on the Mansoori police checkpoint, killing two personnel and seriously injuring another.<\/p>\n<p>A Swabi police spokesperson identified the deceased personnel as Waleed and Zulfiqar. Another officer, Muhammad Shahid, sustained serious gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p>Additional police reinforcements reached the scene, and the bodies and the injured officer were taken to Bacha Khan Medical Complex.<\/p>\n<p>Security has been placed on high alert in both districts, while a search operation is underway to track down the attackers and their network, authorities said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 12 police personnel were martyred in two separate attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, while 18 terrorists were killed in retaliatory action by security forces, according to police officials. The deadliest incident took place in the Darabu Kach area of Kohat, where a police team returning from an operation against illegal gold mining was ambushed. Ten personnel were martyred, while 18 attackers were killed in an exchange of fire. Police and the local civil administration had jointly carried out the operation against illegal gold mining shortly before the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}