At least 25 injured in blast near mosque in Kohat Police Lines: officials

Aftermath of an explosion near the police lines in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, September 18, 2026. — Screengrab via YouTube/Geo NewsAt least 25 people, including police personnel, were injured in an explosion near a mosque in the Police Lines area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Kohat district on Friday, according to police and hospital authorities.The injured in the blast were shifted to the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital for treatment, according to police. According to police, the explosion occurred during Friday prayer and caused a crater outside the mosque, saying police personnel were among those injured.They said that additional contingent of force was deployed in the Police Lines following the blast.Rescue officials said that the blast severely damaged the mosque's outer section, while a wall also collapsed.Rescue operations were being carried out at the site of the explosion, the officials added.Meanwhile, authorities have closed the Kohat-Hangu Road to all traffic following the incident.The administration of the DHQ in Kohat has imposed an emergency as injured people were brought in for treatment.Hospital administration later said that at least 25 injured were brought to the hospital for treatment.This is a developing story and is being updated with more details let firebaseLoaded = false; function loadFirebaseOnce() { if (firebaseLoaded) return; firebaseLoaded = true; import("https://www.gstatic.com/firebasejs/8.10.1/firebase-app.js").then(() => { //import("https://www.gstatic.com/firebasejs/8.10.1/firebase-analytics.js"); import("https://www.gstatic.com/firebasejs/8.10.1/firebase-messaging.js").then(() => { import("https://www.geo.tv/assets/front/ui/js/subscribe_user.js?v=553222"); }); }); } window.addEventListener("scroll", loadFirebaseOnce, { once: true }); window.addEventListener("mousemove", loadFirebaseOnce, { once: true }); window.addEventListener("click", loadFirebaseOnce, { once: true }); //setTimeout(function(){ $('.medium-insert-images').find('figure').show() }, 3000); var loadDeferredJS = function() { var lazyloadjs = ['https://www.geo.tv/assets/front/js/lazysizes.min.js']; var alljs = ['https://www.geo.tv/assets/front/js/ui/thirdparty.js?ver=133']; var jqueryjs = ['https://www.geo.tv/assets/front/js/ui/jquery.min_new.js?ver=43']; var bootstrapjs = ['https://www.geo.tv/assets/front/js/ui/bootstarp.js?ver=55']; var sliderjs = ['https://www.geo.tv/assets/front/js/ui/swiper.min.js']; var alljscustom = ['https://www.geo.tv/assets/front/js/ui/my.js?ver=5533','https://www.geo.tv/assets/front/js/mycustom.js?ver=5533']; setTimeout(function(){ jqueryjs.forEach(function (item,index) { var scriptElement=document.createElement('script'); scriptElement.type="text/javascript"; scriptElement.src = item; document.body.appendChild(scriptElement); }); }, 1000); const jqueryIntervalcheck = setInterval(function () { if(typeof jQuery !== "undefined"){ clearInterval(jqueryIntervalcheck); setTimeout(function(){ sliderjs.forEach(function (item,index) { if(item == 'https://www.geo.tv/assets/front/js/ui/swiper.min.js'){ var story_embed_gallery = $('.story-area').find('.embedgallery').length; //var story_embed_gallery = 0; if(parseInt(story_embed_gallery) > 0){ var scriptElement=document.createElement('script'); scriptElement.type="text/javascript"; scriptElement.src = item; document.body.appendChild(scriptElement); } } }); }, 100); setTimeout(function(){ alljscustom.forEach(function (item,index) { var scriptElement=document.createElement('script'); scriptElement.type="text/javascript"; scriptElement.src = item; document.body.appendChild(scriptElement); }); }, 1300); if($('.infogram-embed').length > 0 || $('embedinfogram').length > 0) { !function (e, t, n, s) { var i = "InfogramEmbeds", o = e.getElementsByTagName(t)[0], d = /^http:/.test(e.location) ? 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