Summary The Kohat mosque blast, which killed at least seven people and injured more than 30 during Friday prayers, is the latest in a string of attacks aimed at mosques sitting inside police compounds in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The pattern raises a hard question for security planners: why do these spaces, meant to be among the most protected in the province, keep getting hit. This piece looks past the immediate casualty count in Kohat to explain the setting of the attack, why police-lines mosques have become recurring targets, and what it…
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