Tag: Rescue operations

Kohat Mosque Blast: At Least 7 Dead, Over 30 Injured in Police Lines Explosion

Kainat Rajput
Rescue workers searching through rubble after the Kohat mosque blast in Police Lines

Summary At least seven people were killed and more than 30 injured when an explosion ripped through a mosque inside the Police Lines in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Kohat mosque blast struck during Friday prayers, bringing down part of a wall and trapping some worshippers under the debris. Rescue teams and police reached the site within minutes. Television footage showed volunteers and security personnel digging through broken concrete by hand, pulling out the injured as ambulances lined up outside the compound. Background Kohat’s Police Lines complex sits along the Kohat-Hangu…

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Explainer: How a WhatsApp Group of Engineers Is Powering Nepal’s Rescue Efforts

Kainat Rajput
Nepal engineering rescue team members reviewing tunnel drawings during hydropower plant rescue operations

Summary More than a week after a flash flood buried tunnels at six hydropower plants in Nepal, rescue crews are still relying on an unusual resource. A group chat of engineers, originally set up for routine site coordination, has turned into one of the most important tools guiding the tunnel rescue in Nepal. This piece looks at how that group formed, why it matters, and what it says about disaster response in remote mountain terrain. Background Nepal’s hydropower sector runs largely through narrow Himalayan valleys, where rivers are diverted through…

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