
ISLAMABAD: After the attacks overnight in southwestern Balochistan of Pakistan, at least 18 soldiers were killed and five, including two civilians, were injured, the army’s media wing said on Saturday. Terrorists were also shot in “Senateization Operations”. After attacks
The incident took place in the city of Kalat district of Balochistan, Balochistan, in the city of Balochistan, when militants tried to set up a road block in the area, Army Media Wing, Inter Services. Public Relations (ISPR) said.
The ISPR said, “Security forces and law enforcement agencies were immediately mobilized, which successfully failed the bad design of terrorists,” he said, adding that 18 soldiers during the operation Was killed.
Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), one of the most famous separatist groups operating in the southwestern province, claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying it had occupied the camp of Pakistan Security Forces in Mangachar. ۔
According to the local administration, the attacks began at the end of Friday when militants attacked three different locations in Mangachar. The deputy commissioner of Kalat, Bilal Shabbir, said the attacks took place in the city’s paddings, Khazini and Amochar bazaar areas, where militants started checking snaps of passenger vehicles passing through the city.
In the first incident, Shabbir said that a van carrying 17 soldiers from Panjgur to Quetta was attacked near the mountainous area of Khajini, where armed men fought with security forces. He said a Frontier Corps (FC) soldier, a paramilitary contingent, was killed separately in clashes with militants.
“The bodies of the deceased soldiers were shifted to Quetta,” Shabbir said. “We do not know how many attackers were killed because they took the bodies of their fighters into the mountains in the dark.”
He said three FC personnel were also injured in the attack, adding that the militants set fire to a private bank in Mangachar Bazaar.
Separatist groups like BLA have long been at the forefront of low -level insurgency in Balochistan, which is the largest province in Pakistan and is rich in mineral resources. Separatists claim that Islamabad is misusing the province’s natural wealth, ignoring the local population.
In recent months, the BLA has become a major security threat, which has launched widespread attacks in Balochistan and other parts of Pakistan, engaged in Chinese citizens and investment plans, security forces, and ethnic Punjabis. Interests have been targeted which they consider to be an outsider in Balochistan.