Nine policemen killed in clash with militants in Pakistan's Balochistan
Authorities said 15 militants were killed in a clearance operation after the attack on a checkpoint guarding the Mangi Dam project.
- Overnight, dozens of militants attacked a police post in Ziarat, Balochistan, Pakistan, killing nine officers in an intense gunbattle, officials said Tuesday.
- Balochistan has long faced insurgencies by separatist groups like the Baloch Liberation Army, which the United States designated a terrorist organization in 2019, alongside attacks by the Pakistani Taliban.
- Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi blamed the attack on Indian-backed militants, though he provided no evidence; government spokesman Shahid Rind confirmed security forces recovered eight abducted police officers.
- Naqvi paid tribute to the fallen officers and offered condolences to victims' families, stating that such attacks "cannot sabotage peace."
- Residents near Quetta have staged a sit-in demanding better security following recent violence, including a weekend suicide attack in Jiwani claimed by the BLA.
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Quetta (Agencies) – Gunmen killed nine Pakistani police officers in an attack targeting a checkpoint at a dam construction site in the restive southwestern province of Balochistan, local authorities reported yesterday. “Nine police officers were killed and others are missing following an attack on a checkpoint protecting the construction site of the Mangi Dam,” said Abdul Quddus, a senior official in the region. A spokesman for the provincial go…
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The MessengerMilitants kill 9 police officers in an attack on a post in southwestern Pakistan
Pakistani authorities say dozens of militants attacked a police post overnight in an insurgency-hit southwestern province, triggering an intense gunbattle that killed nine police officers and wounded several others. Police said on Tuesday that the attack took place in a…
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AlKhaleej TodayAttack by gunmen kills nine police officers in Pakistan province
At least nine police officers have been killed, and several others are missing, after an attack by gunmen in Pakistan's south-western Balochistan province, police and local officials have said.
Gunmen attacked a police station in Balochistan. Nine police officers were killed in the Pakistani attack, and 15 militants were killed in the retaliatory operation.
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