US EditionPakistan Kills 145 Militants After Balochistan Attacks
Operations targeted banned Balochistan Liberation Army militants tied to separatist insurgency; 31 civilians and 17 security personnel also killed, officials reported.
- On Jan 31, Pakistan's military said at least 92 militants were killed across Balochistan, while 15 security personnel and 18 civilians also died during clashes.
- Longstanding grievances rooted in 1948 resistance explain the Balochistan Liberation Army's claim that attacks oppose Pakistan federal government control and resource exploitation, fueling the Baloch people and separatist movement.
- Militants struck 12 towns and cities using grenades, guns and suicide tactics, targeting prisons, police and government buildings and freeing more than 30 inmates in Mastung district.
- Mobile networks and train services were suspended, hospitals placed on emergency footing, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif praised security forces as operations continued on Saturday.
- Pakistan's military alleged external orchestration, saying `Intelligence reports have unequivocally confirmed that the attacks were orchestrated and directed by terrorist ringleaders operating from outside Pakistan, who were in direct communication with the terrorists throughout the incident,` while India denies backing.
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Quetta. Pakistani security forces killed 145 militiamen in a 40-hour battle that began after a series of coordinated attacks with weapons and bombs in Balochistan that left nearly 50 dead, among law enforcement agents and civilians, local officials reported yesterday.
Pakistan news: Security forces kill 145 militants after 'black storm' attacks left 50 dead in Pakistan
Pakistani security forces have killed 145 militants during an intensive 40-hour military operation following a wave of coordinated assaults by the Baloch Liberation Army.Almost 50 people were killed when separatist forces carried out a series of attacks yesterday.The southwestern province, which shares borders with Iran and Afghanistan, is experiencing one of its most severe outbreaks of violence in recent years.The banned separatist organisatio…
Deadly Attacks Strike Pakistan’s Balochistan Province
What does a “normal day” look like in Balochistan anymore? On one of the bloodiest days the province has seen in years, coordinated gun and bomb attacks ripped through south-western Pakistan. They killed 18 civilians and 15 members of the security forces, according to the military.The violence spanned at least a dozen towns and cities. Grenades. Gunfire. Chaos. Police stations, paramilitary posts, prisons and government buildings were all hit. A…
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