US EditionPakistan Kills 145 Militants After Balochistan Attacks
Security forces killed up to 145 militants in a 48-hour response to coordinated attacks that killed 33 civilians and 15 security personnel, officials said.
- 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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In Balochistan there were serious attacks by the Balochistan Liberation Army. Pakistan emphasizes successes in the fight against terrorists. At the same time, interest in the region's natural resources is increasing.
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: 145 ‘terrorists’ killed | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
QUETTA, Pakistan -- Pakistani police and military forces killed more than 100 "Indian-backed terrorists" in counterterrorism operations across the restive southwestern province of Balochistan over the past 40 hours, government officials said on Sunday, a day after coordinated suicide and gun attacks killed 33 people, mostly civilians.
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