US EditionPakistan Reports 92 Militants Killed in Coordinated Balochistan Attacks
Security forces killed 145 militants over 40 hours in Balochistan’s deadliest flare-up in years while repelling coordinated attacks by separatist militants, 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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Pakistan Retaliates: 145 Militants Killed After Balochistan Attacks
Pakistan’s security forces killed 145 militants within 40 hours following coordinated attacks in Balochistan, a province known for its ongoing conflict with insurgent groups. The attacks highlighted the ongoing violence in this resource-rich area near Iran and Afghanistan, marked by increased assaults on security personnel and civilians. Balochistan’s Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti reported that the […] The post Pakistan Retaliates: 145 Militants…
Pakistan forces kill 145 separatist militants in 40-hour battle
Pakistani security forces killed 145 militants in a 40-hour battle launched as a series of co-ordinated gun and bomb attacks across Balochistan left nearly 50 people dead, the province's chief minister said on Sunday.
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Pakistan seeks out perpetrators after deadly separatist attacks
Pakistan forces hunted on Sunday for the separatists behind a string of coordinated attacks in restive Balochistan province, with the government vowing to retaliate after more than 190 people were killed in two days.
Balochistan: In Pakistan's Balochistan province, violence between the authorities and separatists has escalated over the past two days. It is in the…
Quetta, Pakistan. Pakistan's security forces are looking this Sunday for those responsible for a series of separatist attacks at different points in Balochistan province, which left more than 190 dead.Saturday's attacks targeted banks, prisons, police stations and military facilities.The balance sheet is at least 31 civilians and 17 members of the security services killed, according to Sarfraz Bugti, Balochistan's chief minister, to whom at leas…
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