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March 17, 2025 9:05 AM

Separatist suicide attack in southwestern Pakistan kills at least five

Separatist militants drove a vehicle laden with explosives into a paramilitary convoy, killing at least five in southwestern Pakistan, officials said on Sunday, just days after the same group hijacked a train and held hostages for 36 hours. The Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack in the district of Noshki in the restive province of Balochistan. Senior Superintendent of Police for Noskhi district Hashim Momand said more than 30 paramilitary force members were also wound...

March 12, 2025 10:39 PM

Pakistan: Security forces claim Jaffar Express train operation over, 346 hostages rescued

The standoff between fighters of the Baloch Liberation Army's (BLA) Majeed Brigade and the Pakistani military, following a massive attack on the Jaffar Express passenger train in Bolan district, has finally ended after more than 24 hours, multiple reports indicated on Wednesday evening. Sources confirmed that the military operation to neutralize the attackers and rescue the hostages has concluded. A clearance operation was successfully carried out, resulting in the rescue of at least 346 hostag...

October 7, 2024 11:04 AM

Chinese embassy says citizens killed in ‘terrorist attack’ in Pakistan

Two Chinese nationals were killed in an explosion near the international airport of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Sunday night, the Chinese embassy in Pakistan said, in what it described as a "terrorist attack". In a statement emailed to journalists, separatist militant group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed the explosion was an attack carried out by them using a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device targeting Chinese nationals, including engineers. Pakistan broadcaster Geo...

September 16, 2024 3:32 PM

Balochistan: Abused by Pakistan, looted by China

On 25 August, 39 people were killed when a Baloch outfit attacked police stations, railway lines and highways in a co-ordinated manner. 34 more were killed in retaliation by the Pakistani security forces.The 34 included Pakistani soldiers and police personnel and attackers. This happened in Pakistan's south-western province of Balochistan. The attacks continued through the night and into the next day. They were by far the most violent killings carried out in recent years by ethnic Baloch separ...

May 9, 2024 3:57 PM

Gunmen in Pakistan kill seven labourers near Gwadar port, say police

Gunmen shot and killed seven labourers near southwestern Pakistan's Gwadar port early on Thursday, police said. Police official Mohsin Ali said the gunmen stormed into a house some 25 km (15 miles) east of the port city and shot and killed the labourers in their sleep. The port city is located in troubled southwestern Balochistan province, which borders Afghanistan and Iran. No one has claimed responsibility. Baloch separatist militants have in the past targeted labourers from eastern Punjab...

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