Dozens of soldiers, armed attackers killed in southwestern Pakistani violence | News of the conflict
Unknown fighters allegedly shot a vehicle wearing a paramilitary border corpus trying to disassemble the obstacle.
At least 18 paramilitary soldiers and more than 20 armed attackers were killed in separate incidents across the southwestern Pakistan, according to officials and reports on local media, because sectas, ethnic and separatist violence escalates in the region.
The Pakistani army said on Saturday that the fighters tried to set obstacles overnight Restoive Province of Balochistanand most deaths took place because their security forces removed them.
The vehicle “wore an unarmed border corps of the paramilitary border near the town of Mangochar” succumbed to the shooting of 70 to 80 armed strikers who blocked the way, “said the police official for AFP news agency, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The police officer said three more paramilitary units were seriously injured, while the two escaped unharmed.
At least 11 attackers were killed in what the army described on Saturday as “approval operations”.
It was not immediately clear to which armed group fighters belong. No one has yet taken responsibility for the attack.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the attack in a statement.
Balokistan rich in minerals, bordering Iran and Afghanistan, was The scene of the decade of rebellion separatist ethnic balloch groups. There are also several armed groups.
On Tuesday, in a separate incident, attackers in the explosive vehicle were prevented in their attempt to overcome Pakistani security fasting near the border with Afghanistan.
At least six people were killed earlier this month in an attack claimed by the Balochistan Liberation Army (Bla), one of the main separatist groups. In November and Bla assumed responsibility For coordinated attacks in which at least 39 people were killed, one of the highest tolls in the region.
In August, at least 73 people were killed in Balochistan when separatist fighters attacked police stations, railway lines and highways, and security forces started retaliation.
Violence also comes in the background of the exacerbation of the relationship between Pakistan and the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan.
Similar to dramatic progress in attacks, she has witnessed elsewhere in Pakistan in recent months, including the province of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Only 2024. The army reported to 383 soldiers and 925 fighters killed in Different conflicts of border area.
