Dozens of soldiers killed in Southwest Pakistan. Conflict news
Unknown fighters allegedly set fire to a vehicle in a vehicle, who were trying to eliminate a road.
According to officials and local media reports, according to communal, ethnic and separatist violence in the region, at least 18 paramilitary soldiers and more than 20 armed attackers have been killed in different incidents in South -Western Pakistan.
On Saturday, the Pakistan Army said that the fighters tried to establish obstacles overnight in Balochistan’s rest province, and most of the deaths occurred as the security forces removed them.
The police officer, not printing the name to the AFP news agency, told the AFP news agency, “A vehicle near the city of mango came to a vehicle to carry a vehicle” without any Frontier Corps “.
The official said three other paramilitary was seriously injured, while two were unheard.
On Saturday, the army, described as “clearance operations”, killed at least 11 attackers.
It was not immediately clear who belonged to the armed groups of the fighters. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif condemned the attack in a statement.
Mineral-rich Balochistan, which is the border of Iran and Afghanistan, has been a decade-old revolt by the separatist ethnic Baloch groups. Many armed groups also work there.
On Tuesday, in a separate incident, the attackers in an explosive vehicle were thwarted in an attempt to eliminate a Pakistani security post near the border with Afghanistan.
At least six people were killed earlier this month in an attack claimed by Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), one of the main separatist groups. In November, the BLA also claimed responsibility for a coordinated attacks, killing at least 39 people, one of the most 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 began retaliation.
Violence also comes under the backdrop of deteriorating relations between the Taliban rulers of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
In recent months, similar dramatic growth has been observed in attacks in Pakistan, including Northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
In 2024 alone, the army killed 383 soldiers and 925 fighters in clashes in various border areas.
