AFP reprint: At least 6 killed, scores injured in Pakistan suicide bombing
At least six people including Pakistani paramilitary troops were killed and scores injured on Saturday, in a bombing claimed by separatists in volatile southwestern Balochistan province, officials said.
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The BLA is also behind a surge in attacks in the region targeting Chinese workers.
Much of the violence is directed against Chinese infrastructure projects in Pakistan to connect China’s Xinjiang region with the Arabian Sea to reach markets in the Middle East, Europe, Africa and beyond.
Of course, AP makes no mention of Chinese workers being targeted.
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AP reprint: Blast in southwestern Pakistan kills 1 person and wounds 35 (archived)
Also Saturday, in the country’s northwest, gunmen opened fire on government vehicles carrying officials who were on their way to supervise aid trucks heading to a besieged district. Several people were wounded in the assault.
The aid trucks were carrying food, fuel, and medicine for people in the Kurram district , where hundreds have died in recent months in clashes connected to a land dispute.
BLA among main perpetrators of terror in 2024
Meanwhile, attacks by various outlawed Baloch insurgent groups, primarily the BLA and the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF), saw a staggering 119 per cent increase, accounting for 171 incidents in Balochistan.
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