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At least 10 soldiers killed in attack at security checkpost in Pakistan’s Balochistan province

At least 10 soldiers were killed in an attack on a security checkpost in the southwest province of Balochistan earlier this week, according to a statement by the Pakistani Military. The attack took place on Tuesday night in the Kech area, located near the country’s western border with Iran and roughly 600km south of provincial capital […]

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Pakistan: Several killed after 5.7-magnitude Earthquake wobbles Balochistan

At least 20 people have been killed after an earthquake struck Pakistan’s Balochistan province early on Thursday, officials said. Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PMDA) officials said the death toll may increase. Initial reports indicated that it may have measured up to 5.7 on the Richter scale at the depth of 15km. A government official said […]

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Suicide bomber blows himself up at check post in Pakistan’s troubled Balochistan province, several killed

A suicide bomb explosion in southwestern Pakistan killed at least three paramilitary personnel and wounded 15 others. There are conflicting reports of how the attack took place. Some reports said the attacker walked through a manned check post 25km south of Quetta of Balochistan province and detonated himself. Other reports claimed the suicide bomber on […]

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Quetta, Balochistan: Two policemen killed and nearly 21 others wounded in an explosion in Pakistan

At least two policemen were killed and nearly two dozen others wounded in a blast in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan in southwestern Pakistan, officials say. “At least two policemen were killed in the blast in Quetta,” Liaquat Shahwani, spokesman for the Balochistan government, said in a statement on Sunday. Another 21 people, including 12 […]

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Suicide car bomb explodes at luxury hotel in Pakistan’s Quetta, 5 killed

A bomb exploded at a luxury hotel in the Pakistani city of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province killing at least five people and wounding 12. The Pakistani Taliban said it was behind the blast in the car park of the Serena Hotel, and that it had targeted police officers and other officials. A Taliban […]

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Pakistan : Extremists bomb minority group ‘Hazaras’ in Quetta

About sixteen people were killed when a bomb went off through a vegetable market in Pakistan’s Quetta city, in the southwest early Friday morning. At least thirty other people were injured in the blasts. No one have claimed responsibility for the blasts, however it’s suspected that a banned Sunni extremists group  Lashkar-e-Jhangvi carried out the […]