QUETTA: Security forces have killed 75 militants in a widening counterterrorism campaign across the restive southwestern province of Balochistan since July 5, officials said on Friday, as the government presses a large-scale crackdown following a string of separatist attacks that killed dozens of people earlier this month.
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Two dead in Poonch gunfire as banned Kashmiri alliance sets new deadline
RAWALAKOT: At least two people were killed and several others wounded before dawn Thursday when law enforcement personnel exchanged gunfire with protesters near Kotehri village, four kilometers outside Rawalakot, as security forces worked to clear a month-old road blockade for a convoy of food-laden vehicles.
US, Iran trade fresh strikes as Tehran buries slain leader, testing fragile truce
ISLAMABAD: The United States and Iran exchanged another round of strikes this week, the most serious escalation since the two countries signed an interim peace agreement last month, as Tehran buried its assassinated supreme leader and mediators in Islamabad scrambled to keep a fragile ceasefire from collapsing entirely.
Pakistan vows total war on militants after bloody week in Balochistan
QUETTA: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday that Pakistan’s civilian and military leadership had reached a single, mutual decision to eliminate terrorism in the country, after a string of attacks in the restive southwestern province of Balochistan left dozens of security personnel and civilians dead over four days.
Army chief Munir says state will crush cross-border terrorism, proxy networks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top military commander, Field Marshal Asim Munir, said on Wednesday that the armed forces remain fully alert to efforts by hostile intelligence agencies to destabilize the country through state-sponsored proxies, and that terrorism launched from across the border will be confronted with the full power of the state.
Pakistan appeals for calm after overnight US-Iran strikes, reaffirms role as go-between
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the latest escalation of fighting in the Middle East and called on the United States and Iran to pull back from further confrontation after a round of mutual strikes overnight.
US charges imprisoned Indian gang boss in assassination of Sikh activist in Canada
ISLAMABAD: US federal prosecutors on Tuesday unsealed charges against the imprisoned leader of an Indian organized crime network and an associate they say served as his point man in North America, accusing the pair of orchestrating the 2023 murder of a Sikh separatist leader outside a temple in suburban Vancouver — a killing that had already thrown relations between Canada and India into turmoil.
Iran, US trade fresh strikes as Trump declares ceasefire ‘over’
ISLAMABAD: President Trump declared on Wednesday that the fragile ceasefire ending the war between the United States and Iran was finished, threatening a new round of American strikes even as he left the door open, however narrowly, to further talks.
Militant attacks across Balochistan kill 42, including 38 security personnel, in four days
ISLAMABAD: A wave of militant attacks across Pakistan’s restive southwestern province of Balochistan has killed 42 people over the past four days, including 27 police officers, 11 soldiers, and four civilians, the military said on Wednesday, in one of the deadliest bursts of violence the region has experienced in months.
Gunmen kill nine police officers in Balochistan province; security forces kill 15 militants in response
QUETTA: Nine police officers were killed, and nine more went missing overnight Monday when militants stormed a checkpost guarding a dam construction site in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, officials said, touching off an hours-long gun battle, a highway blockade by angry residents, and a security sweep that by Tuesday had located every missing officer alive.