Saturday 31 / January / 2026
At least ten security personnel and 37 militants were killed on Saturday as Baloch separatists carried out "coordinated" attacks in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, officials said.
Balochistan province, which shares borders with Afghanistan and Iran, has long been the site of a separatist insurgency, with militants targeting security forces as well as foreign nationals.
In a statement, Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said 10 security officers were killed and praised the forces for killing 37 insurgents.
What do we know about the attacks in Balochistan?
In a post on X, provincial government official Shahid Rind said Saturday morning that more than 70 terrorists had been killed at different locations by security forces across the province over the past two days.
Following this, "terrorists have attempted to carry out attacks at a few places in Balochistan, which the police and the Frontier Corps (FC) thwarted by taking timely action."
The attacks began almost simultaneously across the province, according to provincial Health Minister Bakht Muhammad Kakar.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), the largest militant group in the region, claimed responsibility for the attacks in a statement sent to AFP. The BLA claimed the attacks were directed at military installations and police and civil administration officials.
