Security forces are engaged in extensive operations across Balochistan following a devastating wave of coordinated assaults by separatist militants on civilian and government targets over the weekend, which killed nearly 50 people and marked a significant escalation in the long-running conflict.
Pakistani security forces have killed 145 militants in a large-scale, two-day military operation across Balochistan, officials said Sunday. The offensive was launched in response to a wave of coordinated assaults by separatist fighters that killed nearly 50 people, marking one of the deadliest escalations in the restive province in recent years.
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The UN Security Council has issued a strong condemnation of a series of militant assaults in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, which left dozens dead, including many civilians, as security forces intensify counter-operations in the restive region.
Security forces utilized helicopter gunships and drones to dislodge separatist fighters from a key town in southwestern Pakistan, officials said, ending a deadly three-day standoff that has left at least 58 dead and exposed the enduring fragility of the resource-rich region.
Decades of political marginalization and heavy-handed security responses have fueled a persistent insurgency in resource-rich Balochistan, with recent violence underscoring the failure to address core grievances.
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