Balochistan [Pakistan], February 27 (ANI): Unidentified gunmen reportedly erected roadblocks and carried out snap inspections on two major highways in the Surab and Kech districts of Balochistan on Thursday, The Balochistan Post (TBP) reported.
On the Karachi-Quetta N-25 National Highway in Surab, attackers set up a blockade and opened fire when a police convoy arrived, triggering a clash. An armoured police vehicle was reported destroyed in an explosion, and one police officer, identified as Khalil Ahmed, was killed, TBP said.
In Kech district, armed men allegedly attacked a police station on the Zubaida Jalal Highway near Kalatuk on the outskirts of Turbat. Reports say the assailants temporarily detained police personnel, seized weapons, and set the station ablaze, damaging the structure and destroying surveillance cameras. They also imposed roadblocks and conducted snap checks for nearly two hours. A Pakistani military convoy later reached the scene, leading to another exchange of fire; casualty figures from that incident have not been confirmed.
No group has claimed responsibility for Thursday’s attacks, and local authorities said search operations are ongoing.
Separately, on February 26 the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for a series of earlier attacks, TBP reported. The BLF said its fighters struck a Pakistani Army checkpost in Dokhani, Kulanch, Pasni on February 24, alleging five military personnel were killed and several injured. The group also claimed attacks on security checkposts on Gazzi Road in Kharan and along the CPEC route in the Singai area of Dasht, and said it intercepted a vehicle carrying supplies for security forces between Niwano and Gesherdan in Zamuran, seizing food and other materials. (ANI)
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