A terrorist has detonated his explosives near a security checkpoint in restive southwestern Pakistan, killing a minimum of three paramilitary personnel and wounding 15 others The attacker walked towards the checkpoint manned by the paramilitary Frontier Corps on Quetta-Mastung Road, 25km (15 miles) south of Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, senior policeman Azhar Akram said on Sunday.
A terrorist on a motorbike full of 6kg of explosives rammed during a ll|one amongst|one in every of”> one among the vehicles in a convoy, Akram said He said a number of the wounded were in critical condition and therefore the price could rise, adding body parts were found at a distance from the safety post after the bombing.
Banned armed group Pakistan Taliban, known by the acronym TTP, claimed responsibility for the attack It was the primary time TTP claimed an attack on Pakistani security forces since the Taliban – a separate organisation – took control of neighbouring Afghanistan.
TTP, which renewed its allegiance to the Afghan Taliban after the autumn of Kabul, has recently stepped up its campaign against the Pakistani army Condemn the TTP suicide attack on FC checkpost in Mastung Road, Quetta,” Prime Minister Imran Khan said during a tweet.
Attacks continue
Balochistan has also seen a low-level armed uprising by Baloch separatist groups for nearly 20 years, calling for independence for the gas and mineral-rich province. Most attacks on security forces in Balochistan within the recent past are claimed by Baloch separatist groups Balochistan Liberation Army and Balochistan Liberation Front Balochistan, bordering Iran and Afghanistan, may be a key province in southwest Pakistan, where China has been performing on projects associated with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The projects, including construction ,
power plants and agricultural development, have cost billions of dollars.
A terrorist last month detonated his explosives near a vehicle carrying Chinese workers, killing two Pakistani children playing by the roadside and wounding a Chinese national and two other Pakistanis within the port city of Gwadar Suspected separatists also last month hurled a grenade at a store selling national flags in Quetta, killing one man and wounding four others who were buying flags to celebrate Pakistan’s Independence Day China has in recent years also played a key role in developing the deep-water port of Gwadar on the Arabian Sea . But there are attacks on Pakistanis and Chinese performing on the economic corridor projects.
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