A suicide bomber eliminated nine law enforcement officers and injured 16 others Monday in an attack on their truck in southwestern Pakistan, authorities said.Security forces have been fighting a years-long insurgency by militants in Balochistan requiring a larger share of the provinces wealth, in addition to attacks by the Pakistan Taliban (TTP).
The suicide bomber was riding a motorbike and hit the truck from behind, senior cops official Abdul Hai Aamir told AFP.The incident happened near Dhadar, the main town of Kachhi district, about 120 kilometres (75 miles) southeast of Quetta in Balochistan.Photos of the aftermath showed the police truck upside down on the road with its windows shattered.Mehmood Notezai, police chief for Kachhi district, told AFP the officers were returning from a week-long cattle reveal where they had actually been supplying security.There has actually been no claim of responsiblity for the attack.
Terrorism in Balochistan belongs to a dubious agenda to destabilise the nation, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in a declaration released by his office.The country is facing overlapping political, economic and environmental crises, in addition to a worsening security situation.Attacks on the riseAttacks have been on the increase in Pakistan because the Afghan Taliban took control of Kabul in August 2021, emboldening militant groups along the border which have progressively targeted security forces.Last month 5 people passed away when a TTP suicide team stormed a police compound in the port city of Karachi.It came just weeks after a bomb blast at a cops mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar eliminated more than 80 officers-- an attack declared by a group sometimes affiliated with the TTP.
Despite various ideological, ethnic and political outlooks, (militant groups) are all franchises bound by one goal: to strike the security forces and instil a sense of worry and unpredictability in Pakistan, stated Imtiaz Gul, an analyst with Islamabads Center for Research and Security Studies.Balochistan, which borders both Afghanistan and Iran, is the largest, least populous and poorest province in Pakistan.It has plentiful natural deposits, however residents have actually long harboured bitterness, declaring they do not get a reasonable share of its riches.Tensions have been stired even more by a flood of Chinese financial investment under Beijings Belt and Road Initiative, which locals state has not reached them.China is purchasing the location under a $54 billion task referred to as the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, upgrading infrastructure, power and transportation links in between its far-western Xinjiang area and Pakistans Gwadar port.Source: AFP-- Agencies