[Afghanistan] - Separatist suicide attack in southwestern Pakistan eliminates at least 5

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Separatist militants drove a car laden with explosives into a paramilitary convoy, eliminating a minimum of 5 in southwestern Pakistan,
authorities said on Sunday, just days after the exact same group pirated a train and held hostages for 36 hours.The Baloch Liberation Army
declared responsibility for the attack in the district of Noshki in the restive province of Balochistan, Reuters reported.Senior
Superintendent of Police for Noskhi district Hashim Momand stated more than 30 paramilitary force members were likewise wounded.Pakistan&&
s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in a statement condemned the attack, which came as Pakistan handle a growing security crisis in its areas
surrounding Afghanistan.The BLA on Tuesday took control of the Jaffar Express in a remote mountain pass in Balochistan province, exploding
train tracks in an attack that killed 31 soldiers and civilians, the military said.In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which lies to the north
of Balochistan and also shares a border with Afghanistan, the provincial chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur condemned a series of attacks on
police throughout the province.He did not supply casualty numbers, but the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militant group said there had
been 16 attacks in the previous 24 hours.Pakistan&& s authorities have promised to crack down on the growing revolts and said they are
sustained in part by militants finding safe haven in Afghanistan, a charge the ruling Islamic Emirate reject
Militant attacks often get in the warmer spring period as the cold winter season decline in mountainous border regions.The post Separatist
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