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Law and Order in Balochistan 1st Quarter 2007 |
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Gas pipeline blown up in Kalat, rockets
fired on FC in Awaran Supply of gas to Kalat was suspended on Friday night after a main pipeline was blown up on the RCD highway. Sources said a powerful device, planted under the pipeline, exploded near the Government College for Boys, damaging three-foot portion of the 12-inch diameter line. Suspending gas supply to Kalat town and adjoining villages. Meanwhile, three rockets were fired on the FC (Frontier Corps) fort in Mashkey area of Awaran district. The rockets hit the fort caused severe damage, but no report of casualties. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attacks. 31.3.07 |
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Breaking News: Eighteen Baloch women and children killed, 28 Punjabi army
soldiers killed 37 injured Pakistani army bombard a Bugti Baloch village near Sui. Pakistani air force and army bombard Bugti Baloch village of Lanju and Sagari killing at least 18 of women, children and elderly, in retaliation the Baloch Freedom Fighters attack the ground forces killing at least 28 Punjabi soldiers and injuring 37 on Friday. According to details, a massive army operation was launched early this morning on Baloch villages of Lanju and Sagari in Sui area near Mazari goot on Balochistan-Punjab border. Several thousand Punjabi army soldiers entered Balochistan from Punjab and cordoned the villages of Lanju and Sagari while fighter jets and gunship helicopters bombarded the villages in turns for several hours, later heavy artillery bombarded on the villages. The bombardment continued for several hours before the army entered the villages. At the same time, Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked the army from nearby hideouts and a fierce battle broke out. The fighting continued all day till late in the evening. Several women, children and elderly are feared to have been killed, the total number is not exactly known yet but according to eyewitnesses, dead bodies of four women, twelve children and two men were seen and more then 80 villagers have been rounded up. Moreover, there is disturbing news of execution style killings of the villagers by Punjabi army, several people who managed to escape have told that they saw unarmed people being captured and shot by the soldiers. The news of the massacre soon reached the Baloch Freedom Fighters (Parrari’s) and they launched a massive attack on the army from nearby hideouts, and a severe battle broke out. News coming out of Sui confirms that dead bodies of at least 28 Punjabi soldiers including a major were taken to the army base and more then 37 injured flown to Punjab. Two Baloch Freedom Fighters were martyred in the battle. Today’s battle is one of the most fierce battles between the Punjabi army and Baloch Freedom Fighters since the clash of 23-26 august 2006 in which our beloved Great Leader (Dada E Baloch) Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti went missing presumably martyred by the hands of the “Napak” army of Pakistan or better to say “Napakistan”. 30.3.07 |
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Landmine blast in
Dera Bugti area A man was injured in a landmine explosion near Dear Bugti, on Thursday. Sources said Mohammad Razee Bugti was working in his field in Dynari Pat area when the landmine exploded. 29.3.07 |
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Ten soldiers killed and more then a dozen injured in Marri area At least seven army personnel killed and more then ten in an attack on army camp in the Kahan area of Mehi, mean while a army patrol ambushed Bhombor area killing at least three and several injured. According to sources, Baloch Freedom Fighters attack an army camp late Tuesday evening. The insurgents used heavy machineguns and RPG rocket launchers in the attack. The attack was carried out on an army camp in the Mehi area of Kahan killing at least seven army personnel and more then ten in an, mean while a army patrol was ambushed in Bhombor top mountain range, killing at least three and injuring several. Bebrag Baloch a spokesman for the BLA called from unknown location and claimed responsibility for the attacks. 28.3.07 |
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Six blasts in Quetta, Sibi and Lakpass, train and gas service suspended Four explosions rocked the provincial capital, Quetta rail link with the rest of the country was disrupted after a blast on the main track in Sariab area and powerful blasts heard in Sibi and Lakpass on Tuesday morning. Railways authorities said that an explosive device placed under the track near Darkhashan area of Sariab went off at 6:40am. It was a powerful device which blew up a portion of the track, said a senior railways official. He said that all trains were suspended. The Chiltan Express that was about to leave for Lahore was stopped and trains coming from Karachi and Rawalpindi were halted at different stations. Sources said that unknown men hurled a hand-grenade in the house of a government employee in the Killi Ibrahimzai area of Brewery. Two motorcycles parked inside the house were destroyed in the blast. Another bomb exploded in the Killi Bangulzai area. The third blast took place in the Sariab area and grenade attack on a government official’s house. In another incident, a gas pipeline was blown up in the Lakpass area of Mastung district some 15 km from Quetta, disrupting the supply to many areas. Meanwhile a powerful blast near a mobile phone company, no casualties reported. According to police they arrested a suspect from the Dashat area and seized a hand-grenade and a pistol. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the. 28.3.07 |
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Insurgents bomb major power pylon in
Balochistan Baloch nationalist militants blew up a major power pylon in Balochistan, cutting supply to nearly a million consumers in a dozen of districts on Wednesday. According to details, the tower supporting the main 220 kv transmission line was blown up by explosives late on Tuesday in Aab E Gum area, about 100 km (63 miles) east of the capital Quetta, plunging a vast area into darkness. Power supply was partially restored through alternative arrangements in some parts of Quetta on Wednesday, but other districts were still without electricity more than 12 hours after the attack, the officials said. Attacks on government officials and infrastructure have become more frequent after the army operation and alleged killing of the veteran Baloch nationalist leader, Nawab Akbar Bugti, in august 2006. Baloch freedom fighters have waged a low-intensity insurgency for decades but since the last few years the intensity of the insurgency is on the rise. Targeting of government officials, infrastructure including gas pipelines and power pylons have become a routine in Balochistan. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the. 28.3.07 |
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Police post blown up in Sibi, gas lines in
Mastung A police post was blown up in Sibi the second largest city of Balochistan, some 160km from Quetta, two gas pipelines damaged by explosions near Mastung late Saturday night. Sources said a powerful explosive device had been planted under the stairs of the police post in the Mal-Ghshkori area, some 8km from the Sibi town, which went off on Saturday night. Two rooms and walls of the police post were destroyed, the official sources did not admit of any casualties, but it’s speculated that several policemen deployed there were injured. A pipeline was blown up in the Paringabad area of Mastung, suspending gas supply to nearby villages. The four-inch diameter pipeline was damaged by a bomb. After the explosion, gas company officials rushed to the site and cut off gas supply to the damaged pipeline from the main system. Work to repair the pipeline would start on Monday morning, said officials of the Sui Southern Gas Company. Sources said Baloch militants also made an attempt to blow up the main pipeline supplying gas to Mastung and Kalat districts by planting a powerful bomb near the pipeline. The bomb went off but the pipeline was not damaged. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attacks. 26.3.07 |
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Oil pipeline blown up in Rojhan Mazari An oil pipeline of Parco was blown up near Rojhan in Rajanpur district Balochistan- Punjab border area, on Sunday morning. According to details, a 16-inch diameter pipeline supplying oil from Karachi to the Mahmoodkot refinery in Muzaffargarh district was blown up in the limits of the Mazari-dominated area of Chouki Kin, Rojhan tehsil, at 3am, damaging a three-meter portion of the pipeline. The blast ripped a three meter portion of the pipeline spilling all the oil flowing in the pipeline and suspending supply to the refinery. 26.3.07 |
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Rockets fired on FC camp in Khuzdar, Train
line blown up in Noshki Three rockets hit FC camp in Khuzdar, main train line from Quetta to the Iranian border town of Taftan was blown up near the town of Noshki. Sources said, Baloch freedom fighters attacked a FC (Frontier Corps) camp on the main Quetta- Karachi highway in the Samantang area of Khuzdar. According to details, the FC Kalat Scouts camp came under heavy machine gun and rocket fire by Baloch fighters. Three rockets landed in the camp causing damage. But the officials deny of any damage or casualty. Baloch freedom fighters escaped unharmed after the attack. Meanwhile, the main train line from Quetta to the Iranian border town of Taftan was blown up near the town of Noshki. The blast ripped a large portion of the track, suspending all traffic between Quetta and Taftan. A spokesman of BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attacks. 26.3.07 |
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Several Insurgent attacks and bomb blasts in Balochistan Powerful bomb explosions in Hub Town, Kharan and Sui, Pakistani army attacked in Tratani Marri area 12 Killed and at least 18 injured. According to details, a powerful bomb device went off in Hub town 25 km from Karachi totally destroying a PTCL telephone exchange booth, suspending all telephone communication links. Another explosion heard in Kharan, the explosive device planted near a post office went off with a big bang. The blast ripped off a portion of the post office and severely damaged the surrounding buildings. No casualties reported. Mean while, gas supply was suspended to the purification plant from a well of the Sui gas field when militants blew up a pipeline on Friday. Baloch militants placed a powerful bomb under the pipeline supplying gas to the main plant from well No 86 and blew it up. While in yet another attack Baloch freedom fighters ambushed Pakistani army convoy in the Marri area of Tratani. According to details, an army convoy of six vehicles travelling from Karmu Wadh to Tratani came under heavy fire, killing at least 12 soldiers on the spot and injuring dozens. The fighting continued for several hours until the soldiers fled leaving behind their dead, wounded and their hardware. They returned several hours later under the protection helicopter gunships to collect their dead. The heavy military hard ware and vehicles left behind was burnet to the ground. A spokesman of BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) Bevrak Baloch calling from a satellite phone gave details and clamed responsibility for the attacks. 24.3.07 |
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Two informers for Pakistani army killed in Jaffarabad Two informers working for MI shot and killed in Jaffarabad area on Saturday. According to details, two Bugti tribesmen Jagusin Bugti and Bagu Bugti working for MI (Military Intelligence) were traveling from Sui to Jaffarabad in a local Van when they were killed. The Van was stopped by Baloch Freedom Fighters and both of the informers were taken out and shot, both died on the spot. A note was left with the bodies stating that “all informers and Baloch traitors await the same fate.” A spokesman of Baloch freedom fighters Wadera Alam Khan clamed responsibility for the killings. 24.3.07 |
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Rockets hit Quetta and main rail track
blown up Rockets exploded in different areas of the city on
Thursday night while the Quetta-Sibi train link was severed after
insurgents blew up the main railway line near Quetta. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) most fiercely fighting against the Pakistani (Punjabi) domination and for the liberation of Balochistan has claimed responsibility for most of these insurgent attacks including yesterdays. It is important not to forget since the start of the Punjabi army operation in Balochistan the popularity of BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) has increased and it has emerged as a vanguard of Baloch resistance. While BLA fighters are waging an active war against the Punjabi army in the mountains of Balochistan the intensity and frequency of the attacks in the urban areas of Balochistan and other parts of Pakistan have increased many folds. 23.3.07 |
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Insurgent attacks in Naukundi, Wadh and Noshki, five Pakistani soldiers
killed, four injured
Baloch insurgents ambushed Frontier Constabulary (FC) convoy in Naukundi area of Dalbandin killing five Pakistani soldiers including a Lieutenant Cornel and wounding at least four on Wednesday. According to sources, a FC convoy was ambushed by Baloch insurgents on Wednesday; the vehicle carrying a Lieutenant Cornel came under heavy machinegun and RPG fire when it was on its patrol in the border town of Nokundi region of Chagai district, about 450 km west of Quetta. Five FC soldiers including a senior officer were killed on the spot and
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Bomb blast in Gwadar, Khuzdar, Mastung and
a police van attacked in Quetta Two policemen were seriously injured in a hand-grenade attack on a police vehicle; gas supply was suspended to many areas in Mastung after a gas pipeline was blown up, explosion in FC camp in Khuzdar on Tuesday night meanwhile a powerful blast was heard in Gwadar. According to details, a police van parked near Bajli road police station was attacked when two people, who were riding a motorcycle, had hurled a hand-grenade at a van. Two policemen were seriously wounded in the attack. The injured were identified as constables Mohammad Asif and Anwar and said they had been admitted to the Civil Hospital, Quetta. The vehicle was badly damaged the attackers escaped unharmed. In another attack, a gas pipeline was blown up in Killi Shiekhan in Mastung town. The gas pipeline caught fire in the blast and supply to several areas in and around the town has been suspended. An explosion was heard in Khuzdar when General Musharraf giving a speech in Gwadar and it was being telecast live on radio and television. The target of the bomb was a FC camp in Zehri Naghatan area where airport and the central jail are also located. Mean while, despite of the extensive security measures taken in Gwadar, a day before the inauguration of the Gwadar port by General Musharraf a powerful explosion shook the port city. The device was planted in the port authority officer’s colony, the bang was so loud that it could be heard in every nook and corner of the port city but the authorities denied to give any details of the damage. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attacks. 21.3.07 |
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Train and gas services suspended in
Balochistan Train service between Quetta city and the rest of the country was suspended after a "powerful blast" blew up railway tracks near Spizend in Balochistan. "A portion of the track was blown up in a powerful blast," a railway official said, adding that railway traffic with the rest of the country had been badly affected. The Railway authorities told media persons that the explosive device blew up the track early yesterday, causing suspension of train services on the main line. In a similar act of intended sabotage, a gas pipeline in the Pir Koh gas field area in the province was also blown up yesterday, causing suspension in supply to the main purification plant. "It was a 16-inch-diameter pipeline which supplied gas to the plant from well No 40 of the Pir Koh gas field," security officials in Sui were quoted as saying in the media today. They said that the blast had caused a five-foot-long hole in the pipeline. Meanwhile, blasts near a residential building at Aalamo Chowk in Quetta and Parda Bagh Sibi were reported but there were no casualties. Baloch Freedom Fighters also fired rockets near Kohlu. Bebarg Baloch, a spokesman for Baloch Liberation Army, accepted responsibility for the blast. Speaking by phone, he said that attacked security forces in Tratani area near Kahan in Kohlu where forces suffered heavy human losses. Bebarg also claimed that the BLA had carried out attacks and bomb blasts on the eve of the March 17, 2005, massacre in Dera Bugti in which the Frontier Corp bombarded the town of Dera Bugti killing 83 people including women and children.18.3.07 |
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Thirteen soldiers killed and several others
injured in Kahan area, blast in Sibi & Mastung Thirteen Pakistani soldiers killed and at least two dozen injured in two different attacks by Baloch freedom fighters on Punjabi army in Marri area of Tratani and Pishi and bomb blast in Sibi and Mastung on Saturday. According to details, Baloch freedom Fighters attacked an army camp with heavy machine gunfire and mortar shells in Sia Pad area of Tratani killing at least seven Punjabi soldiers and injuring more then a dozen and the camp totally destroyed. In another attack in Pishi near Kahan at least six army personnel killed and several injured when their convoy was ambushed by Baloch Freedom Fighters. Mean while bomb blasts in Sibi and Mastung on government installations but no casualties reported. Mr Bevrak Baloch a spokesman of BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attacks and said today’s attacks were in memory and vengeance of Dera Bugti massacre of 17 March 2005 and said that “We will Never forget our Martyrs.” 17.3.07 |
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Three bomb explosions rock Quetta Three loud explosions were heard in different parts of Quetta the capital of Balochistan on Thursday evening. According to sources, three loud explosions were heard in different parts of Quetta. The first explosion was heard in Ghulistan Town in Brewery area when some unknown men throw a hand grenade in the house of retired Punjabi section officer of department of population Saeed Ahmed. The grenade landed on the roof of the house and exploded, in result of the explosion house sustained damage and the windowpanes shattered but no one was hurt. Another bomb exploded in front of a house No. 289-C, street 5, Smungali housing scheme in Quetta. The explosion damaged the house and windowpanes of surrounding shattered, but no casualties were reported. Meanwhile another powerful explosive device went off near central train station Quetta, damaging the train tracks and other surrounding buildings, no trains were present on the spot of the blast. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) clamed responsibility. 16.3.07 |
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Three killed, nine injured, rockets hit a
grid station in Whad Baloch Freedom Fighters attack the newly built grid station in Wadh area of Khuzdar killing one security guard and seriously injuring three on Wednesday night. According to details, Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked the newly built grid station with rockets and heavy automatic fire. It is told that the grid station sustained severe damage and one security personnel guarding the station killed and three injured. Mean while two people killed and six injured including policemen during riots in Khuzdar area. 15.3.07 |
 PAF fighter Jet plunged to the ground in
Balochistan, pilot killedA Pakistan Air Force fighter aircraft crashed in Balochistan Tuesday, killing the pilot. According to Pakistan Air Force officials, The F-7 fighter plane was on a routine training mission when it came down near Balochistan. But according to Baloch Freedom Fighters the F-7 fighter jet was on a bombardment mission in the Marri area of Bambore when it came under heavy anti aircraft fire, and the fighter jet must have got hit because it quickly retreated and on its way back to airbase it crashed to the ground killing the pilot. It is worth mentioning that such clash between Baloch Freedom Fighters and Pakistani air force jets a matter of routine and several helicopter gunships have been brought down o the ground so far. 13.3.07 |
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Gas pipeline blown up in Quetta
A gas pipeline was blown up near Jinnah town in Quetta on Monday,
disrupting supply to many areas. A portion of the 6-inch diameter gas
pipeline was blown up as an explosive device planted under the pipeline
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Five injured in remote controlled bomb in
Dera Bugti Five pro government tribesmen and Punjabi army personnel were injured in a remote controlled bomb blast in Dera Bugti on Monday. According to sources, Punjabi army personnel guarding a close relative of Wadera Abdul Rehman Bugti were going to Sui from Dera Bugti in the pick-up truck when their truck was hit by a roadside remote controlled bomb. The explosion was so powerful that it ripped the vehicle into pieces and injured five persons travelling on the pickup truck, including a Baloch traitor and a close relative of Wadera Abdul Rehman Bugti. Wadera Alam Khan of BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. 13.3.07 |
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Train line blown up in Quetta A portion of the railway track between Quetta and Chaman, near the Killi Alamo suburb of the city, was damaged in a bomb blast on Friday night. According to sources, an explosive device planted under the tracks exploded at about 9pm damaging about 18 inches of the tracks. The explosion shattered windowpanes of nearby houses. No casualties were reported. It is worth reminding that several government installations are targeted daily in Balochistan and other provinces. Just the train service has suffered a dozen attacks during this week only in Balochistan. A source at the Pakistan Railways said that only one passenger train runs daily between Quetta and Chaman during the morning. He said that the repair work would be completed soon. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. 10.3.07 |
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Blast injures nine in Hub, including three
officers A powerful remote controlled device went off late last night on Sakran Road in Hub injured nine people including three high ranking officials of Attock cement factory on late Friday evening. According to sources, an extremely powerful remote controlled bomb went off as an Attock cement factory van carrying staff to the factory was passing nearby, the van was totally destroyed injuring nine, three of the injured are high ranking officials from the cement factory, and two are in critical condition. The bomb was planted on the side of the road in sugarcane juicing handcart on Sakran road near the old Custom House in the Hub town of Lasbela district on Friday night. According to locals, the blast was so powerful that several other vehicles passing by were also damaged and also damaged an electricity pylon, causing suspension of power supply to several parts of Hub town and surrounding areas. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. 10.3.07 |
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BLA blows up train line in Balochistan Quetta Express escaped disaster when a bomb exploded under train engine, blowing up a portion of the railway track. The blast happened on 8:15pm near the Speezend station some 30 km from Quetta capital of Balochistan on Wednesday evening. According to details, Quetta Express was targeted by a bomb blast when
it reached near the Speezend train station, the train was traveling from
Peshawar to Quetta. The explosion happened as the train was passing from
the place of the incidence, the train suffered minor damage and managed to
stay on the track and escaped disaster. The blast ripped off a three
portion of one side of the track but the train managed to stay on the
track and pass safely over it, no casualties were reported. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. 8.3.07 |
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Roadside bomb kills 1, wounds 16 in
Sui Balochistan A road side bomb exploded cascade of vehicles near carrying pro-government tribal elders in Sui Balochistan, killing one of them on the spot and wounding sixteen. Baloch Freedom Fighters claimed responsibility for the attack in Sui, a town about 210 miles east of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan where main gas fields are located. Sources said, a roadside bomb went off at 11:30am when three vehicles carrying pro government tribal elders including Wadera (Tribal elders) Mohammad Bux who were coming to Sui Township for a meeting with a local army commander. The explosion was so powerful that ripped apart the vehicles killing one of the Wadera and injuring sixteen other, including three other Wadera's working as informers for Punjabi army. Wadera Shah Mohammad was killed on the spot. The injured included Wadera Mohammad Bux, Wadera Elahi Bux, Abdul Sharif, Sangat, Maounj Ali, Shahid, Arshad, Faqir Bux, Raiz Mohammad, Darya Khan, Shah Hussain, Nuruddin, Noor Jehan and Azim Khatoon. Baloch Freedom Fighters claimed responsibility for the attack and warned any informer of the Punjabi army awaits the same fate and wowed to continue till Punjabi occupying army in not driven out of Balochistan. 7.3.07 |
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Railway track blown up in Mach, bomb blasts
in Sibi and Hub Parts of a railway track near the Mach railway station were blown up on Monday by a bomb blast. The train service was affected, all traffic suspended. The traffic will be restored after the track had been repaired. Sources said that the bomb planted by some Baloch freedom Fighters went off at 4 am on the railway track in Killi Sultan, some two kilometres from the Mach station, damaging a portion the track and suspending all up and down traffic from Quetta. Mean while a bomb blast in Sibi. According to details a powerful bomb exploded near the Sibi collage and other government offices, damaging nearby government buildings but no loss of life has been reported. According to reports a gas pipeline blown up in the industrial town of Hub 25Km from Karachi. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) clamed responsibility for all the attacks. 6.3.07 |
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Rocket hits Quetta cantonment, casualties
suspected Army headquarters hit by a powerful rocket, several casualties and damage to property suspected. According to sources, a powerful explosion rocked the provincial metropolis on Wednesday evening. The bang of the explosion was heard in every nook and corner of Quetta city. However, the law-enforcers did not disclose the site of the explosion. But it is said that the rocket hit the army headquarters in Quetta cantonment area. Several army personnel are believed to be killed and severe damage to property was reported. There are also rumours that a high ranking officer has also been killed in the blast. But the authorities are keeping a lid on the situation and denying of any such incidence. It is a usual practice of the army to deny of any occurrence of an attack, especially if the Baloch Freedom Fighters attack a sensitive army installation in Quetta cantonment resulting in army casualties. According to local people, “I cam out of my house after I heard the bang of the explosion,” said Haji Muhammad Ajmal, a resident of New Faqir Muhammad Road. A resident of Patel Bagh also heard the bang. Similarly, a resident of Jinnah Town, Jehangir telephoned the newspaper office and asked about the bang. However, police expressed ignorance of the explosion and said “different mobile teams are searching for the site of the mysterious explosion.” Meanwhile, Mr. Azad Baloch spokesman of BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) clamed responsibility for the attack. 1.3.07 |
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Two DCOs’ homes attacked in Balochistan A grenade was hurled at the home of the Kalat district coordination officer on Tuesday. According to sources, the grenade exploded in the backyard of the house. On Monday night, a bomb also exploded near the house of the Mastung DCO. Meanwhile, police started random arrests all over Balochistan, so far at least 25 people have been arrested in connection with a rocket attack in which a grid station along the Quetta-Chaman road was destroyed two days back. Torture and killing are a routine during police interrogations. Thousands of innocent men, women and even children have been abducted, tortured and killed by the Pakistani army, the ISI and MI. 28.02.07 |
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Rail track blown up in DM Jamali, bomb
blast in Mastung The main railway track near Dera Murad Jamali, some 250km east of here, was blown up late on Monday night, severing rail link between the provincial capital and rest of the country for a second time in 24 hours. According to details, a powerful explosion was heard at 8:50pm Monday evening, in result of the explosion at least three feet of the rail track was blown up near village Sona Khan Bugti. All up and down traffic on the main line has been stopped. Trains that left Quetta for rest of the country had been halted at Nautal and Dera Murad Jamali railway stations, trains coming to Quetta from Karachi and Peshawar had been stopped at Jacobabad and Dera Allah. After security clearance, the railways authorities sent engineers and other staff for repairing the track. According to railway officials, the repair work is unlikely to take two days. Rail traffic also remained suspended on Sunday morning when a portion of the main railway line was blown up by a similar explosive device in Dasht, 22km south of Quetta. Four explosive devices had been planted, but three of them were defused. Meanwhile a powerful explosion was heard in the township of Mastung 50 Km from the capital Quetta. According to sources, Mastung Township was rocked when a powerful explosion occurred near the DCO (District Coordinating officer) office on Monday night. The office and the boundary wall sustained damage and windowpanes of surrounding offices shattered. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) clamed responsibility for the attacks. 27.2.07 |
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Rockets fired at FC check post in Khuzdar A rocket was fired at the Balochistan Constabulary’s check post in Khuzdar district. Baloch freedom fighters rockets at a check post in Gasleeti Charrai, Khuzdar district. The rocket fell in and around the check post. No group has accepted the responsibility yet. 26.2.07 |
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Train track blown up in Balochistan
Baloch insurgents bombed a main railway track in Balochistan. A large portion of the railway track was blown up this morning in the Dasht area, some 22 kilometers south of Quetta. Sources said, a patrol party found four bombs attached to the track and called the bomb disposal squad but in the mean-time the bombs went off, destroying a large portion of the track and disrupted the train service. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) clamed responsibility for the blast. 25.2.07 |
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Rocket hits Quetta cantonment, city plunges
into darkness A rocket attack on a grid station triggered an extensive power failure in Quetta on Saturday. The rocket struck a transformer, which caught fire; suspending power supply to a large part of Quetta was disconnected on Saturday night. According to details, a rocket was fired at around 10:30pm; hit a grid station near Askari Park in Quetta cantonment. The rocket hit a 20/26 MVA capacity transformer blowing it to pieces. Minutes after the grid station caught fire, suspending power supply to a large part of Quetta. It took Fire fighters several hours put out the fire. “Qesco (Quetta Electricity Supply Corporation) suffered a loss of Rs30 million due to damage of the transformer, which has a capacity of 20/26 MVA,” Shafiq Khattak, a senior official, said. Other officials said it would take at least a week to repair the damaged grid station. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) accepted the responsibility for the attack. They have been fighting a war of independence for several years now, and especially targeting army and government installations. Since the beginning of the fifth Army operation in Balochistan, severity, intensity and frequency of the attacks have increased. 25.2.07 |
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Mastung rocked by powerful explosion The Mastung Township, about 50km from here, was rocked by a powerful bomb explosion, late on Friday night. According to sources, a powerful bomb planted along the wall of the office of the Public Safety Commission with timer went off at around 10:30pm causing panic among the residents of the township. The wall of the Public Safety Commission office collapsed while windowpanes of many nearby houses were smashed in the powerful explosion. However, no casualty was reported in the blast, police said, adding that a case has been registered against unknown people and further investigation was in progress. 24.2.07 |
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Bomb blast kills three suspected militants in eastern Pakistan
Two suspected suicide attackers were blown to pieces when the explosive device they were carrying exploded in the eastern Pakistani town of Chichawatni early Saturday. Chichawatni is some 195 km southwest of Lahore, the capital of Punjab province. A local senior police official was quoted as saying that the two suicide bombers, who on a bicycle, were torn to pieces as the explosive devices went. The men were apparently targeting the funeral services for a policeman or the police guarding a cattle market in Cheecha Watni, a town about 60 miles east of Multan, a city in Punjab province, authorities said. Initially the police chief Mohammed Bashir said the blast injured one passer-by, but later said that person was also on the bicycle and had died. Police and security agencies have been on maximum alert following the Jan. 26 suicide attack outside a five star hotel in Islamabad that killed a guard. A suicide bomber killed 17 people - including a judge - when he blew himself up inside a courtroom in a Quetta on February 17. Pakistan is in the grip of chaos as just in suicide bombing attacks over 37 people have been killed since this January across the country, including in capital Islamabad, Peshawar, and Quetta. Mean while Pakistani army is suffering heavy casualties and huge economical losses in attacks by Baloch Freedom Fighters. All the sign of a failed state. 24.2.07 |
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BLA blows up rail track near Quetta The rail link between Quetta and the rest of the country was cut off as insurgents blew up a main railway line near Quetta late on Tuesday night. According to sources, some people planted explosives under the main railway track in the Parkaniabad area of Sariab and blew it up. As a result, the railway traffic between Quetta and rest of the country was suspended. A large portion of railway track was blown up in the powerful explosion that also rocked the entire Quetta city. Railway authorities confirmed the damage to the main railway line and said all Quetta-bound trains coming from Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi and Peshawar would be stopped at different stations till the track was repaired. Meanwhile, railway engineers have started replacing the damaged portion of the track. Railway authorities said, that the railway link between Quetta and the rest of the country would be restored in a few days. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) clamed responsibility for the blast. 21.2.07 |
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Gas pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti Baloch insurgents blew up a gas pipeline in Sui area of Dera Bugti in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, cutting off gas supply to the Sui purification plant. Sources said, insurgents planted explosives near the 8-inch diameter pipeline supplying gas to Sui Purification Plant from well number seven in Sui. The blast blew off several feet portion of the pipeline suspending gas supplies to the purification plant. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) clamed responsibility for the attack. 21.2.07 |
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Gunmen attack Pakistani minister in
Balochistan, gas pipeline blown up in Quetta Gunmen attacked the convoy of a Pakistani government minister in the restive southwestern province of Balochistan on Tuesday but he escaped unhurt. Minister for States and Frontier Regions Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind came under attack when he was traveling with a police escort near his village in Lando area, 150 km east of the provincial capital, Quetta. "The attackers fired at the convoy with automatic weapons. Three cars were damaged but no one was hurt," said the mayor of the area, Sardar Khan Rind. He said it was too early to say who was behind the attack. Suspicion is bound to fall on Baloch nationalist rebels, fighting for independence of Balochistan. The rebels in Pakistan's biggest but poorest province accuse the central government of exploiting its resources without sharing the benefits among its people. They frequently attack gas pipelines and government and military targets in their campaign. Earlier on Tuesday, Baloch militants blew up a gas pipeline on the outskirts of Quetta, cutting supplies to four districts near the city and a 95 MW city power plant. Supplies might be restored to some areas within 24 hours, officials said. 20.2.07 |
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Baloch insurgents blow up gas pipeline in Balochistan Baloch insurgents blew up a gas pipeline near Quetta on Tuesday, cutting supplies to a power plant and several areas. Baloch insurgent accuse the central government of exploiting and plundering Baloch for long enough without sharing the benefits among its people. They frequently attack gas pipelines in their campaign for autonomy. No one was hurt in the early morning blast in the outskirts of Quetta, capital of the province which is Pakistan's main source of natural gas. "They planted explosives under an 18-inch pipeline that blew out a 4-foot (1.2 metres) piece of the pipe," said Sheikh Nawaz, General Manager of the state-owned Sui Southern Gas Company. Gas supplies were cut to four districts near Quetta and a 95 MW city power plant. Supplies might be restored to some areas within 24 hours, Nawaz said. The rebels have been waging an insurgency for total independence from Pakistan and the Punjabi domination for years. They also attack official buildings, military installations, road and rail links and power lines. BLA claimed responsibility for the attack. 20.2.07 |
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Army attacked in Marri area, six killed
seven injured Baloch Freedom Fighters attack Pakistani army in three different places in Marri area killing six and at least seven injured and a powerful blast Sibi. According to details, army check posts and patrols attacked Pishi, Tratani and Dohi Wadh, killing and injuring four. According to details, Baloch fighters ambushed an army patrol in the Pishi area near Kahan. Three army personnel killed and two injured in the attack. Meanwhile, six rockets fired on an army post in Tratani area of Bambore killing two and injuring four. And a FC check post was attack in Dohi Wadh on Marri-Bugti border near Kahan killing one and atleast one injured in the attack. Mean while a powerful explosion was heard in Sibi, according to details a powerful device planted on train line in Sibi went off blowing up a large portion of the track. Service on the track suspended due the repairs. A spokesman of BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) clamed responsibility for the attacks and said that they suffered no casualties in these attacks, and said that their morale is high and soon the Punjabi tyrants will be kicked out of Balochistan. 19.2.07 |
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Seven FC killed nine injured in Dera Bugti
District Pakistani army suffers several casualties in attacks by Baloch freedom fighters in Marri and Bugti areas. During last 24 hours Pakistani army came under five insurgent attacks in Pirkoh, Sangsila and Sui Tratani. At least seven Punjabi army solders killed and nine injured on Sunday. According to details, Baloch freedom fighters attacked an army post guarding a gas well in Pirkoh area of Dera Bugti District. Four out of the seven army personnel killed on the spot and three seriously injured. They planted explosives and blew up the gas well the gas well caught fire and gas supply to main plant was cut off. In another incidence an army truck was hit by a roadside bomb in Sangsila of Dera Bugti, killing three on the spot and seriously injuring several others. The vehicle was on its way to Dohi Wadh on Marri Bugti border area. The vehicle was badly damaged as a result of the explosion. Mean while an army informer the army was killed and three others injured including two army personnel when their vehicle came under heavy fire. Baloch freedom fighters ambushed an army surveillance team when they were out on patrol, killing their Bugti informer and injuring three others attack near Sui town. Baloch freedom Fighters clamed responsibility for the attack.19.2.07 |
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Quetta powerful bomb blast kills 15 and at
least 25 injured A suspected suicide bomber in Quetta killed 15 people, including a judge, in a courtroom in the city of Quetta on Saturday, the latest in a series of suicide blasts to have sent shudders through the country. Police made a string of arrests this week, including two suicide bomb teams caught in southern Pakistan. The bomb in Quetta exploded while a lower court was in session. A senior judge and six lawyers were among those killed, police in the capital of Balochistan province said. According to our reports a man entered the room and blew himself up. A head has been found, At least 25 people were injured, six of them were in a critical condition. Road blocks had been set up in Islamabad, and police were stopping and questioning drivers of small cars, taxis and trucks. Foreign embassies have told their staff to limit their travel in the capital. Officials in Quetta were unsure who carried out Saturday's blast. "Initially we suspect Baloch Nationalist, as well as Afghan Taliban could be behind the attack," Razak Bugti, a spokesman for the Balochistan government, said. Television footage from the wrecked courthouse showed people and police walking through pools of blood, collecting belongings. Body parts and torn clothes could be seen all around. Pakistan has been under mounting pressure from the United States and Afghanistan to tackle Taliban sanctuaries on its territory. Taliban leaders are widely believed to be operating from in and around Quetta, capital of the restive province of Balochistan, though Pakistan consistently denies their presence. Balochistan is also beset with unrest due to ethnic Baloch militants, who are fighting for independence. 17.2.07 |
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Four soldiers killed several injured near Kahan, gas pipeline blown up
near Kashmore In an attack on army camp in the Marri area of Tratani, four soldiers killed and several injured. A gas pipeline was blown up near Kashmore on Wednesday causing suspension of gas to the purification plant. According to details, BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) fighters attacked a army camp in Tratani on the Sohrain Kur river at around 4pm Wednesday evening, killing at least four Pakistani soldiers and injuring several others. It is told that the attack was so intense and sudden that the soldiers had no time to retaliate. The attackers safely fled back in the mountains after the attack. In another incidence, explosives planted under gas pipeline near well number 21 on Sui-Kashmor road went off damaging eight-inch diameter pipeline. The blast ripped several feet portion of the pipeline and partly damaged a nearby bridge. It is the second incidence of gas pipeline blowing up in last 24 hours in the area. Baloch freedom fighter clamed responsibility for the attack 15.2.07 |
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Bomb damages gas pipeline in Sui
Balochistan A bomb ripped through gas pipeline in the main gas producing town of Sui in Balochistan on Wednesday, no casualties reported but suspending gas supply to several cities. According to sources, Baloch Freedom Fighters immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in Sui, a town about 350 kilometers (210 miles) east of Quetta, the capital of volatile Balochistan province where Pakistan's main gas fields are located. It is worth mentioning that attacks on gas, electricity, bridges, train lines and other government infrastructure has become a routine in Balochistan since last seven years, the frequency and intensity of the attacks have increased many folds. Most of the attacks on installations and army personnel are carried out by BLA (Baloch Liberation Army). It is the organization waging an armed struggle against the Punjabi Pakistan for an independent Balochistan. 14.2.07 |
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Punjabi shopkeeper killed, two injured in
Quetta A Punjabi shopkeeper was killed and two others suffered injuries when armed men opened fire at a shop near Askrai Park in cantonment area on Monday night. Source said that two persons riding a motorcycle came at the mechanics shop and opened indiscriminate fire killing the mechanic Mohammad Zaman, on the spot and two other persons and seriously injuring two Mohammad Amin and Abdullah. The attackers managed to flee. Motive behind the killing was not known, but since the start of the fifth army operation in Balochistan and genocide of the Baloch people by the hands of Punjabi army, such incidences have become a matter of routine. It is believed that the Baloch people who suffering by the hands of Punjabi ISI, MI, police and the army for more then 60 years, and now a fifth army operation is underway, all Pakistani institutions serving only Punjabi interests in Balochistan. When looting, plunder, abduction, killing and now arrests of Baloch women and children have become the order of the day. In the Baloch society respect of women is above everything and dishonor is unthinkable even be it of your worst enemy. When such rules are being set by the Punjabi rulers then killing of Punjabis in Balochistan could not come as a surprise, such reactions are based upon the frustration of the common people who have nothing more to lose now, except their lives. 13.2.07 |
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Quetta under rocket attacks The capital of Balochistan was rocked on Monday night when two explosions were heard with brief interval. According to police sources, unknown people fired a rocket around 11:30pm that landed and exploded in Pashtoonabd area. The rocket hit the house of Abdul Aziz near Baloch Khan Chowk, a portion of the house was damaged due to rocket explosion. Windowpanes of many houses were also smashed in the blast. Another powerful explosion was also heard in Balock-5 of the Satellite town. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. 13.2.07 |
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Major gas pipeline blown up in Sariab area
of Quetta A main gas pipeline in the Sariab area was blown up on Saturday, suspending supply of gas to Quetta and surrounding areas for several hours. Sources said a powerful timer device planted near a Main gas pipeline went off in the Kashmirabad area near Killi Qambrani which went off at 12:15pm. The explosion damaged a seven-foot portion of the 16-inch diameter pipeline. Supply to a major parts of the Quetta, Pishin, Ziarat city, the cantonment area and other villages were suspended. The gas pipeline caught fire in the blast and the SSGC had to stop gas supply to control the fire. Quetta SSGC general manager Mohammad Nawaz Shaikh said staff with equipment had been sent to the area and they had started repairing the pipeline. He said the work would take 12 to 14 hours and gas supply from the pipeline to Quetta and surrounding areas would be restored tomorrow. BLA claimed responsibility for the blast. 10.2.07 |
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Pakistani rail track blown up near Dera
Ghazi Khan A portion of railway track on the Quetta-Multan section, in a high security zone near an installation of the Atomic Energy Commission in Punjab, was blown up on Monday night. According to sources, a powerful bomb had been planted under the tracks which destroyed a large portion of the railway track, causing suspension of traffic. The explosion took place an hour before the arrival of the Lahore-bound Chiltan Express from Quetta. All trains were halted at the Jampur railway station, some 45km from the place of incidence. It was the second explosion on railway tracks in the area. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) clamed responsibility for the attack. 6.2.07 |
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Gas supply suspended in Quetta Gas supply was suspended to some areas in the city suburbs on Monday night after a pipeline was damaged in an explosion near Gahi Khan Chowk in the Sariab area. According to details, the blast destroyed a large portion of a gas pipeline supplying gas to the surrounding areas. After the blast, gas supply to many villages in the Sariab area was suspended. Gas company official said that the pipeline was being repaired and the supply of gas would be restored by Tuesday morning. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army clamed) responsibility for the attack. 6.2.07 |
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Baloch women and children arrested, seven soldiers killed and four
injured, gas pipeline and electric pylons blow up Baloch Freedom fighters blew up a gas pipeline in Dera Bugti, a well known trouble spot in Balochistan Pakistan’s largest but plundered province. In another development amid fresh eruptions of attacks, The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed killing seven solders in an attack on Kohlu Marri area in Balochistan. Army resumed operations in Bugti and Marri area last week. According to details, insurgents had planted a powerful explosive near a 18 inch diameters gas pipelines supplying gas to Pirkoh area. A large portion of pipeline was damaged in the blast disturbing gas supply to Pirkoh and adjoining areas. Mr. Azad Baloch, BLA spokesman, said over phone that they attacked a vehicle carrying 9 soldiers in Bokhi kach of Tratani area in of Kohlu District, Kahan Tehsil, killing seven of them on the spot and two received multiple bullet wounds but survived. He said “The Punjabi army started arresting Baloch women and children after suffering humiliating defeats by the hands of BLA fighters and Baloch tribesmen especially Marri and Bugti.” In recent incidents 15 Baloch women and children were arrested in Badra-Jaldhi operation and 22 women and children arrested after humiliating defeat against Baloch fighters during the two day operation in Marri-Bugti border area of Sia Koh. He said, “The BLA condemned violence against civilian population.” The spokesman threatened that, “BLA would reply in same coin if same acts were repeated.” He said BLA was consulting on the situation. He also said, “BLF had attacked the army vehicle near Mand” two soldiers were seriously injured when the vehicle of Makran Scouts came under fire near Mand on Sunday while two electricity pylons were blown up suspending power supply to Dera Bugti. According to sources, a pick up carrying personal of Mekran Scouts was on its way to Turbat from Mand, a border town between Pakistan and Iran. When pickup crossed Mand, armed men opened fire at it. Two of the security personal received bullet injuries, said the sources, adding the injured rushed to Turbat for treatment after the incident The Mekran scouts cordoned off the entire area and launched a search operation. However there was no arrest. BLA claimed responsibilities for the attacks. 5.2.07 |
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Road side blast in Dera Bugti, four seriously injured Three army personnel were critically injured when their vehicle was targeted with a remote controlled road side bomb. Anti personnel landmines explosion injures an Punjabi informer in Dera Bugti area on Saturday. According to details, an army convoy traveling towards Sui when it reached near the newly established cantonment area it was targeted with a road side remote controlled device. The vehicle totally destroyed in the blast, several Punjabi army personnel were injured, three in critical condition. In another landmine explosion, an informant for the Punjabi army was injured. Meanwhile, Wadera Alam Khan a commander of Baloch freedom fighters said on telephone that security forces have suffered more casualties. He said that the civilian injured in a blast was a government informer. 4.2.07 |
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Rocket attack blacks out Gwadar port city
into darkness Gwadar port city and the entire district blacked out for several hours when Baloch freedom fighters fired several rockets, one of them hitting an electricity pylon. The rockets were fired from Padi Zar, the eastern part of the city, at about 12 midnight. One of the rockets hit a main electricity pylon in Mullah Band, suspending power supply to the entire district for several hours. At least two rockets hit the port area and one fell into the sea. Balochistan has witnessed militancy and separatist movements in Balochistan’s ever since its forceful annexation into Pakistan in 1947. Gwadar port, near the Gulf region on the Arabian Sea, witnessed protests after the Chinese financed and built a large port and naval complex. President Pervez Musharraf, who opened it last year, extolled its strategic and commercial importance as the gateway to west and central Asia. The militancy has received a major fillip after a top Baloch Nationalist leader, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, went missing, and probably killed in a military operation last August. It is worth Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti’s. BLA claimed responsibility for the attack. 3.2.07 |
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Gas pipeline blown up in Pir Koh, BLA
claimed responsibility Baloch freedom fighters blew up a gas pipeline in the Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti district on Monday night, disrupting the supply to the main distribution system in Sui. According to details, insurgents placed explosives beneath a gas pipeline in the Marro area of Pir Koh tehsil and blew up a big portion of the pipeline, resulting in suspension of supply to some areas of Sindh and Punjab from the main supplying system. Wadera Alam Khan of BLA claimed responsibility for the attack. 30.1.07 |
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Rocket attack Panjgoor airport, FC camp
blown up Rockets were fired at the Panjgoor airport and a Frontier Corps camp on Sunday night. According to sources, at least 7 rockets were fired at the airport and the FC camp from nearby mountains. Two rockets hit the runway and exploded leaving deep crater leaving the airport unusable. Baloch insurgents also target the colony of the Airport Security Force. The sources said four rockets exploded in the FC camp in Panjgoor Township. Causing widespread damage and causalities in the camp, and intense panic was observed amongst the FC frontier corps personnel. The FC officials always deny of damages and especially about casualties but usually it turns out to be the other way round. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) clamed responsibility for the attack. 30.1.07 |
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Ten army personnel killed five injured in Marri area, Gas supply to plant
blown up in Sui Gas supply to the plant in Sui was suspended on Sunday when Baloch insurgents blew up the main pipeline from the gas field. According to sources, high explosives armed with a timer were used to blow up the pipeline. The pipeline served at least six wells, they said. The blast destroyed a portion of the pipeline which caught fire, the flames raged for several hours before the gas company could do anything about it, after cutting off supply from the wells, any one could get near the area. Gas supply to the main purification plant was severely affected, the plant was working on half production. Meanwhile, in another attack Baloch Liberation Army fighter fired at least four rockets at a Frontier Corps check-post in Kohlu, killing at least three Pakistani army personnel and injuring five. Yet in another attack on a army patrol in Chapikach area of Kohlu District, seven army personnel killed by Baloch Liberation Army fighters and their arms and ammunition taken. Baloch fighters are daily launching multiple attacks on the Pakistani Punjabi army and causing severe casualties and economical losses. Moral of the Baloch fighters is very high and it will be not very long when the Punjabi tyrants and their pimps will have no where to hide. 29.01.07 |
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Two killed and three injured in a rocket attack in Babarkach At least two people were killed and three others injured, one of them seriously, when a rocket hit a pick-up in the Babarkach area of the Sibi district on Saturday. According to details, a pick-up truck with five passengers was on its way from the Sibi city to the Harnai Tehsil when unknown armed men fired a rocket from the nearby hills. An injured in the attack said, “all of a sudden something hit the vehicle and exploded with a big bang.” All of them lost their consciousness for a while and sustained injuries. Two of them died on the spot, they were identified as Jungi Khan and Haji Hayat. It was the second incident of rocket attack in Balochistan during the last 24 hours, as earlier Baloch Liberation Army BLA fighters had fired three rockets in Quetta on Friday night. 27.01.07 |
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Baloch traitor injured in Kohlu blast A newly recruited Levis personnel to safeguard the plunder of Baloch coal deposits by the Punjabis was seriously injured in a landmine explosion in the Kohlu area on Thursday. According to sources, a member of the Levies, identified as Rub Nawaz was on his way to a camp when he stepped on the landmine believed to have been planted by Baloch militants who are waging a war of Independence and will not tolerate any Punjabi or Baloch looting or becoming a party to the plunder of Baloch National wealth. Rub Nawaz lost both of his legs in the blast, and has been shifted to Multan hospital. In a warning by the Baloch Freedom Fighters said "any Baloch becoming a party to loot and plunder of our National wealth awaits a similar fate." 26.1.07 |
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Three govt officials abducted in
Balochistan Unidentified men abducted three officials of the Balochistan Public Health Engineering (PHE) and Irrigation Department near Dera Allah Yar, police said on Tuesday. Akhtar Hussain, Nasirabad Range police deputy inspector general, said that PHE Sub-Divisional Engineer Shakeel Ahmed Ansari, Irrigation SDO Abdul Karim Luni and Irrigation Sub-Engineer Abdul Shakoor were kidnapped when they were going from Jacobabad to Dera Murad Jamali in an official vehicle on Monday night. He said that the police later seized the vehicle from Goth Peeru Khan, and added that an operation to recover those abducted was in progress. He said Dera Allah Yar police had also registered a case against the unidentified kidnappers. Abductions of government officials and attacks on security forces and government installations are a routine in Balochistan. 24.1.07 |
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Several army posts and camps attacked and
possible casualties, in Balochistan Security checkposts and camps came under rocket attack in Kohlu, Wadh and Khuzdar areas and a house was badly damaged in a rocket attack in a village near Bakhtiarabad area of Sibi district on Tuesday. According to official sources, Baloch freedom Fighters fired at least two rockets at the checkpost of the Frontier Corps in the Baran-Luck area in Wadh tehsil late on Monday night. Rockets fired from nearby mountains were exploded near the checkpost. Another rocket fired on the Khuzdar town and exploded near the gate of the camp of the Balochistan Constabulary. The gate of the camp was damaged in the explosion. Sources said that Baloch militants attacked another army camp of the Frontier Corps in the Kohlu area on Tuesday morning. Six rockets exploded in the camp, damaging and possible casualties also suspected. After the attack, the fighters escaped unharmed. According to another report, some people also fired three rockets on a village near Bakhtiarabad, some 260km east of here, in the early hours of Tuesday. Rockets exploded near the house of one Rab Nawaz, damaging the house. “The house was badly damaged in the rocket explosions,” a police official of the area said. However, no casualty was reported in all three incidents. 24.1.07 |
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Baloch genocide continues, fighter jets and
gunships bombard Marri area 20 killed dozens missing
Pakistan’s Punjabi air force and infantry continued bombard Marri Baloch
settlements in different areas of Kohlu district along the border of Sibi
on Saturday killing more then 20 including women and children and arrested
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Helicopters target Baloch villages areas Pakistani air force continued an operation against Baloch villages in different areas of Kohlu district along the border of Sibi on Saturday and arrested dozens of innocent civilians. Helicopters are reported to have dropped security forces personnel in Jalari, Babar Kach, Sangan and other areas, who conducted a operation and took at least 46 people into custody for interrogation. A spokesman for the Anjuman Ittehad Marri said the operation had been continuing for the past three days and scores of people had been killed, injured and arrested. He said the security forces had established 26 new checkpoints and more troops were reaching the area. 21.1.07 |
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Blast cuts Quetta rail link to the rest of
the country, power pylons blown up in Dera Bugti Railway traffic between Quetta and the rest of the country was suspended as the main tracks were blown up near Dera Murad Jamali on Thursday night. According to police sources, Baloch freedom fighters planted an explosive device and blew up a large portion of the tracks linking Quetta with Sindh, Punjab and the NWFP in Kajla Mor area. Nasirabad District Police Officer Qazi Hussain said the Jaffar Express and Balochistan Express were due to cross the area when the tracks were blown up. Railway authorities said the two trains going from the provincial capital had been stopped at Nutal station, while the Quetta-bound trains would be stopped in Jacobabad. Baloch freedom fighters also blew up an electric pylon of 32kV transmission line in Pashbogi area, suspending power supply to many parts of Dera Bugti Township. BLA clamed responsibility for the attacks. 19.1.07 |
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Blasts in Hub, Mastung, army posts attacked in Karmu-wadh and Pat feeder Two powerful bombs exploded in Hub and Mastung, while rockets were fired at two security checkposts in the Karmo-Wadh area of Kahan tehsil and the Pat Feeder area of Nasirabad district on Wednesday. Police foiled an attempt to blow up a pylon of power transmission line by defusing two bombs in the Mastung area. According to reports, a bomb was planted beneath a 12-inch diameter pipeline supplying gas to the Hub area that exploded in the Public Health Engineering Colony near the Lasbela Canal area. Another bomb exploded in the Mastung town late night. No casualty was reported. Police defused two powerful bombs planted under a pylon of transmission line in a village, some 10km off Mastung on the RCD Highway. Meanwhile, Baloch freedom fighters fired eight rockets at a checkpost of the Frontier Corps in the Karmo-Wadh area of Kahan tehsil. Baloch militants also attacked a checkpost in the Pat Feeder area of Nasirabad district. "At least eight rockets were fired targeting the checkpost. The checkpost was severely damaged and casualties suspected, but the army personnel declined to comment. A spokesman of Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibility for the attacks. 18.1.07 |
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Mastung rocked by two blasts The Mastung Township was rocked when two rockets exploded near the fort of the Frontier Corps in the early hours of Thursday. According to sources, Baloch freedom fighters fired two rockets from mountains targeting the FC fort and the WAPDA gird station on the outskirts of Mastung town at about 2am. One of the rockets FC fort and caused severe damage to the wall and near by barracks and the other landed and exploded near the FC Fort. However, casualty was reported in the explosions. 12.1.07 |
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Baloch Freedom Fighters attack security
forces, killing 2 soldiers Baloch Rebels attacked a military convoy in Pakistan's tense southwestern Balochistan province, killing two soldiers, police said Wednesday. The rebels ambushed a two-vehicle convoy of the Frontier Corps paramilitary troops with assault rifles and rockets Tuesday in a rugged area in Bolan, a tribal district about 150 kilometers (90 miles) east of Quetta, Balochistan capital, a senior police official said. They hit one of the vehicles and killed two soldiers, he said. The deceased were identified as Sakhi Jan and Zainullah. A senior officer, who was traveling in the vehicle, was unhurt. The two injured security men, Munir Ahmed and Abdul Jabbar, were later shifted to Quetta because of their condition was serious. Balochistan has been the scene of increasing violence in recent years, including bombings and rocket attacks targeting security forces, railroads and gas pipelines. Authorities blame the anti-government attacks on armed Baloch freedom fighters and BLA fighting for total sovereignty and a free Balochistan. Tensions have soared since the August killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti, a Baloch Nationalist Leader and a tribal chieftain accused by the government of leading rebel attacks. 10.1.07 |
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Bridge blown up Quetta rail link snaps,
Baloch genocide continues
Rail traffic between Quetta and the rest of the country was affected
after a railway bridge was blown up by a powerful explosion near Dera
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Quetta grenade attack injures four of a
Punjabi lawyer’s family Unidentified gunmen hurled a hand grenade and fired at the home of a lawyer in quetta, wounding him and four of his family members. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on Friday night at the home of Mohammed Rafique in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, and a senior police official, Wazir Khan Nasir, said officers were still investigating. The attackers fired a single shot that injured Rafique, he said adding that as the lawyer's panicked family members tried to take him to hospital the gunmen threw a grenade and escaped. The motive behind the attack was not known, and the lawyer was not handling any politically sensitive cases, but since the start of the army operation, killing and abductions of innocent Baloch people by the ISI and MI (Military intelligence) such attacks on Punjabi settlers have become a daily routine. Baloch insurgents in Balochistan have been fighting for decades with the Pakistani government and its Punjabi army which has looted and plundered Baloch wealth fore more then sixty years. And now this is the reaction of helpless Baloch victims who have seek for justice but all in vain now they resort to avenge themselves when all other means fail. 7.1.07 |