Pakistan Balochistan insurgent attacks 2026
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Recurrent bombings challenge in Pakistan
Dozens were killed and injured in an attack by an armed group in a northwestern city.
An armed group linked to Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a mosque in northwestern Pakistan on Friday.
Pakistan’s government says many of the attacks are launched from just across the border in Afghanistan.
Bomb attack at Pakistan mosque kills at least 16
President Asif Ali Zardari expressed his best wishes for the swift recovery of those injured in the explosion.
Islamabad says militants use safe haven in Afghanistan to train and plan attacks in Pakistan.
Afghanistan's Taliban government denies the accusation and says militancy is Pakistan's domestic problem.
Pakistan faces new frontier of attacks in Balochistan's Pashtun areas
On September 3, gunmen ambushed a paramilitary convoy returning from Ziarat district, and a police officer said more than a dozen paramilitary personnel were killed.
Rahim Nasar said the Pakistani military carried out major campaigns against the TTP in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in January and February, after which most fighters migrated to Balochistan.
Families of the dead and Pashtun nationalist parties held a three-day sit-in in Quetta, accusing the government of leaving trapped officers without reinforcements.
“This could deepen existing grievances against the state, particularly if communities perceive themselves as simultaneously bearing the economic costs of tighter security measures and the consequences of deteriorating security,”