Baluchistan has been the scene of a long-running insurgency in Pakistan, with an array of separatist groups staging attacks, mainly on security forces.
People look at vehicles burned by gunmen after they killed their passengers, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, on a road in Musakhail, a district in Balochistan province, southwestern Pakistan. QUETTA, Pakistan — Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan killed at least 37 people in separate attacks on Monday, officials said, while security forces killed 12 insurgents, marking one of the deadliest days of violence in the restive Baluchistan province, with reports of other shootings and destruction in the area.
Separatists are known to ask people for their ID cards, and then abduct or kill those who are from outside the province. Many recent victims have come from neighboring Punjab province. Syed Muhammad Ali, an Islamabad-based security analyst, said the latest killings of non-Baluch people are an attempt by separatists to harm the province economically.
Most such previous killings have been blamed on the outlawed group and others demanding independence from the central government in Islamabad. The Pakistani Taliban also have a presence in the province, and they are closely connected to the BLA.
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