IED

IED event in Balochistan, Kinchiti in Awaran District area, Pakistan on Tue 17th October 2023

17th October 2023

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The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) on October 16 claimed responsibility for an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack on a Security Forces’ convoy in the area between Kinchiti and Hotan in Awaran District of Balochistan on October 13 in which seven soldiers were killed and several others, reports The Balochistan Post. The BLA ‘spokespersons’ Major Gwahram Baloch said that the blast resulted in the destruction of a military vehicle and partially damaged another one killing seven Pakistani soldiers and injuring several others. However, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) had not yet confirmed or denied the BLF’s claims, while local journalists from Quetta have confirmed the incident.

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