From Zee News:Islamabad, July 21: Forty-three people, including nine paramilitary personnel, have been killed and many more injured in fierce clashes between the security forces and militants in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province.
An engineer of the Pakistan Petroleum Limited was also among the dead. Many persons were injured, some of them seriously, in two days of fighting between the security forces and militants in Uch area of Dera Bugti district, sources in the paramilitary Frontier Corps told a news agency.
Eight militants were killed on Saturday while the rest were killed yesterday. Heavy weapons, including rockets and mortars, were used in the clashes.
The security forces also arrested nine injured militants and recovered a huge cache of arms from their possession. The injured militants were shifted to the provincial capital of Quetta for treatment and interrogation.
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More News On The Strife In Balochistan
'Two killed' in Balochistan blast -- BBC News
Forces expand Dera Bugti operation -- Daily Times
Six more die in Sui military operation Staff Reporter -- Frontier Post
2 securitymen among 6 killed -- The Nation
Six troops, many rebels killed in southwest Pakistan -- Tehran Times
36 killed in pakistan clashes -- Gulf Daily News
At least 6 die in fierce fighting in Pakistan -- Contra Costa Times
My Comment: This is the first time that I have made a post on the civil war that is brewing in Balochistan. This unique ethnic group are like the Kurds, they straddle three countries (Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran), and have been wanting independence from all three for many years.
In the past few years, violence and warfare has been increasing. One of the consequences of making peace with the Tribal Frontiers in Pakistan, has been the Balochistan people demanding the same thing. In Iran, discrimination has resulted in an open rebellion there. Iran has accused the CIA of funding and supplying military hardware to the Balochistans.
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