Seven consecutive blasts have occurred in Pakistan’s Balochistan province over the past 24 hours. Suspected militants targeted several locations in Quetta and Dera Murad Jamali. No one was killed in the blasts, but two security guards at a construction company were injured. On Saturday, a police checkpoint in Quetta was attacked with a hand grenade. This was followed by an IED explosion near an Anti-Terrorism Department (ATD) vehicle. Three more blasts occurred by evening. According to Quetta SSP Asif Khan, armed men threw grenades at a construction company camp on Sariab Road, injuring two guards. Motorcycle-borne attackers also hurled two grenades at the Manzoor Shaheed police station. One exploded on the spot, the other was defused by a bomb squad. An IED also blew up a railway track near Lohar Karez on the outskirts of the city. A police vehicle was also attacked with a grenade. A police patrol vehicle was also attacked in Dera Murad Jamali. Grenades were also thrown near a police post in the Kech Beg area of Quetta. No organization has claimed responsibility for these attacks. Balochistan has previously witnessed several major attacks. So far this year, 782 people have been killed. In March, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) hijacked a train and killed several soldiers. In September, a suicide attack on a political rally in Quetta killed 11 people. 4,000 Pakistani soldiers killed in 4 years: Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar claimed yesterday (Saturday) that 4,000 Pakistani soldiers have been killed and more than 20,000 wounded in the past four years. He said that since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, Pakistan has suffered more losses than it can bear. The Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister appealed to the Taliban to take strict action against the militants. Dar said that Pakistani Taliban (TTP) fighters should not be given shelter in the border areas. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP): Why is there a conflict between Pakistan and the TTP? The TTP has intensified attacks on Pakistan since 2022. Pakistan frequently alleges that the Pakistani Taliban uses Afghan soil to launch terrorist attacks. However, Afghanistan has consistently denied these allegations. The Pakistani Taliban (TTP) has strengthened since the Taliban’s return to Afghanistan in 2021. The TTP unilaterally ended the ceasefire with Pakistan in November 2022. Following this, it has intensified attacks on Pakistan. Pakistan ranks second in the Global Terrorism Index. According to the Global Terrorism Index 2025, Pakistan has become the second most terror-affected country in the world, after Burkina Faso, up from fourth in 2024. According to the report, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan are the most terror-affected areas in Pakistan, accounting for 90% of all terrorist incidents across the country. The report ranked Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan as Pakistan’s most dangerous terrorist organization for the second consecutive year. In 2024, the group carried out 482 attacks, resulting in 558 deaths, a 91% increase from 2023.
