Seven Pakistani soldiers killed in bomb attack in Balochistan

WORLD, May 06 (YPA) -Seven Pakistani soldiers were killed on Tuesday when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded and targeted their vehicle in the southwestern province of Balochistan.

The Pakistani military said in a statement that “terrorists” from the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) had targeted a vehicle carrying security forces with a homemade bomb near the town of Mach in Kachhi district.

It said seven paramilitary troops were killed.

It also noted that eight militants were eliminated during a security operation carried out in the town of Mir Ali in northwestern Pakistan.

The army explained that the operation was conducted based on intelligence indicating the presence of terrorist elements in the town, which is located in the Waziristan district near the Afghan border.

@E.Y.M