14 Pakistani soldiers killed as militants ambush two vehicles carrying security forces in restive Balochistan
Balochistan province this year where separatists and militants have stepped up their attacks since a ceasefire deal between the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Pakistan government ended in November 2022.
According to a statement by the Pakistan Army, the incident happened when terrorists ambushed two vehicles carrying soldiers from Pasni to the Ormara area of Gwadar district of the province.
The sanitisation operation is being carried out in the area and perpetrators of the heinous act will be hunted down and brought to justice, the statement said.
No further details were provided by the military media wing.
Balochistan's caretaker Chief Minister Ali Mardan Domki strongly condemned the attack and vowed that the terrorists behind the strike would be brought to justice.
The attack comes just two days after security forces killed six terrorists in the Sambas area of Zhob district in the province on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, a bomb targeting a police convoy killed five people and injured over 20 others in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Throughout the year, terrorists and separatists have been targeting security forces in Balochistan. Two soldiers were killed in the Khoro area of Awaran district last Sunday.
At least 60 people, including a policeman, died and 60 others were injured when a suicide bomber targeted a religious procession in September in the remote district of Mastung.
In July, 12 soldiers were killed in separate military operations in the Zhob and Sui areas of Balochistan.
Pakistan has been facing a rise in violence in the wake of the Taliban getting power in Afghanistan in August 2021.
