Pakistan: Explosives Functioned in Several Attacks Killing 6, Injuring 17

TRIPwire, 27 December 2022
On 25 December 2022, a series of 9 attacks in Balochistan province killed 6 Pakistani army personnel and injured 17 civilians. In the Kahan region, an IED functioned near a security forces’ vehicle during a clearance operation. In Quetta, unknown militants threw a grenade in a bazaar near a residential area. In the Sambaza area of Zhob district, a Pakistani soldier was killed in an exchange of fire with a militant who was also killed. No group has claimed responsibility for the various explosive attacks, and the investigations are ongoing.