"Pakistan has deployed helicopters and drones to take control of a town in the mineral-rich western province of Balochistan from rebels amid ongoing fighting that has left dozens of security officials and civilians dead. Police said on Wednesday that they secured the desert town of Nushki after a three-day battle, the Reuters news agency reports. Seven officers were killed in the fighting."
"The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) launched a series of attacks in the southwestern province on Saturday, storming banks, schools, markets and security installations across Pakistan's largest and poorest province. I thought the roof and walls of my house were going to blow up, said Robina Ali, a housewife who lives in the provincial capital of Quetta, near a main administrative building where there was a powerful morning blast."
"A senior official told the AFP news agency on Wednesday that 197 terrorists have been killed in the ongoing counterterrorism operations. Authorities have imposed security restrictions on the province, which borders Afghanistan and Iran, banning public gatherings and demonstrations. Funerals of some of the victims are due to take place on Wednesday afternoon. The BLA said on Tuesday it had killed 280 soldiers during what it called its Operation Herof."
Rebel attacks in southwestern Balochistan have caused hundreds of deaths and prompted intense government counteroperations using helicopters and drones. Security forces secured the desert town of Nushki after a three-day battle that killed seven officers, and additional troops were sent to the area. The Balochistan Liberation Army launched coordinated raids on banks, schools, markets and security installations, claiming heavy military casualties in an Operation Herof follow-up to August 2024 attacks. Authorities reported 197 militants killed in counteroperations, imposed bans on public gatherings and demonstrations, and scheduled funerals for victims amid a decades-long separatist struggle over the province's mineral wealth.
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