Reference News, February 2 report: According to the Associated Press, on February 1, Pakistani government officials stated that in the troubled Balochistan province in the southwest, the Pakistani police and army killed more than 100 "India-backed terrorists" during anti-terrorism operations over the past 40 hours.
The day before, a series of coordinated suicide bombings and shootings killed 33 people, most of whom were civilians. Authorities said the raids began early on January 31 in multiple locations in Balochistan, resulting in the death of 18 civilians, including five women and three children, and 15 security personnel.
Chief Minister of Balochistan, Sarfraz Bugti, told reporters in Quetta that the army and police responded quickly, killing 145 members of the "Balochistan Liberation Army," which is called by the Pakistani government as "the insurgent forces of Hindustan," alleged to be supported by India. He said that the number of militants killed in the past two days was the highest in decades.
He said: "The bodies of these 145 killed terrorists are in our hands, some of them are Afghans." Bugti said that "these India-backed terrorists" attempted to take hostages but failed to enter the city center.
Bugti repeatedly accused India and Afghanistan of supporting these militants and said that senior leaders of the "Balochistan Liberation Army" are conducting activities on Afghan territory. Both Kabul and New Delhi have denied these accusations. (Translated by Tu Qi)
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