Weapon cache found, terror bid foiled in Balochistan

Published November 25, 2015
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QUETTA: Security forces on Wednesday claimed to have foiled a major terror bid and seized a large quantity of arms and ammunition from Balochistan’s Chagai district.

“The weapons were dumped to carry out subversive activities in the province,” said Khan Wasey, a spokesperson for the Frontier Corps (FC).

He added that FC personnel conducted a raid in Killi Nafas area of Chagai district after receiving actionable intelligence.

The weapons recovered today include 15 rockets, 14 sub-machine guns, two AK-47s, two rocket propelled grenades and other weapons and ammunition.

Read: Security forces kill two suspected militants in Khuzdar

“No arrests were made as the militants had left the area before the raid was conducted,” stated Wasey.

He also said that the militants wanted to target civilians, security forces and vital national installations in various parts of Pakistan.

“The weapons were smuggled into Chagai district from neighbouring Afghanistan,” claimed the FC spokesperson.

Security forces also launched a search operation in the area after discovering the weapons cache.

Balochistan has been experiencing incident violence and targeted killings since more than a decade. The largest province of the country by area, is home to a low-level insurgency by ethnic Baloch separatists. Al Qaeda-linked militants also operate in the region.

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