Balochistan: Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2010

Law enforcement agencies claimed the capture of an agent of the Indian spy agency, Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) in Qila Saifullah District. They arrested the suspect, identified as Abdul Salam, an Afghan national, after raid on a refugee camp following intelligence reports. The camp is located in Muslim Bagh tehsil (revenue unit) of the District. Officials said they had also recovered important documents and maps from the custody of Abdul Salam. “We believe he works for RAW. He entered Pakistan via Afghanistan and hid himself in a refugee camp,” another official added. Read less...

Unidentified militants attacked two NATO tankers travelling through Balochistan to supply fuel to NATO troops in neighbouring Afghanistan on January 1, according to Daily Times. The ambush took place in Killi Poti Nasaran, 20 kilometres north of Quetta in Balochistan. “A group of five gunmen attacked the two tankers, which were parked by a roadside hotel on their way to Afghanistan, and set them on fire early on Friday,” local Police Official Muhammad Ansar said. “All the gunmen later fled the scene while firing shots in the air,” he added. The gunmen also shot at the tankers, he said, adding that the driver’s compartment of one truck was destroyed by flames and some oil was lost. However, an official in the Frontier Corps confirmed about no causality. Read less...

The Rockets targeted the Balochistan Governor House and provincial Civil Hospital in Quetta, injuring one person, in the night of January 5, according to The News. Police said one rocket, which landed on the lawn of the Governor House, failed to explode. The rocket had been fired from an unknown location. The bomb disposal squad defused the rocket. The Police said another rocket fired from an unknown place hit the wall of the Civil Hospital. Its splinters hit and injured one person. The rocket exploded with a big bang, smashing windowpanes of some wards of the hospital. Read less...

The driver of a truck carrying goods for NATO forces in Afghanistan sustained serious injuries when a roadside bomb went off in Baghbana area near Khuzdar town in Balochistan on January 10, according to Daily Times. Police sources said that the bomb damaged the truck but did not cause any fatalities. Read less...

Interior Minister Rehman Malik categorically said that India was interfering in Balochistan while missing Baloch were forcibly taken to training camps in Afghanistan. He was making a statement in the Senate in response to points of order raised by some members from Balochistan about missing persons. “Pakistan has identified terrorists training camps established inside Afghanistan for interference in Balochistan,” Malik said. Read less...

A Punjabi settler was shot dead in Khuzdar District. Mohammad Iqbal, originally of Sailkot, was shot dead by unidentified militants at Umar Farooq Chowk. Read less...

Four non-Baloch persons were killed in different parts of Balochistan on January 16 in an apparent backlash of January 15’s killings of two Baloch nationalists, according to Daily Times. Three of the killings have been confirmed as target killings. Sources said that two Punjabi settlers were killed in Ghosiabad Police Station area in the Satellite Town area of Quetta, the provincial capital. The victims were standing on a road when unidentified armed motorcyclists opened fire at them. As a result, Malik Ifthakar died on the spot, while Malik Tahir succumbed to his injury in Hospital. Read less...

Meerak Baloch, a spokesman for the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) called the offices of various newspapers and accepted responsibility for killing the three Punjabi settlers. Read less...

The Dawn reports that unidentified assailants exploded a bomb in the building of the Works and Services Department (W&SD) at Khuzdar on January 18, damaging the building. Read less...

Two Security Force (SF) personnel were injured when unidentified militants attacked a security checkpost in Naseerabad area on January 21, reports Daily Times. Subsequently they also abducted two SF personnel. The checkpost in the Mir Hassan Police Station area of Naseerabad District was attacked with automatic weapons. The number of assailants could not be ascertained as they immediately managed to escape from the incident site. Read less...

Five persons, including a Police official, were injured when unidentified motorbike riders hurled a hand grenade at a Police party at Hub in Balocistan on January 22, according to The News. The Police party was busy in searching suspected vehicles at Sakran Road when the miscreants hurled the grenade at them. Read less...

At least two Army personnel were killed and two others were injured after unidentified motorcyclists opened fire on a group of soldiers in a market in Khuzdar of Balochistan on January 23, reports Daily Times. Read less...

One Frontier Corps (FC) trooper was killed and 10 others were injured on January 25 in a bomb blast in a crowded market of the Pakistan-Iran border town of Panjgur, Police confirmed, report Daily Times. Read less...

Seven persons – including the District Police Officer (DPO) – were injured in a remote-controlled blast targeting a crowded bus station in Jaffarabad District in Balochistan on January 26, reports Daily Times.. The device – which had been fitted to a motorbike – went off as DPO Syed Farid Ali passed by en route to work from home. The explosion also injured two other Policemen and four civilians and destroyed several nearby shops. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) has accepted responsibility for the attack. Read less...

A roadside bomb explosion partially damaged an oil tanker at Lakpass, some 20 kilometres off Quetta, in Balochistan on January 27, reports Daily Times. The empty tanker was on its way to Karachi, and was targeted near Qadri Petrol Pump on the Quetta-Mastung Road. Both the driver and the cleaner of the tanker survived the attack Read less...

At least two people – Shakir Ali and Shahbaz Ahmed – were injured after unidentified masked men – on a motorbike – hurled a hand grenade at a shop owned by a non-local in Noshki District. Read less...

Two persons were killed and another 20 others were injured when a bomb exploded in Jaffarabad District of Balochistan on January 28, reports Daily Times. District Police Officer (DPO) Syed Farid Ali Shah said the bomb had been attached to a motorcycle parked by the roadside in Sohabatpur area of Jaffarabad. Read less...

Two Punjabi settlers were shot dead in separate incidents in Khuzdar and Labela Districts. According to Khuzdar Police, 38-year-old Dr Fahim Sajid – originally from Multan District was shot dead by a man disguised as a patient at Sajid’s private clinic. Another Punjabi settler Abdul Haq was killed in Hub area of Lasbela District. Officials said unidentified men opened fire at the shopkeeper who died on the spot. No group has claimed responsibility for the killings yet. Read less...

Unidentified assailants opened fire on pilgrims, killing three Shias and injuring seven others, in a sectarian attack in Quetta in Balochistan, on January 29, reports Daily Times. Four people riding two motorbikes sprayed bullets on the pilgrims when their bus stopped near a restaurant on the outskirts of the city. Three people, including a woman, were killed and six others wounded in the attack. Read less...