Pakistan's Descent into Chaos: Terrorist & Drone Attacks

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Five, including Chinese nationals, injured in Dalbandin suicide attack
Syed Ali ShahUpdated August 11, 2018
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The bus targeted in the attack.


Security officials inspect the scene of the incident.



A bus carrying a team working on the Saindak Copper-Gold Mine project was attacked by a suicide bomber near Dalbandin bypass in Dalbandin, Balochistan, levies sources said on Saturday.

The team, which included Chinese employees working on the project, was under the protection of the 75 Wing of the Frontier Constabulary (FC). It was on its way to Dalbandin from Saindak district in Chaghi when it was targeted by a suicide bomber.

According to security sources, the bomber attacked using a Zamyad truck, an Iranian-manufactured vehicle commonly used to transport oil. The area lies next to Pakistan's eastern border with Iran.

The truck was completely destroyed in the attack. The bus being used to transfer the team was also heavily damaged.

At least three foreigners and two FC soldiers were injured. The nature of their injuries is yet to be ascertained.

They have been shifted to Arab Hospital Dalbandin and are receiving treatment, and are reported to be in stable condition
https://www.dawn.com/news/1426367/f...nationals-injured-in-dalbandin-suicide-attack
No one was killed? Jeeez! This suicide bomber really screwed up! :doh: :tongue:
 

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I saw a news that 10 were killed.
Found it.
if it was any other country's citizens, there would have been a hulla about this incident.
since it is china, we won't hear any discourse about this incident.
 

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if it was any other country's citizens, there would have been a hulla about this incident.
since it is china, we won't hear any discourse about this incident.
Lol...People's Government doesn't care much about People.
 

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Lol...People's Government doesn't care much about People.
yup, for chinese loosing face infront of others is far more a disgrace than anything else. it is part of chinese culture.
 

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Some say TTP Punjab is responsible for these attacks ,it was nearly defunct now it is active in these high mountains for a purpose
 

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One dead, 9 injured in Chaman IED blast
Syed Ali ShahAugust 12, 2018
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Miscreants target a vehicle carrying FC personnel in Mall road area of Chaman. —DawnNewsTV


Vehicles parked nearby catch fire following the blast. —DawnNewsTV




At least one person was killed and nine others, including three Frontier Corps (FC) personnel, were injured in a blast in Balochistan's Chaman city on Sunday, DawnNewsTV reported.

Police said unidentified miscreants allegedly targeted a vehicle carrying FC personnel in the Mall Road area of Chaman. The suspects had reportedly planted improvised explosive device (IED) in a motorcycle parked on the roadside.

The injured were rushed to Civil Hospital Chaman for medical treatment where a state of emergency was imposed to treat the injured.

The impact of the blast broke the windows of nearby shops and vehicles.

Police, Levies and Frontier Corps officials have cordoned off the site of the blast.

A similar blast occurred in Chaman on July 20 this year leaving at least five people injured and nearby shops and cars damaged.

Chaman Station House Officer Gul Muhammad said a vehicle belonging to a law enforcement agency (LEA) was the target of the blast.

According to administration officials, the blast was caused by a remote-controlled motorcycle bomb parked at the side of the ride. The bomb was detonated when the LEA's vehicle passed by.
 

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Why China’s growing involvement in Afghanistan may create tensions in Sino-Pak relationship

SHAH Mehmood Qureshi had a busy week. The trip by the US secretary of state was followed by a visit by the Chinese foreign minister. One theme ran through both meetings: Afghanistan. The US is pushing Pakistan to cut its alleged support for the Afghan Taliban and Haqqani Network; China is urging Pakistan to facilitate the Afghanistan peace process. So far, so familiar.

But there is a related dynamic that Pakistanis pay less heed to, and that’s the evolving China-Afghanistan relationship. A reminder of this came last week with news that China would train Afghan troops. That budding bilateral relationship presents both opportunities and challenges for the Sino-Pak relationship.

China will reportedly train Afghan troops for deployment in the Wakhan Corridor, which links the Afghan province of Badakshan with western China. It is also considering Afghanistan’s request for combat aircraft. These are the latest developments in a growing military relationship: Beijing has granted $70 million in military aid to Kabul over the past three years. China has also held meetings with Afghan Taliban representatives over the past year, and was rumoured (alongside Pakistan) to have brokered and guaranteed the Eidul Fitr ceasefire.

These developments should remind Pakistan that China only does what it does to serve its own interests. In this case, Beijing has three reasons to pursue closer involvement in Afghanistan.

The most important, in Beijing’s perspective, is to check Uighur radicalisation. China fears that oppressed Uighurs will increasingly depart for Afghanistan to receive militant training, and that fighters affiliated with both the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) and the militant Islamic State group will increasingly access western China via the Wakhan Corridor to carry out attacks.

The main goal of Chinese investment in a ‘mountain brigade’ in the Wakhan Corridor is to block this two-way flow. This also explains why the majority of Chinese development spending in Afghanistan — $90m worth in September 2017 alone — is concentrated in Badakshan, the proximate Afghan province.

Media reports suggest that part of China’s efforts to engage with the Afghan Taliban is to dispel the perception that the Chinese are anti-Muslim (apparently Taliban representatives were offered tours of a Chinese mosque). These interactions are aimed at staving off Beijing’s nightmare scenario of the Afghan Taliban formally joining forces with ETIM.

China’s second, related goal is to ensure the security of its Belt and Road Initiative. Beijing has recognised that an Afghanistan offering sanctuary to various militant groups poses the greatest threats to its flagship CPEC projects, and seeks to stabilise the country before the corridor is fully ‘online’.

Finally, growing Chinese influence in Afghanistan will help loosen the historic US grip over Kabul, something Beijing will increasingly seek as Sino-US tensions intensify.

Knowing this, China is already playing an important role in brokering Af-Pak ties. It has urged the new government to establish a crisis prevention mechanism to prevent hostilities from escalating after incidents such as terror attacks within Afghanistan.

But China’s growing involvement in Afghanistan may also create tensions in the Sino-Pak relationship. Here’s the thing: China’s main goal in Afghanistan is ostensibly to keep ETIM out, while Pakistan’s is to keep India out. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s counterproductive visit last week is a good reminder of how alliances end up when supposed allies have divergent strategic objectives.

China will use all the resources at its disposal to achieve its ends in Afghanistan. And this includes India. Just this April, Xi Jingping and Narendra Modi agreed to cooperate in Afghanistan, including by launching joint economic projects to spur growth and stability. At some point, China may ask Pakistan to curb what some allege is its tolerance of militants in Afghanistan.

So far, Islamabad has not appeared averse to Chinese intervention in its security policies. But as Washington will tell Beijing, there is a point at which Pakistan will not budge from prioritising its security and strategic objectives, no matter how high or sweet the friendship. It remains to be seen whether Afghanistan will be the forge that further melds the allies, or the anvil on which the relationship faces blows.
 

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That Paki moron says he heads a 'Think Tank' in Pakistan!! Really? There are thinkers in Pak? Lol! :pound::rofl: Pak think tanks = sewage tanks!
The guy must be part of the group which pays american lobbyists with the same money which americans pay to pak as CSF so that american aid continues to come to pakistan. nice little scam pakis are running over there.

if Trump opens a military front against iran, these guys will be back in the game.
 

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BLF kicking ass as usual. Fortunately this info is released. Many kills by BLF go unreported.
they have to release info of death of their special forces operators. otherwise no one will join them in future :biggrin2:
 

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