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Pakistan blames India after seven soldiers killed in Balochistan blast

A Pakistani soldier stands guard after a train was hijacked in Balochistan, an attack on March 11, 2025, for which the secessionist Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility [File: Naseer Ahmed/Reuters]

Seven Pakistani army soldiers have been killed when their vehicle was targeted by an improvised explosive device in the southwestern province of Balochistan, Pakistan’s military says, blaming India for the attack amid rising tensions.

Pakistan’s military said members of the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) armed group targeted the vehicle carrying the soldiers in the province bordering Iran and Afghanistan on Tuesday.

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