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At slightest 8 suspected terrorists were killed connected Wednesday (February 18, 2026) by Pakistani information forces connected the outskirts of Quetta successful the restive Balochistan province.
A spokesperson of the Balochistan Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) told the media that the CTD had carried retired an intelligence-based raid adjacent Darakshan municipality connected the outskirts of Quetta successful which the militants were killed.
The spokesperson said 8 bodies were recovered astatine the tract wherever the gunfire took spot betwixt CTD officers and the militants.
“Apparently immoderate of them mightiness person managed to flight arsenic we person grounds astatine the spot suggesting they were different militants arsenic well," helium added.
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi besides confirmed the sidesplitting of the 8 terrorists.
The spokesperson said they had got quality reports that a radical of militants belonging to an insurgent radical (which helium didn’t identify) had reached Quetta from Mastung to transportation retired a large panic onslaught successful the city.
Last month, astatine slightest 15 information officials and 18 civilians were killed arsenic equipped militants launched coordinated attacks crossed the province. In 4 days of convulsive clashes betwixt the militants and information forces, astir 206 terrorists were killed, according to the military’s media wing.
The southwestern state has seen a emergence successful panic attacks by insurgent groups, with the Balochistan Liberation Army claiming work for the strikes past period successful which respective constabulary stations, frontier corp cheque posts, banks and authorities buildings were targeted.
The insurgent groups person been carrying retired separatist movements since the past 2 decades, however, successful the past 2-3 years the strength of the attacks has gone up.
Why Balochistan remains successful struggle with Pakistan | The Hindu Explainer
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