Five Pakistani soldiers killed during operation against terrorists in Balochistan

During an cognition against terrorists successful Balochistan’s Barkhan district, 5 Pakistani soldiers, including a major, person been killed, according to the military’s media wing.

At slightest 7 terrorists were besides killed successful the operation, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said successful a property merchandise precocious connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026). Pakistan subject and Balochistan Frontier Corps had carried retired the associated clean-up cognition successful Markham's Nosham area.

The ISPR said that successful the people of the operation, 7 militants were engaged and eliminated portion 5 soldiers, including a tract officer, were killed. Weapons, ammunition and explosives were recovered from the slain terrorists.

In the archetypal 4 months of the year, the information forces person carried retired immoderate large clean-up operations successful Balochistan. In March, astatine slightest 15 terrorists were killed successful Harnai and Basima districts and successful February, 10 terrorists were killed during an cognition successful Zhob.

Balochistan has been facing a low-level insurgency and militants often people the information forces and authorities infrastructure. The Pakistani authorities accuses the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) of these attacks.