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Baloch insurgency: Suicide bombs and uptick in violence threaten Pakistan, regional security
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A spike in attacks by Baloch separatist insurgents in Pakistan's Balochistan province in April–May 2026, including a foiled suicide bombing plot in Islamabad, reflects escalating security threats with regional implications.
Baloch insurgency: Suicide bombs and uptick in violence threaten Pakistan, regional security
The aftermath of an attack by Baloch separatists in Quetta, Pakistan, on Feb. 1, 2026. Banaras Khan/AFP via Getty Images
In the space of 10 days in late April 2026, insurgents in Pakistan purportedly carried out 27 attacks in the country’s southwest province of Balochistan, killing at least 42 military personal. Then, on May 11, authorities announced that a suicide bombing plot on the capital, Islamabad, had been foiled. Authorities arrested a girl over the incident – a nod to militants’ increas
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