Two Soldiers, 8 Terrorists killed in Attack on Gwadar Port in Pakistan

At least two soldiers of the Pakistani Army and eight Baloch terrorists died when Pak security forces foiled a terrorist attack by armed Baloch insurgents on the Gwadar Port Authority complex in the Balochistan province.

The Gwadar Port is one of the focal points of the billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Project.

A press release from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military’s media wing, said a group of terrorists attempted to enter the Port Authority Colony but were successfully thwarted by security forces personnel on Wednesday.

“Own troops employed for security responded immediately and effectively engaged the terrorists, and in ensuing fire exchange, all eight terrorists were sent to hell,” the statement said late on Wednesday.

Two sepoys were killed in the exchange of fire, the statement said.

A large quantity of arms, ammunition and explosives was also recovered from the possession of the militants from the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA).

The BLA is opposed to China’s investments in Balochistan and accuses Beijing and Islamabad of exploitation of the resource-rich province, a charge rejected by the authorities.