QUETTA: Gunmen ambushed a paramilitary check post on Friday, killing four soldiers and abducting four others in Balochistan, officials said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but officials blamed the attack on Taliban in Shirani district, 350 kilometres east of Quetta.
"Militants attacked the post in the early hours. They first surrounded the post, then ambushed it. After killing four, they took four other soldiers with them," said a senior government official in Baluchistan.
Three other soldiers were wounded, the official added.
An intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he is not allowed to speak to the media, confirmed the attack and blamed the Taliban.
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@Pakistan politics: Ok. I'll also simultaneously show why conspiracy theorists have it easy. It's a setup for supporting foreign hands in the area being to blame during their upcoming judiciary briefing. No, it's not my actual opinion of it. But, you requested it.
These guys are giving their lives for us on Pakistan Day and we have the cheek to listen on HRW's views on when the Army responds? Shame on us
Now the culprits will disappear and their parents and human rights organizations will blame ISI for abducting their "innocent" sons.
Com'on Bash Pakistan Army again and say ISI is behind it too