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18 Mine Workers Abducted in Pakistan's Balochistan Province
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News18•18-10-2026, 17:30
18 Mine Workers Abducted in Pakistan's Balochistan Province
- •At least 18 workers were abducted and one was injured after armed men attacked a marble mining site in Pakistan's Balochistan province.
- •The attack occurred in the remote Naal area of Khuzdar district, where assailants arrived on motorcycles and vehicles early Sunday morning.
- •No group has claimed responsibility for the abduction yet, and police are investigating the incident.
- •In a separate incident on Saturday, armed men also abducted 20 trainee police officers after hijacking their bus near Mastung.
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Unidentified armed men riding motorcycles and vehicles stormed a marble mining site in the remote Naal area of Khuzdar district, opening fire and abducting 18 workers while injuring another.
Armed men hijacked a bus near Mastung on the Quetta-Karachi highway and abducted 20 trainee police officers belonging to the Kalat Police Training Centre, leaving their whereabouts unknown.
No insurgent group or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack on the marble mining site.
