QUETTA, Pakistan: Pakistani police say a roadside bomb has exploded near a security convoy in the country’s southwest, wounding at least six people.
Local police official Mohammad Hakim says Friday’s bombing also damaged 10 shops in the busy bazaar in the town of Chaman in Baluchistan province near the border with Afghanistan.
There was no claim of responsibility, but small nationalist groups and separatists have been blamed for previous such attacks in Baluchistan, where Islamic militants also have a strong presence.
In Quetta, the provincial capital, separatists have staged attacks for years, demanding a larger share of provincial resources and wealth or complete autonomy from Islamabad.
Authorities say they have quelled the insurgency, but violence has continued.
![]()
Roadside bomb targeting security convoy wounds 6 in Pakistan
Roadside bomb targeting security convoy wounds 6 in Pakistan
- Bombing also damaged 10 shops in the busy bazaar in the town of Chaman in Baluchistan province near the border with Afghanistan
- There was no immediate claim of responsibility
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland ‘threat’ to regional stability: Somali president
MOGADISHU: Israel’s recognition of the breakaway region of Somaliland “is (a) threat to the security and stability of the world and the region,” Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud told an emergency parliamentary session Sunday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Friday announcement, making his country the first to recognize Somaliland, “is tantamount to a blunt aggression against the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, and the unity of the people of the Somali Republic,” Mohamud said.
Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 and has for decades pushed for international recognition.
A self-proclaimed republic, it enjoys a strategic position on the Gulf of Aden and has its own money, passports and army.
But it has been diplomatically isolated since its unilateral declaration of independence.
Somalia’s government and the African Union reacted angrily Friday after Israel’s announcement.
Mogadishu denounced a “deliberate attack” on its sovereignty, while Egypt, Turkiye, the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council and the Saudi-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation all condemned the decision.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Friday announcement, making his country the first to recognize Somaliland, “is tantamount to a blunt aggression against the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, and the unity of the people of the Somali Republic,” Mohamud said.
Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 and has for decades pushed for international recognition.
A self-proclaimed republic, it enjoys a strategic position on the Gulf of Aden and has its own money, passports and army.
But it has been diplomatically isolated since its unilateral declaration of independence.
Somalia’s government and the African Union reacted angrily Friday after Israel’s announcement.
Mogadishu denounced a “deliberate attack” on its sovereignty, while Egypt, Turkiye, the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council and the Saudi-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation all condemned the decision.
Latest updates
© 2025 SAUDI RESEARCH & PUBLISHING COMPANY, All Rights Reserved And subject to Terms of Use Agreement.