A roadside bomb exploded near a paramilitary vehicle in Balochistan province, martyring one soldier and wounding five others, a local government official said on Sunday.
The FC troops were attacked while on patrol near the Sharag coal mines, according to Azeem Jan Damar, deputy commissioner of Harnai district. He said the wounded were taken to a nearby medical facility.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blast, but such attacks on security forces in the past have been claimed by Baloch insurgent groups.
Last month, a roadside bomb hit a paramilitary force vehicle in the provincial capital, Quetta. The blast killed two soldiers and wounded 12 others. Hizbul Ahrar, an offshoot of the Pakistani Taliban, had claimed responsibility for the attack.
Days later, an explosion ripped through a mosque in Quetta during Friday evening prayers, killing a senior police officer and at least 13 civilians. Despite these recent bombings, terror attacks in the country overall have plummeted by more than 85% over the last decade.
