An attack was carried out on a vehicle transporting security personnel in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province. Three policemen were killed in the attack, with 19 people injured. In the bomb attack in Baluchistan province in southwestern Pakistan, three policemen lost their lives and 19 people were injured. Regional government official Shahid Rind reported that a bombing attack was carried out in the Mastung area of Baluchistan province. In an ambush on the vehicle carrying security personnel, three policemen were killed and 19 people were injured. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, in a statement, condemned the attack and emphasized that they would continue the fight against terrorism. While the national press claims that the Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA) may have carried out the attack, local police stated that armed individuals also kidnapped two polio workers in the Dera Ismail Khan region of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. ATTACKS IN PAKISTAN ARE INTENSIFYING NEAR THE AFGHAN BORDER Armed attacks in Pakistan are intensifying, particularly in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan provinces bordering Afghanistan. Armed groups claiming to defend the rights of the Pashtun and Baloch ethnic groups carry out attacks against Pakistani security forces and civilians in both provinces. Islamabad claims that the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) is based in Afghanistan and organizes attacks from there, while the Afghan government denies these allegations. In Baluchistan, BLA attacks are prominent. BLA desires the separation of Baluchistan province from Pakistan and for the Baloch people to govern this region.