Bomb, gun attacks claim SSGC man, soldier’s lives in Kalat

QUETTA: A security official was martyred and four others sustained injuries in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion near a vehicle carrying security personnel to the Iskalku area of Kalat district on Tuesday, officials said on Tuesday.

The vehicle was hit while en route to Iskalku, where militants had attacked two Frontier Corps posts a few days earlier. The posts were set up to guard the oil and gas exploration site of a petroleum company.

“An improvised explosive device...