Pakistan’s interior minister has accused India of orchestrating a wave of coordinated attacks in the southwestern province of Balochistan, saying New Delhi planned the assaults alongside militant groups.
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi made the accusation at a joint news conference with Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti, following days of violence across several districts of the province.
“These were not ordinary terrorists,” Naqvi said. “India is behind these attacks. I can say with confidence that India planned these attacks together with the terrorists.”
Naqvi said Pakistani authorities would pursue “every attacker and their handlers” and vowed to expose what he described as India’s role internationally.
“We will reveal their true face to the world – the face they show publicly and the face with which they support terrorists,” he said, adding that India was the “main country behind terrorism,” providing both financial support and strategic planning.
India has not responded to the allegations.
Earlier, Pakistan’s military said at least 125 people were killed in widespread clashes across Balochistan, including 15 security personnel, 18 civilians and 92 militants.
The violence erupted in multiple areas, including Quetta, Mastung, Noshki, Dalbandin, Kharan, Panjgur, Turbat, Gwadar and Pasni, according to the army.
The military said women, children, labourers and elderly people were among the civilians killed.
Balochistan, which borders Iran and Afghanistan, has been the site of a long-running separatist insurgency, with militant groups targeting security forces and infrastructure, as well as Chinese projects linked to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Pakistan has repeatedly accused India of supporting the insurgency, an allegation New Delhi has consistently denied in the past.
India has previously said Pakistan makes such claims to deflect attention from its own internal security challenges.
