PAKISTAN, Feb 1, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Eighteen paramilitaries were killed and 
three others seriously wounded in an attack in Pakistan's southwest 
Balochistan province, police and local officials told AFP on Saturday.

A vehicle "carrying unarmed Frontier Corps paramilitaries" near the town of 
Mangochar "came under gunfire from 70 to 80 armed assailants who had blocked 
the road, killing 17 of the passengers and a paramilitary who came to their 
aid", a police official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity, 
confirming reports from local sources.