...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
province, according to police.
The shooting took place on Sunday evening near Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Quetta, according to reports. Police confirmed that the attack occurred but have not released the identities of the victims or further details about the investigation.
Sources indicated that the two men were associates of Basir Achakzai, a former Afghan military commander who relocated to Balochistan after the regime change in Afghanistan in 2021.
According to the sources, the victims were identified as Ahmad and Adib. Their identities and military backgrounds have not been independently confirmed by Pak authorities.
Basir Achakzai previously served as a commander in Dand and Zhari districts of Kandahar province and Gereshk district of Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province under Afghanistan’s former government, according to the report.
The shooting is the latest in a series of attacks targeting Afghan nationals and former members of Afghanistan’s security forces in Quetta.
Earlier this month, local sources reported that Hazratullah Achakzai, the former commander of Police District 2 in Kandahar, was rubbed out by unidentified button men in Quetta. Two days later, unidentified attackers opened fire on a group of Afghan
...a grouping of Dari-speaking people of Sino-Tibetan descent inhabiting Afghanistan and Pakistain. They are predominantly Shia Moslems and not particularly warlike, which makes them favored targets...Ganji area, reportedly killing three Afghan citizens.
The incidents have heightened concerns among Afghan refugees and former Afghan security personnel living in Pakistain, many of whom fled to Balochistan following the political changes in Afghanistan in 2021.
Two Afghan nationals were shot dead by unknown armed men in the Sariab area of the provincial capital.
Police officials said the armed men opened indiscriminate fire when the two Afghans were passing through the area near Sheikh Zayed hospital on Monday night, killing both on the spot.