Armed men attacked a construction site in Musakhel district of Balochistan, setting heavy machinery and vehicles on fire and abducting four people, while another bridge was destroyed in an explosion in Mastung district.
Sources said armed men raided an ongoing construction project in the Darg area of Musakhel and set bulldozers, tractors and other machinery and vehicles at the site on fire, destroying the equipment.
The attackers subsequently abducted four people from a camp established at the construction site and took them away.
Following the incident, Pakistani forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation.
In a separate incident, an explosion destroyed another bridge in the Khadkocha area of Mastung district on the night of November 9. Sources said the bridge, located on the Quetta–Karachi highway, sustained extensive damage, disrupting traffic along the highway.
The latest incident is part of a series of attacks targeting bridges on Balochistan’s main highways. Several such attacks have previously been claimed by Baloch pro-independence armed groups.
Balochistan has witnessed repeated attacks on transport infrastructure, including bridges, railway tracks and roads. Baloch pro-independence armed groups have claimed responsibility for several of these attacks, stating that their objective is to disrupt Pakistani military supply routes and impose an economic blockade. Such incidents have also affected road connectivity and the movement of people and goods across the region.