A Pakistani airstrike in Balochistan’s Chiltan Hills injured nine civilians, a rights group said, alleging an attempt to conceal the incident. The organisation urged the UN to investigate what it called part of a recurring pattern of indiscriminate military operations.

Quetta: At least nine Baloch civilians were injured after Pakistani military forces carried out an aerial attack on the Chiltan Hills in Balochistan, said a leading human rights organisation on Thursday.

Citing verified reports and eyewitness accounts, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that on October 28, an aerial bombardment by the Pakistani forces struck a group of young civilians gathered for a picnic in the Chiltan mountain range near the provincial capital Quetta.

The victims

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