QUETTA: As the country fights growing terrorism, seven different bombs — three in Quetta, two in Turtbat, and one each in Hub and Kohlu district — tore through Balochistan, killing five soldiers and injuring more than a dozen others, officials said on Sunday.

An improvised explosive device (IED) detonated near a "leading party" in Kohlu district's Kahan region while an intelligence-based clearance operation, which has been under progress since December 24, according to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

Five troops embraced martyrdom as a result, according to the military's media wing: Captain Fahad, Lance Naik Imtiaz, Sepoy Asghar, Sepoy Mehran, and Sepoy Shamoon.

According to the ISPR, who described the incident as a "externally perpetrated threat of terrorism," "such shameful activities by unfriendly groups cannot ruin the hard-earned peace and prosperity in Balochistan."

According to the military's media wing, the security forces are still committed to thwarting their evil plans, "even at the expense of blood and deaths."

After the event, a sanitization effort was started in the neighbourhood to catch the criminals, according to the ISPR.

Unknown males then fired a grenade at a police checkpoint in Satellite Town of Quetta this evening, injuring eight people—three officers and five bystanders—police said.

According to law enforcement, there were allegations of a second grenade at the detonation site, which prompted the call for the bomb disposal unit.

Two hand grenades were thrown on the road, one of which exploded while the other was defused, according to the Quetta police.

The police stated that they were figuring out what kind of explosion it was. The law enforcement officials noted that the injured were sent to the city's Bolan Medical Complex Hospital.

The police said that a blast occurred in the vicinity of Turbat's Taleemi Chowk area earlier in the evening, but no casualties were reported.

Further investigations are being conducted, and the security forces have sealed off the productive areas.

Three persons were hurt in a second grenade explosion that occurred on the grounds of Hub's Sadar Police Station, according to the police. The injured victims, according to the rescue sources, were sent to the city's public hospital.

A hand grenade explosion along Saryab Road in Quetta's Musa Colony marked the sixth attack. Fortunately, no casualties were reported as a result of the incident, according to authorities.

No injuries were reported in the seventh attack, which involved a hand grenade burst in Turbat's Josak neighbourhood, according to police.

According to an ISPR statement, one soldier was killed and two others were injured in a confrontation with terrorists this morning in Balochistan's Zhob.

To "deny the terrorists' use of a few suspected routes to migrate across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border to sneak into the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa along the interprovincial boundary and kill residents and security personnel," an operation has been launched in Zhob.

The country of Balochistan was experiencing both Christmas and the 146th birthday celebrations of Pakistan's founding father, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Islamabad has been put on "high alert" as a result of the terrorist attacks, and the US Embassy has also ordered its mission staff to stay away from "non-essential and unofficial" travel in the nation's capital.

Condemnation

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Arif Alvi both denounced the attacks on security personnel and expressed respect to those who lost their lives.

The president praised the security services in his remarks for their ongoing commitment to purging the nation of terrorism.

The attack on security officers was described as "heart-wrenching" by the prime minister in a statement, and he vowed to bring the terrorists to account.

"The country honours and honours the heroes who gave their life to save Pakistan. Terrorists who commit crimes will be prosecuted. Let there be no misunderstanding, "said he.

Both Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari denounced the incident and vowed to support the security forces in their struggle with terrorists.

Asif Ali Zardari, the co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Sadiq Sanjrani, the chief minister of Balochistan, Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo, and others also denounced the explosions in Quetta.