MILITANTS FIRE ON CHOPPER IN PAKISTAN QUAKE AREA

[FalconsForPeace]

KHUZDAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani official says militants have fired rockets at a government helicopter flying over the region struck by a massive earthquake this week. The projectiles missed the target and the aircraft was unharmed.

Abdur Rasheed, deputy commissioner for Awaran district, says the helicopter targeted on Thursday was carrying the head of the country's National Disaster Management Authority, a Pakistani Army general in charge of relief operations and other officials.

The attack underscores the dangers facing relief work following Tuesday's magnitude 7.7 quake entered in Awaran district of Baluchistan province.

Separatists in the province have been battling the Pakistani military for years and often attack troops or symbols of the state such as infrastructure.

 

[HariPrasad]

Are all guys travelling in chopper are safe?

 

[chhota bheem]

firing rockets on a relief heli, what they where trying to do.

 

[Jango]

Are all guys travelling in chopper are safe?

Yes...

BTW, these people are supposedly fighting 'for' Balochistan and not against...then why attack the helpers?

Ba$tards...

 

[tarrar]

How they call themsevles true Baloch, they are not, they are fake & they are rented terrorist, they are fed sh!t by their foreign masters which these rented terrorists so happily eat. Shame on them.

Pak Army should had never left Balochistan province they should had stayed there.

 

[pak-marine]

What b@stds these people are the people need help urgent

 

[batmannow]

Yes...

BTW, these people are supposedly fighting 'for' Balochistan and not against...then why attack the helpers?

Ba$tards...

just because thier masters sitting, in swiss want a iphone video thier stupid fighters taking on pakarmy?
simple as crystal, soft targets?
now watch this. & plz think what commando said, pakistan kaa allha hi hafiz?

 

[pkuser2k12]

It is the area controlled by Baluchistan Liberation army and even ngo workers,falahi social workers complained that it is very difficult to help people there because of BLA

 

[A.Rafay]

Thankfully the chopper was unharmed. Bloody ba$tards instead of helping victims are hitting the army which is doing relief work

 

[Devil Soul]

Yes...

BTW, these people are supposedly fighting 'for' Balochistan and not against...then why attack the helpers?

Ba$tards...

They are fighting on behalf of someone else

 

[runa moosani]

What do they think,won't they ever die?poor people are already in difficulties,they have nothing to eat and terrorist are creating more problems.

 

[OrionHunter]

Yes...

BTW, these people are supposedly fighting 'for' Balochistan and not against...then why attack the helpers?

Ba$tards...

That's because they must have known that an Army general and his staff were in the chopper. They don't like the PA too much, do they?

 

[Jzaib]

We shouldnt worry aboput few terrorist .. they should continue the relief work .. that will expose terrorist as well

 

[neehar]

Yes...

BTW, these people are supposedly fighting 'for' Balochistan and not against...then why attack the helpers?

Ba$tards...

they just need a reason to kill.are'nt the people who are allegedly fighting for kashmiris killing kashmiris??terrorists are same everywhere,and they need to be eliminated what ever their mottos are.

 

[faisal6309]

Rocket fired at NDMA chairman's helicopter in Balochistan

The NDMA chairman was in the area to monitor the rescue work underway in the devastated region. PHOTO: FILE

AWARAN: The helicopter of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Major General Muhammad Saeed Aleem was targeted with rockets while it was on its way to Mashkey, Balochistan for earthquake relief work, Express News reported on Thursday.

The NDMA chairman was in the area to monitor the rescue work underway in the devastated region. Major General Aleem remained unhurt in the attack.

“Two rockets were fired on the helicopter and the target was missed,” a military official in the provincial capital Quetta told AFP.

The September 24 earthquake has so far claimed around 350 lives in Balochistan, with Mashkey being one of the worst hit areas.

A senior FC officer had said that most of the stricken places in Awaran are highly risky areas for relief workers and provincial functionaries as it is a hub of Baloch nationalist militants.

Mashkey – a sub-district of Awaran – has been under the militant command of nationalist guerrilla commander, Dr Allah Nazar who has been confronting the FC and Pakistan Army for a long time.