Pakistan: Four Rangers, six militants killed in attack in Karachi

In Pakistan, at least 10 people, including four paramilitary soldiers have been killed after a group of heavily armed attackers stormed a security compound in Karachi, police said. Sindh Inspector General Javed Alam Odho said four attackers were also killed in the assault on the Rangers headquarters in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Saturday evening. A group of about five armed men stormed a compound belonging to the paramilitary Rangers force in  Karachi soon after a suspected bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the entrance of the building, leading to a huge explosion.
According to initial information, the attackers rammed a vehicle into the main gate of the facility. He said officials had not yet confirmed whether an explosion had taken place.A clearance operation was under way, with Special Security Unit commandos, the Anti-Terrorist Force and Rangers personnel deployed around the site. An affiliate of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar – a splinter armed group of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also known as the Pakistani Taliban – claimed responsibility for the attack late on Saturday. According to the group’s claim, nine attackers took part in the assault on the compound.
The Pakistani Taliban is a separate group from the Taliban in Afghanistan, which seized power there in 2021. The attack comes as Pakistan continues to face armed violence targeting security forces in several parts of the country.