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 were identified as Jahanzaib Mohammad Shahi, Imrani Sumalani, Maqbool Ahmed, Zahid Baloch, Manzoor Ahmed, Daulat Khan, Arbab Baloch, Rafeeq Lehri, and Wajid Ali.

The rights body alleged that, despite credible evidence, Pakistani authorities have attempted to conceal the

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