New Delhi: Pakistan’s security forces have said that they killed two from a group of militants who on Sunday, August 13, attacked a Pakistani military convoy in the strategic port of Gwadar in the southwestern coast of Balochistan in the country.The military convoy was escorting Chinese nationals to a construction site, Reuters has reported. China has invested heavily under its Belt and Road Initiative Balochistan, which is rich in minerals. The area has seen decades-long insurgency.The insurgent group Balochistan Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the attack and claimed that through it, it has inflicted multiple casualties. However, authorities’ accounts do not note casualties aside from the two militants who died.“Two attackers were killed in the operation, which has now concluded,” Gwadar Deputy Superintendent of Police Chakar Baloch told reporters on Sunday. All Chinese officials and Pakistani military and security forces employees are unharmed, a local police officer said, according to Pakistan’s The News.Reuters noted that the Pakistan military’s public relations wing statement said that terrorists used small arms and hand grenades during the activity but did not mention the presence of Chinese nationals.The Chinese embassy issued a note acknowledging that Chinese nationals were attacked.“On August 13th, a convoy carrying Chinese citizens was attacked near the port of Gwadar in Balochistan, Pakistan. The incident caused no casualties on the Chinese side, and the relevant personnel have been properly placed in safety. The Chinese Embassy in Pakistan strongly condemns this terrorist act,” it said.Significantly, Pakistan’s new caretaker prime minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar is a senator from Balochistan.Kakar is a founder of and belongs to the Balochistan Awami Party, considered to be close to Pakistan’s powerful military. He resigned from the BAP a day ago, as the caretaker prime minister is supposed to be neutral.