Public sentiment regarding the Quetta bomb attack is predominantly negative, expressing anger towards the Pakistani army for failing to protect civilians, coupled with a strong desire for Balochistan's independence. There is a widespread feeling of helplessness and despair over state-sponsored violence, particularly after the tragic loss of life among lawyers and innocent civilians, exacerbating calls for freedom and autonomy.

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Jamaat-ul-Ahrar has claimed responsibility. They are based in Nangahar province of Afghanistan.

greenvox

Jesus fuck the idiots who bomb hospitals. Isn't Islam very clear on targetting non-combatants, especially the old and the infirm? I'm truly sorry to hear this. RIP. Can we not have one fkn week without idiots killing people everywhere?

adwarakanath

Horrible. Just horrible. May god punish these bombing fuckers with hot rods up their nether regions.

amodgil

Our children are shot dead in schools, universities. Our people are blown to bits in parks, roads, mosques and hospitals


And yet the world somehow finds a way to shit on us. Head over to /r/worldnews to be delighted.


I mean, fucking come on people. Are we any less human than anyone else?

TurtleKhan_

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These are the hadiths that Jihadi groups use to justify terrorism:


Sahih Bukhari

* Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "I have been sent with the shortest expressions bearing the widest meanings, and **I have been made victorious with terror (cast in the hearts of the enemy)**, and while I was sleeping, the keys of the treasures of the world were brought to me and put in my hand." Abu Huraira added: Allah's Apostle has left the world and now you, people, are bringing out those treasures (i.e. the Prophet did not benefit by them). [Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 52, Number 220](http://www.usc.edu/org/cmje/religious-texts/hadith/bukhari/052-sbt.php#004.052.220)

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Sahih Muslim

* Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon hlmg) said: **I have been given superiority over the other prophets in six respects**: I have been given words which are concise but comprehensive in meaning; **I have been helped by terror (in the hearts of enemies)**: spoils have been made lawful to me: the earth has been made for me clean and a place of worship; I have been sent to all mankind and the line of prophets is closed with me. [Sahih Muslim Book 004, Number 1062](http://www.usc.edu/org/cmje/religious-texts/hadith/muslim/004-smt.php#004.1062)

Brutal and cruel act by the enemy of Pakistan and Islam. This kind of act is really unacceptable. May Allah give highest ranks to all martyrs of the massacre. Aameen

laxyness157

They think themselves very brave for killing innocent people, fucking wankers.

Abzone7n

xsaadx

My sympathies and condolences are with all the Pakistanis. 

Solidarity from India 🇮🇳🇵🇰

Now that being said, you can't keep nurturing snakes in your backyard and expect them to only bite your neighbours. 

Fameer_Fuddi

Majority of victims were lawyers.

"To put the magnitude of destruction into perspective, I got my law license back in 2010, joined Balochistan Bar last year in September...So my total standing at the bar comes to six years of which I have spent nine months in Quetta. After this incident, all the lawyers in my Batch are now in the top 100 practicing lawyers both in terms of standing and seniority. Let that sink in for a moment. All, I repeat ALL Senior practicing lawyers and Barristers died today. My senior Barrister Adnan Kasi passed away and the rest of the associates in our Chamber are either dead, injured or missing as of yet. That's about the level of loss in terms of body count and professional experience. The number of junior lawyers, who are the sole bread winners of their homes and who are now unemployed runs into hundreds. Most of those Who died Were first gen educated." - Barkhurdar Achak Khan

Bittersweet7

This is a damn shame. The casualties are always innocent civilians while the people responsible for nurturing and breeding these terrorists travel in armored vehicles with scores of security. I am talking about the leadership of Pakistan. 

When I was there in 2014, I saw even a small time minister traveling in armored Land Cruiser which would easily cost $350,000. And of course they were followed and escorted by many cars of police and private guards. 

My neighbor in Pakistan sold his house to a police commissioner. The house was sold for $1.2 million. Please take a moment to digest that a police commissioner bought a house for $1.2 MILLION. That's USD. I know how much it went for because the house belonged to my uncle who moved out of the country and sold all his assets. Smart man. 



Yeah thanks for the empathy and condolences "because it came back to bite us"

Please remember that the majority has nothing to do with what the strategic planning a state does. The lives lost were full of opportunities and hope.

I wonder how much shit someone would have gotten if they said after 9/11 "yeah my condolences but the United States funded these people a few years ago and now it has come back to bite em and is not entirely undeserved"

Loss of lives is always undeserved!

pakistanis are already blaming India. Pretty shameless of them since they created these terrorists. Idk when they are going to learn...


**EDIT:** Pakistan government's statement

Condemning the attack, Balochistan Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri told local TV channel Geo News that Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) was behind terror incidents in Quetta.
The **CM made this claim *before* initial investigations into the blast were completed**, and before the nature of the blast was confirmed.
Zehri said the attack appeared to be a suicide attack, but police are still investigating.

musalmanFuddu

Waldorg

The people of Balochistan have it the worst in the state of Pakistan.The Pakistan Army and its ISI wage a secret war against the populace where thousands of civilians have either been killed or simply vanished from the face of the earth.The Afghan Taliban council has made it's home in the state capital of Quetta. (Again thanks to the Pakistan Army)Anti-Pakistan militants like TTP find easy targets in Baluchistan since the Punjab centric army of Pakistan simply doesn't care about protecting the civilians there.Caught in this hellish trifecta are the innocent Balochis.

MatCauthon28

theshenster

Why the hell is everyone ignoring the fact that the group that claimed responsibility for this attack has safe havens in Afghanistan as well as has been facilitated by the Afghans? 

The entire website goes apeshit over Pak's ties to the Afghan taliban yet ignores everything else in the region. Disgusting.

Edit: Source:https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/the-islamic-state-in-khorasan-how-it-began-and-where-it-stands-now-in-nangarhar/

Shaanistani

This is what happens when you have state sponsored terrorism program. Like Hillary said once

*You can't keep snakes in your backyard and expect them to only bite your neighbour*

My sympathy goes to the victims but the Pakistani goverment can go fuck itself.  

coolirisme

They say at least 70 are dead now and this doesn't even make the top story on BBC. If we want universal equality 3rd world nations should have as much headline priority as first world countries.. so frustrating. 

CitrusSpice

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This is crazy. The head of a lawmaking assembly was assassinated, and his body was brought to a hospital. A ton of lawyers in his assembly came there along with journalists to see him, and were attacked with a lot of prominent people being killed.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2016_Quetta_bombing

Lawyers keep getting assassinated in Pakistan and Afghanistan for some reason.

The death count is now at least 70...
This is my country.
A useless shithole.

100deepnow

a few ppl stabbed i the uk? front page insane terrorism.


almost 100 killed in bombing at a fucking hospital (in pakistan)?....meh

edit: this was posted when op was over 6 hours old with like 200 upvotes

fbi_work

Just saw the liveleak video.....  Just before and right after the explosion.   
Won't post the link.  But seeing all those people together and completely unaware....  then the next second, so many lives wiped out and changed forever.  
Senseless.  



arizona_otter

Jaba01

loveadumb

razpor

What goes around comes around. 

The Pakistani people need to revolt against their insititutions because there is no real solution for a state that promotes terror on one hand and then uses its existence as a means to create fearmongering among its absurdly huge population. The Pashtun and Baloch regions dont want to be part of Pakistan anyway, hiopefully they can free themselves from the yoke of this oppressive quasi Islamist-military dictatorship.

That said, my sympathies are with the Baloch people. Zindabad Balochistan.

Shansab101

This is what happens if you grow and support terrorism and terror camps and use it as a tool agains other countries.

tewrld

http://www.dawn.com/news/1276207/gen-raheel-orders-intelligence-agencies-to-initiate-special-operations 

Pakistan Army orders combing operation in Baluchistan.
About damn time.


swaj1

Do you notice the man fly out of the top left hand corner of the screen at the 20 second mark?

Lonely-Sky2546

Is it antisemitism if we hate them for doing this to other human beings???

ThisMyBurnerBruh

Yeah, I saw some kids running.    
Of course, they're bombing.

PreparationKey2843

Glad there's music to set the appropriate tone.

chapterpt

SteveB1901

That guy in the plaid shirt sitting in a chair…how does he stand up after the blast and shake off the dust and walk away? 🤯

RayBullet

And they'll sleep peacefully at night while hundreds mourn the loss. Israel isn't fighting a war anymore, they're straight up committing genocide.

Bray-Anticca

Not a single comment about the fact that the explosions we’re seeing in a secondary explosion, either caused by a gas line or munitions stored by hamas. 

Welcome to war folks

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Please stop reporting it as not China related (R6), the presence of the Chinese ambassador makes it related, regardless where in the world it happened. Thanks!

Interesting to note that the Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan is suspected to have been the target of the attack with the Pakistan Taliban claiming responsibility.

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