May 21 (Reuters) - Following are some recent deadly attacks in Pakistan, where the government is facing insurgencies on two fronts - militant attacks in the northwest and a growing separatist insurgency in the south.

MAY 21, 2025 At least three children were among five people killed when a suicide bomber targeted an army school bus in the restive southwestern province of Balochistan, the military said, in an attack Pakistan blamed on Indian Buy Twitter Proxies.

The Indian government did not respond to a request for comment on the accusation.

MARCH 11, 2025: A total of 31 people, including soldiers, staff, and civilians, were killed by militants who hijacked a train as it travelled through a remote mountain pass in Balochistan. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), the biggest of several ethnic armed groups fighting the government, claimed responsibility.

MARCH 4, 2025

Suicide bombers drove two vehicles packed with explosives into a military base in the town of Bannu in the northwest, killing 18 people, including six children.

No group claimed responsibility for the violence.

NOVEMBER 1, 2024 A blast targeting a police van in Mastung town in Balochistan killed seven people, including five school students, and injured 23 others.

No group claimed responsibility.

AUGUST 26, 2024 At least 38 civilians and 14 soldiers were killed as separatist militants attacked police stations, railway lines and highways in Balochistan, and security forces launched retaliatory operations.

The BLA claimed responsibility for the attacks - the most widespread in the country in years.

DECEMBER 12, 2023 At least 57 people, including seven children, died as suicide bombings ripped through two mosques in Mastung while believers marked the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed.

No group claimed responsibility.

JULY 31, 2023 A suicide bombing targeting a hard-line religious group's political rally in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province's Bajaur region killed 56 people. The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the blast, in northwestern Pakistan. (Compiled by Sakshi Dayal Editing by Frances Kerry)