Quetta, Dec. 13 -- Families of underage students who are missing in Balochistan's Quetta urged authorities on Thursday to locate their children, as local sources indicated new military operations and arrests took place in the coastal town of Jiwani, according to a report from The Balochistan Post (TBP).

During a press conference at the Quetta Press Club, Samrosh Baloch stated that Pakistani armed forces had apprehended several young students from their residences during raids conducted months ago, leaving their whereabouts unknown.

"For years, we have endured raids without warning," she remarked. "Young boys are taken, remain missing for months, and are sometimes released without any explanation," as noted in the TBP report.

The famili...