Pakistan Army Deploys Helicopters and Drones in Balochistan
Listen to the story
Pakistan's army is sending soldiers to Balochistan. This is a region in Pakistan.
The army wants to stop a rebellion there. A rebellion is when people fight against their government.
Soldiers landed with helicopters and drones. A drone is a small flying machine with no pilot.
A group called the BLA is fighting Pakistan's army. BLA means Balochistan Liberation Army.
The BLA shared a video of an attack on Pakistani soldiers.
People in Balochistan are calling August 14 a 'Black Day'.
This means they are sad or angry on that day.
The situation looks like a civil war. A civil war is fighting between people in the same country.
Many people are worried about what will happen next.
Vocabulary15 words
- rebellion
- when people fight against their leaders
- helicopters
- flying machines with spinning blades on top
- drones
- small flying machines with no person inside
- video
- moving pictures with sound
- civil war
- fighting between groups in the same country
- military
- about soldiers and the army
- operation
- a planned action, often by soldiers
- region
- a large area of a country
- attack
- when someone tries to hurt another person
- soldiers
- people who fight in an army
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- tension
- a feeling of danger or worry
- group
- a number of people together
- situation
- what is happening now
- fighting
- when people hit or hurt each other
Quiz
Answer key
1. Helicopters and drones 2. Balochistan Liberation Army 3. Black Day
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Pakistan's army is sending soldiers to _____. This is a region in Pakistan.
The army wants to stop a _____ there.
Soldiers landed with _____ and drones.
A group called the _____ is fighting Pakistan's army.
The BLA shared a video of an _____ on Pakistani soldiers.
People in Balochistan are calling August 14 a '_____ Day'.
The situation looks like a _____.
Many people are worried about what will happen _____.