At least 67 militants were killed on Saturday as they battled Pakistan's security forces in multiple cities across the southwestern province of Balochistan, four security officials told Reuters, APA reports.
Some 10 police and security personnel and 11 civilians were also killed during the orchestrated militant attacks, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Twenty-four police officers were injured.
The military's media wing did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, in a statement, condemned the attacks and praised security forces for repelling them, saying they had killed dozens of militants.
The attacks came a day after Pakistan's military said it killed 41 militants in separate raids in Balochistan, which borders Iran and Afghanistan and has faced a decades-long separatist insurgency.
The banned separatist group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for Saturday's attacks, saying it had launched them simultaneously across the province. The BLA said it had killed 84 Pakistan security personnel.
Security officials said armed men launched attacks in several urban areas, including the provincial capital Quetta and the port city of Gwadar, prompting operations by the army, police and counterterrorism units.
Hospitals were placed on emergency footing in some districts, officials said.
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18:32
Pakistan's Balochistan province has seen a series of separatist attacks that killed 21 people, including civilians, APA reports, citing foreign media.
Separatists from Pakistan’s Balochistan province claimed responsibility this morning for dozens of coordinated attacks in southern Pakistan targeting civilians, police stations, and military facilities. As a result, 11 civilians and 10 security personnel were killed.
Authorities say at least 108 militants have been killed across Balochistan over the past 48 hours, including 67 on Saturday.
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13:00
Ten policemen were killed in a separatist attack in Pakistan's Balochistan province, APA reports, citing Pakistani media.
37 terrorists were neutralized as a result of countermeasures taken by security forces.
The attacks were carried out in a coordinated manner in 12 districts of Balochistan province.
Pakistani security forces are continuing measures to identify and neutralize the terrorists.
According to information given to "AFP", the attacks were carried out by armed individuals and suicide bombers.
It should be noted that the separatist group called the Balochistan Liberation Army regularly carries out terrorist attacks in the province in question.
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