The anti-terrorism police killed 9 alleged militants in a shooting during a raid in southwestern Pakistan early Saturday. He also announced the killing of two soldiers and a militant in a night raid in northwest Pakistan. The regional counter-terrorism department said in a statement that he raided Mastung district in Balochistan province.
Earlier last week, a bomb attack killed a policeman and injured 19 others in the same area.
The statement said gunmen opened fire on the police, which resulted in a firefight, killing nine “terrorists”.
Nobody immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but the movement Pakistani Taliban He claimed responsibility for the attack earlier this week.
The statement said the raid also led to the seizure of nine Kalashnikov rifles, explosives and rocket-propelled grenades.
In the north-west of the country, two soldiers and a militant were killed in a firefight during a security force raid, according to a military statement.
The raid took place on Friday in the main city of Miranshah, in the tribal region of North Waziristan, on the border with Afghanistan.
The military statement said weapons and ammunition were seized during the raid.
Friday’s security forces raid came after two soldiers and two policemen were killed by a bomb earlier this week during a search operation in the tribal region of Bajaur on the border with Afghanistan.
Pakistan and Afghanistan share an internationally recognized 2,400-kilometer border known as the Durand Line, drawn in the 19th century when the British took control of South Asia. Kabul never recognized the border.
Before the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Afghanistan often accused each other of turning a blind eye to the militants operating along the porous border.
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