Pakistani troops kill 3 militants in raid in southwest

Pakistani safety forces raided a militant hideout Friday within the nation’s unstable southwest, triggering a firefight that killed three insurgents, the army mentioned.
The raid occurred in Kech, a city in Baluchistan province the place separatists armed with assault rifles attacked two Pakistani army posts earlier within the week, killing seven troopers.
The twin assaults within the districts of Naushki and Panjgur in Baluchistan additionally left 13 militants useless, in line with the army. The combating started on Wednesday and ended hours later, on Thursday. Friday’s raid was a part of the operation launched the day before today to hint these behind the newest assaults.
A lately shaped separatist group, the Baluchistan Nationalist Army, had claimed duty for the assaults in Naushki and Panjgur.
The army mentioned two high-value separatists – commanders of items in Baluchistan – have been among the many slain insurgents in Friday’s raid, however didn’t elaborate.
Various separatist teams in Baluchistan have often staged such assaults in recent times, in search of independence from the central authorities in Islamabad. Authorities say they’ve quelled the insurgency, however violence has continued.