Pakistan says it has killed 20 insurgents in three days of clashes

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By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Twenty militants and nine soldiers were killed in recent days during insurgent attacks on two military bases in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province and the military’s response, the military said on Saturday. The attacks, the biggest in recent years by ethnic Baloch insurgents, began on Wednesday night. “A total of 20 militants were killed during Panjgur and Nauski operations. Security forces have completed the clearance operation today,” said a statement by military’s media wing. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), which had earlier claimed …

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