QUETTA, Pakistan – Counterterrorism police killed nine alleged militants in a shootout during a raid in southwest Pakistan early on Saturday, they said, and two soldiers and a militant were killed in a raid in the northwest overnight.
A raid was conducted in the Mastung area of Baluchistan province, the provincial counterterrorism department said in a statement.
Earlier in the week, a bomb attack killed a police officer and wounded 19 others in the same area.
The statement said militants opened fire on police triggering a gun battle that left nine “terrorists” dead. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but the bombing earlier in the week was claimed by the Pakistani Taliban.
The statement said the raid also yielded nine Kalashnikov assault rifles, explosives and rocket-propelled grenades.
In the northwest, two soldiers and a militant were killed in an exchange of fire during a security forces raid, according to a military statement. The raid took place Friday in Miran Shah, the main town of the North Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan. The military statement noted, according to AP, weapons and ammunition were seized during the raid.
