By SPA,
Quetta, Pakistan : Pakistani security forces have killed at least 12 nationalist rebels in an ambush near the south-western town of Dera Bugti, a senior paramilitary officer said on Sunday.
The fighting took place in Toba Nokhani area, 350 km (220 miles) east of gas-rich Baluchistan’s capital, Quetta, on Saturday.
Major-General Saleem Nawaz of the paramilitary Frontier Corps, told Reuters that forces destroyed militants’ hideouts and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition.
“We have cleared the area of miscreants,” he said, adding that 17 rebels were also wounded.
Five soldiers were also killed in the fighting.
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