Ethnic Baloch separatists launched "coordinated attacks across Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Saturday, killing at least 10 security officials as clashes left 37 militants dead, an official said, the latest violence in the insurgency-hit southwestern region.
Officials said dozens of militants were also killed in clashes triggered by the attacks, which come a day after the military said its forces had killed dozens of ethnic Baloch insurgents.
Pakistan has been battling a separatist insurgency in Balochistan for decades, with frequent attacks on security forces, foreign nationals and non-locals in the mineral-rich province bordering Afghanistan and Iran.
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