Pakistani security forces killed about two dozen militants overnight in multiple raids in the insurgency-hit southwest bordering Afghanistan, raising the militant death toll to 177 in the past 48 hours, officials said Monday, following a wave of coordinated insurgent attacks that killed at least 33 people, mostly civilian.
Police, backed by the military, have been conducting these raids in several areas against members of the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army since early Saturday, after nearly 200 militants in small groups carried out simultaneous suicide bombings and gun attacks on police stations, civilian homes, and security facilities across the province.
