Security forces claimed to have killed 10 suspected militants in a targeted operation in Balochistan’s Sibi district on Sunday.
The security forces reportedly conducted an operation in Sangaan area of Sibi district and apprehended 12 suspected militants following an exchange of fire in which 10 suspects, including a key militant commander, were killed.
Three sanctuaries of militants were also destroyed, said an official.
A spokesman for the Balochistan government, Anwarul Haq Kakar, said that a key commander of the outlawed Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) Aslam Acho was reportedly killed by security forces in Sibi. “He was allegedly involved in the attack in Quaid’s residency in Ziarat,” he added.
