Islamabad, Oct. 30 -- Pakistani security forces killed 18 pro independence fighters in two intelligence-based operations in Balochistan, the military said on Thursday.
The operations were carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday against the banned organization Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani army, said in a statement.
The first operation took place in the provincial capital city of Quetta, where troops engaged the militants' location and killed 14 of them after an exchange of fire, according to the statement.
In a separate operation in Kech District, four militants were neutralized and a hideout was destroyed, the military said.
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