5 Pakistani soldiers killed in Balochistan explosion

KABUL (Pajhwok): Five Pakistani soldiers have been killed in a bomb explosion in Kech district of Balochistan province.

A security forces’ vehicle was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Kech district on Saturday, the Pakistani army’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.

Five Pakistani soldiers were killed and two others wounded in the explosion.

Separately, four militants were killed in two operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan and Dera Ismail Khan districts.

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