Pakistan's military says 18 troops and 23 separatist rebels have been killed in fighting in northwestern Balochistan province.

Pakistani military said the troops suffered casualties when they engaged the insurgents who erected barricades on a key highway in Balochistan’s Kalat district, bordering Afghanistan

At least 18 soldiers were killed and five others injured in attacks by separatist militants in Balochistan’s Kalat district. Security forces managed t

As many as 23 terrorists were gunned down by Pakistani forces in two separate clearance operations conducted in Kalat and Harnai, Balochistan, ARY News reported citing the army. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) -- Pak military's media wing -- multiple 'sanitization operations' were conducted by the security forces throughout the province after the Kalat incident.

The incident occurred in the Mangochar area of Kalat district of the province on the night of January 31 and February 1 when terrorists attempted to establish roadblocks, according to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR),

At least 18 soldiers of Pakistan's Frontier Corps (FC) have died during an operation in Mangocher, a city located in the Kalat district of Balochistan province, the country's military authorities confirmed on Saturday.

Pakistani separatist militants claimed on Saturday an attack on a highway in a volatile southwestern province that killed 18 paramilitaries and seriously wounded three others.