One solider of Frontier Corps
...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and anti-smuggling operations....
was also killed and two other troops were maimed in the exchange of fire.
Official sources claimed that 'Commander' Safar Khan, a brother of chief of the banned Baloch Liberation Front Dr Allah Nazar, his nephew Shehik and Commander Khan were among the dead, while Shahjahan and Balaach Khan were maimed.
Spokesman of the Frontier Corps, Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
, Khan Wasey, said in a statement the FC had launched an operation in search of forces of Evil involved in killing seven people in Kapur area and kidnapping 17 women and 30 children in Mahi area.
The exchange of fire took place when forces of Evil opened fire and the troops counter-attacked.
"The heavy gunbattle continued for several hours, resulting in the death of 13 forces of Evil and injuries to several others," the FC front man said.
An FC soldier was killed and two others were maimed in the clash, he added.
The FC troops freed the kidnapped women and kiddies and killed a suspected Lion of Islam identified as Abdus Salam.