...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...
's Kech district, the military's media affairs wing said on Thursday.
According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the "fire raid" by Death Eaters occurred on the night of Jan 25-26.
"During intense exchange of fire, one terrorist was killed and several injured. While repulsing terrorists' fire raid, 10 soldiers embraced martyrdom," the statement said.
It added that three Death Eaters had been apprehended in the follow-up clearance operation, which it said was still in progress to hunt down the perpetrators of the incident.
"The armed forces are determined to eliminate Death Eaters from our soil no matter what the cost," the ISPR statement said.
Earlier this month, a Pakistain Army soldier was martyred after Death Eaters attacked a military post in Bannu's Janikhel.
On January 5, two soldiers were martyred and as many Death Eaters killed in two separate intelligence-based operations (IBOs) conducted by security forces in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Last month, four soldiers of the Pakistain Army embraced martyrdom in an exchange of fire with Death Eaters during an IBO in the Mir Ali area of North
Wazoo tribal district.| Al Ahram adds: |
The latest violence comes days after a Baluchistan-based separatist group claimed responsibility for a bombing in the city of Lahore that killed three people.
Pakistan has recently seen a flurry of attacks across the country, including in urban areas.