QUETTA -- Frontier Corps (FC) on Thursday killed 10 militants and arrested several others during search operations in Kalat, Mastung, panjgur and Boi areas of Balochistan.
According to FC spokesman, the FC personnel carried out search operations in various parts of Balochistan. Eight militants were killed during encounters and several others were arrested in Kalat, Juhan, Mastung and Boi areas, he added. Three FC officials were also injured during the exchange of fire, he said. Ammunition, including 12 SMG rifles, 20 grenades and 25 kg of explosives were also seized from them.
The militants were involved in attack on security forces in Nushki and other areas.
Meanwhile, two militants were killed in encounter by FC during a search operation in the Tasp area of Panjgur District. Two SMG rifles, two grenades, 12 magazines, a motorcycle and a vehicle of FWO had been seized from them.
The search operation is being continued to recover three abducted labourers.
The officials also arrested two militants on a tip in the Saeedabad area of Urmara. Arms were also seized from them.
Balochistan Interior Minister Sarfaraz Bugti had said militants were working for other countries. Many militants, he had claimed, have moved to the tribal areas of Balochistan, especially the Pashtun belt after Operation Zarb-e-Azb in North Waziristan, adding that there would not be any place for them to hide.
Balochistan has long been a hotbed of terrorism. Security officials claim that the Indian spy agency, Research and Analysis Wing, is funding and training militants. 
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