Twin attacks in Pakistan kill 7 troops, 13 separatists

By ABDUL SATTAR
Associated Press

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities say twin attacks by separatists in the country’s volatile southwest triggered intense firefights that left seven soldiers and 13 assailants dead. They say nine militants and four soldiers were killed when the assailants raided a security post on Wednesday evening in the remote Naushki district of Baluchistan province. Hours later, four militants and three soldiers were killed when separatists attacked another security post in the province’s Panjgur area. The Baluchistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attacks in a post on Twitter. Pakistani officials say the attacks were repulsed by security forces.