3 Pakistani soldiers killed in anti-terror ops

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(170525) -- QUETTA, May 25, 2017 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani soldiers stand guard near the site where two Chinese were kidnapped in the neighborhood of Jinnah town in southwest Pakistan's Quetta, May 24, 2017. The Chinese embassy in Pakistan on Wednesday confirmed that two Chinese nationals were kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Quetta, the provincial capital of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province. (Xinhua/Asad) (zjy)

Islamabad: Three soldiers were killed in separate anti-terror operations in Pakistan, an army statement said.

Pakistani security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation about presence of externally supported terrorists in Hoshab area of the southwest Balochistan province, the military’s media wing said in the statement.

“On being surrounded by the security forces, an engagement ensued in which terrorists suffered heavy losses,” Xinhua news agency quoted the statement released by the Inter-Services Public Relations as saying.

It adding that two soldiers were killed in the clash.

In a separate incident, another soldier was killed while clearing an improvised explosive device planted by terrorists along a route frequented by civilians, said the statement.

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