Pakistan’s military has confirmed that at least 10 soldiers were killed in an attack

Pakistan’s military has confirmed that at least 10 soldiers were killed in an attack on a security check post in the southwest province of Balochistan earlier this week, according to a statement. The attack took place on Tuesday night in the Kech area, located near the country’s western border with Iran and roughly 600 km south of provincial capital Quetta, Pakistan’s military said in a statement released late on Thursday.

The Pakistani military’s press wing said that a “follow-up clearance operation was ongoing and that three suspects had been apprehended since the attack. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but Pakistan’s military has been battling an armed ethnic Baloch separatist movement in the region for more than 10 years.