Pakistan’s military says attackers targeted two security posts in southwestern Pakistan, triggering firefights that killed four assailants and a soldier. The first of the two attacks on Wednesday happened in Banjgur, a district in the Baluchistan province. A military statement says soldier died in the exchange of fire there. Hours later, assailants tried to sneak into a security camp in Naushki in Baluchistan, but troops foiled the attempt and killed four attackers. Baluchistan has been the scene of numerous separatists and militant attacks in recent years. Later on Wednesday evening, the newly formed Baluchistan Nationalist Army claimed responsibility for the attacks in a post on Twitter.
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Villagers in Pakistani Kashmir hail cease-fire with India
Pakistani villagers living on one of the world’s most militarized frontiers in the disputed Kashmir region are hailing a two-month-long cease-fire between nuclear rivals Pakistan and India. But residents also demanded Monday a solution to the decades-old issue of Kashmir and a durable peace for the Himalayan region. Pakistan and India have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir since gaining independence from Britain in 1947. Villagers spoke with journalists who were taken to Salohi village in Pakistan-administered Kashmir by the military. The visit came two months after the Pakistani and Indian armies pledged to halt cross-border fighting and adhere to a 2003 accord that has been largely ignored in Kashmir.