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At least 21 dead in coordinated attacks by alleged separatists in Pakistan

Pakistan has been battling a separatist movement in Balochistan for decades, where rebels target state forces, foreign nationals and non-locals.
At least 21 dead in coordinated attacks by alleged separatists in Pakistan

Pakistan’s security forces have carried out raids in the country’s southwest, killing at least 41 armed fighters, whom the country’s military linked to regional rival and neighbour India.

The military said in a statement on Friday that the deadly encounters took place in the province of Balochistan, which shares a long border with Afghanistan and has long been a base for separatist groups seeking independence from Pakistan’s central government in Islamabad.