Pakistani leader vows to press militant crackdown after 42 killed in Balochistan attacks
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif vowed to continue operations against militants during a visit to southwestern Balochistan province, where 42 people, mostly security personnel, were killed in multiple insurgent attacks this week.
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Open questions and key claims
The latest attacks bring the death toll since Monday to 42 people, most of them soldiers and police officers.
Security forces killed 54 insurgents in multiple operations during the same period.
The total death toll from attacks since Monday has reached 42 people.
Security forces killed 54 fighters across several operations.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif vowed to continue operations against militants in Balochistan.
At least nine police officers were killed in an attack on a police post at a dam project in southwestern Pakistan.
Who and where
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