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Summary Gunmen attacked two posts in the Margut area near Quetta city.
Unidentified insurgents attacked Pakistani security forces overnight, killing 14 soldiers and a driver working for the military in clashes that raged for five hours, officials said Wednesday.Gunmen attacked two posts in the Margut area, about 60 kilometres (40 miles) east of Quetta, capital of the insurgency-torn southwestern province of Baluchistan. The soldiers were responsible for guarding coal mines, they said.A total of 15 people including 14 soldiers, one civilian driver of the Frontier Corps (FC) were killed and other 12 wounded in the attack, an FC spokesman told AFP.A local intelligence official confirmed the toll.Earlier, a senior military official said two dozen gunmen armed with light and heavy weapons attacked the paramilitary posts and killed 11 soldiers.Wednesdays clashes continued for five hours, the senior military official said, adding that militants came from mountain hideouts and planted remote-controlled bombs to block reinforcements.
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