ISLAMABAD, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Pakistani security forces arrested 20 militants during multiple operations conducted in southwestern Balochistan province on Thursday, the military said.
An army statement said that paramilitary frontier corps carried out intelligence-based operations in Dera Murad Jamali, Pashtoon Abad, Sangan, and Shahreg areas of the province.
The paramilitary frontier corps also recovered arms and ammunition from the possession of the arrested suspects, including hand grenades, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and communication equipment, a statement from the army's media wing Inter-Services Public Relations said.
Meanwhile, the security forces also conducted operations in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province and recovered weapons and ammunition hidden in a mountain cave. The seized weapons and ammunition include machine guns, a rocket launcher, sub-machine guns, pistols, anti-tank mines, hand grenades, and IEDs.
