Feb 01, Kathmandu- Eighteen paramilitary soldiers have been killed and three others seriously injured in an attack in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province.
A police official told AFP that armed assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying paramilitary personnel near the city of Mangochhar.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
Security forces in Balochistan, which borders Afghanistan and Iran, have been battling sectarian, ethnic and separatist violence for decades.