Dozens of suspected militants killed across Pakistan

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) - Overnight clashes across Pakistan resulted in the deaths of 29 suspected militants, security officials said Friday.

The fighting came amid a fresh wave of terror attacks that have killed at least 100 people, including more than 70 in a Daesh-claimed suicide attack on a Sufi shrine in Sehwan, Sindh province.

In Karachi, paramilitary Rangers returning from helping in the clear-up operation in Sehwan, 300 kilometers (185 miles) from the commercial hub, came under attack in two incidents.

A Rangers spokesman said 18 suspected terrorists were killed and two Rangers were injured.

Operations in Peshawar and Quetta near the Afghan border and Dera Ismail Khan, in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, resulted in 11 other militant deaths.

The army also said cross-border attacks on a checkpoint saw an unknown number of attackers killed.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, an umbrella group of Pakistani militants, has unleashed a renewed wave of terror attacks in the last six days which has led to Pakistan closing its border with Afghanistan.