QUETTA — At least 10 militants were killed and 11 security personnel were injured during the operation early on Friday at Samungli and Khalid airbases in Quetta, Pakistan.

The militants had attacked the Samungli and Khalid airbases in Quetta. The security personal have also arrested one injured militant and shifted him to an unknown place for interrogation.

The exchange of fire continued between security forces and militants for four houses, where attackers had also fired seven rockets that landed in the premises of the two airbases.

The armed men opened fire on Anti-Terrorism Force (ATF) and Frontier Corps (FC) when they tried to get closer to the attackers.

According to the Balochistan Police Chief Muhammad Umlaish, the forces had concluded the operation in Quetta. In the operation 10 militants were killed and 11 security personnel were injured which lasted for more than four hours. All injured shifted to the Civil Military Hospital in Quetta cantonment.

Muhammad Umlaish said that 11 rocket launchers were recovered from the Khalid Airbase while a huge quantity of arms and ammunition was recovered from the Samungli Airbase. “All entry and exit points leading to the airport and airbases are being strictly guarded,” He added

“All dead terrorists seem to be Uzbeks,” said Home Minister Balochistan Sarfaraz Bugti

Dawn, a leading English newspaper in Pakistan, has  reported that the Ghalib Mehsud faction of the outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack on the Samungli and Khalid airbases in Quetta in which 10 militants were killed by security forces. Ghalib Mehsud is the leader of Fedayeen Islam which is the suicide wing of the proscribed TTP.

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Mir Behram Baloch is a journalist covering government and social issues in Balochistan. Read other articles by Mir.