ISLAMABAD: The United Arab Emirates on Friday condemned a militant attack that killed 10 Pakistani soldiers near the Pakistan-Iran border, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported.
The soldiers were killed in an attack on a checkpoint in Kech, southwestern Balochistan province, the Pakistani military said in a statement on Thursday evening. The troops returned fire, killing one attacker and arrested three militants as a search for those who launched the attack was still underway.
"The UAE has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a security site in the town of Kech," WAM said.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation affirmed that the UAE expresses its strong condemnation of these criminal acts, and its rejection of all forms of violence and terrorism that aim to destabilize security and stability and are inconsistent with humanitarian values and principles."
Pakistan has recently seen an increase in attacks, including in urban areas.
On Friday, a roadside bomb killed four policemen and wounded eight others as they were traveling in in the town of Sui in Balochistan.
A bomb blast in a crowded market in Lahore last week killed three people and injured 33 others. A day earlier, militants also targeted police personnel, killing one in the federal capital, Islamabad.
