Pakistani security force kill 37 militants in a raids on their hideouts

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Open this photo in gallery: A paramilitary soldier stops and checks passenger vehicles at a security checkpoint on the outskirts of Quetta, Pakistan, on Aug. 27.Naseer Ahmed/Reuters Pakistani security forces have killed 37 insurgents in multiple raids over more than a week on militant hideouts in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, the military said Friday. Troops also killed five insurgents elsewhere in the country’s restive southwest. Pakistan has stepped up operations against Islamic militants and a small separatist group since insurgents killed more than 50 people in the Balochistan province in multiple attacks on police, security forces and...