QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) ? Suspected Baluch separatist militants ambushed a convoy of paramilitary troops in the Turbat area of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province Wednesday, killing 14 soldiers, security officials said.
"The attackers first fired rocket-propelled grenades at the vehicles and then opened fire on them," one security official told Reuters.
Baluchistan is Pakistan's biggest but poorest province, where Baluch separatists are fighting a protracted insurgency to demand more autonomy and control over the natural resources of their impoverished region.
Much of the violence in the past has been blamed on separatist militants. Pro-Taliban militants are also active in the province, which shares borders with Afghanistan and Iran.
Pakistan, a key U.S. ally in its war on Islamist militancy, has seen a wave of violence in recent years, most of it in the northwest where troops are battling militants.
(Reporting by Gul Yusufzai; Writing by Qasim Nauman; Editing by Peter Graff)
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