Quetta, Feb. 21 -- The Baloch Liberation Army has stated that it carried out coordinated attacks on multiple military checkpoints and personnel stationed in the Shaban region of Pakistan's biggest province - Balochistan.

According to their spokesperson, Azad Baloch, BLA fighters set up blockades and launched simultaneous assaults on two military checkpoints, which were reportedly manned by Frontier Corps (FC) personnel. The operation, which also targeted a convoy of FC and police reinforcements arriving from Quetta, led to fierce clashes that lasted over two hours.

While taking responsibility for the attack on its official media channel, Baloch Liberation Voice, BLA claims to have seized weapons from the neutralised Pakistani personnel....