Afghanistan, Dec. 1 -- A suicide blast followed by a gunbattle hit Pakistan's Frontier Corps base in Balochistan's Chaghi district, as BLA militants attempted to storm the compound Sunday night.
A suicide bomber struck a Frontier Corps security base in Nokundi, Chaghi district of Pakistan's Balochistan province on Sunday evening, triggering a fierce gunbattle that lasted nearly ninety minutes, according to local officials and regional media reports.
The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a banned separatist insurgent group, claimed responsibility for the assault, saying the attacker was a woman identified as "Zareena," whom the group described as its fifth female suicide bomber. Pakistani outlets reported that the incident began around 8:...