A Pakistani separatist leader who was wanted over an attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi in November has been killed along with five others in a suicide blast in Afghanistan.
Aslam Baloch,who was a top commander of the armed group known as Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) was suspected by Pakistani authorities of masterminding the attack on the chineese consulate……..
Aslam Baloch was killed on Tuesday along with five associates in a blast in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province according to a report by the Associated Press news agency that cited in a statement issued by the BLA late on Wednesday. The group has vowed to continue its fight for Baloch independence, it said.
Kandahar police chief Tadin Khan confirmed that the suicide bombing took place in the provincial capital. Another Afghan official who spoke anonymously said Baloch and a second member of the BLA were the targets of the attack.
Pakistan’s Samaa Television reported that Aslam was killed along with a number of his commanders in the suicide attack in Aino Maina.
A month ago, three attackers stormed the Chinese consulate in Karachi, killing four people, including two policemen and as many civilians. Security forces killed the three attackers, who carried explosives.
The BLA had claimed the attack, labelling Beijing an “oppressor” and “making it clear that China’s military expansionism on Baloch soil will not be tolerated”. It had warned the Chinese to leave or “be prepared for continued attacks”.
China, has poured billions of dollars into the South Asian country in recent years as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a massive infrastructure project that seeks to connect its western province of Xinjiang with the Arabian Sea port of Gwadar in Balochistan province.
By admin
January 11, 2019
