QUETTA, Jan 16: At least 10 militants were killed in an armed clash with security forces in the Bahlol area of Kohlu district late on Monday evening.

Official sources said that militants attacked personnel of the Frontier Corps in an area close to Chamalang when they were setting up a check-post.

According to an FC spokesman, 10 attackers were killed in the clash, but the Frontier Corps suffered no loss of life.

Meanwhile, the main pipeline supplying gas to Sindh from Sui was blown up late on Monday night in the Gopang area of Pat Feeder in tehsil Sui of Dera Bugti district.

Official sources said that high explosives were planted under the main 18-inch diameter pipeline, which supplied gas to the SSGC distribution system.

Gas supply was suspended to many parts of Sindh and Balochistan.