QUETTA: At least 10 suspected militants were killed and 20 others injured in a clash in Nasirabad area of Kech district after an attack on a Frontier Corps convoy from a mountainous area on Thursday.

The convoy from Karachi was going to the border town of Mand.

According to a statement issued by the home department on Friday, two FC men were killed and six injured in the clash which continued for several hours.

Heavy weapons were used by both sides.

“A search operation by FC troops in the area was completed on Friday morning,” official sources said. The injured personnel were taken to the Combined Military Hospital in Quetta by helicopter.

The banned Baloch Libe­ra­tion Front, claimed respo­n­sibility for several attacks on FC convoys and posts.

Published in Dawn, Aug 9th, 2014