QUETTA: A powerful suicide blast targeting the Frontier Corps (FC) headquarters in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, killed at least 10 people and triggered a shootout in which four militants were slain, according to top provincial ministers on Tuesday. Balochistan, which borders Afghanistan and Iran, is strategically significant for its vast mineral wealth and as a transit hub for the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

QUETTA: A powerful suicide blast targeting the Frontier Corps (FC) headquarters in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, killed at least 10 people and…

Militants set off car bomb in Quetta, Pakistan, killing 8 and wounding many; suspicion falls on separatist groups.