Baloch’s appeal for Indian help may deepen Pakistani suspicions that India has a hand in a decades-old insurgency in the vast southwestern province. On Thursday, India said it had carried out strikes on suspected militants in its first direct military response to the raid. Baloch, speaking from an undisclosed location, called CPEC a Chinese “imperialistic scheme”, and vowed to attack roads, security personnel and construction crews associated with it. They point to freshly-paved CPEC roads, built at breakneck speed despite Baluchistan’s rugged terrain, as proof of success. Baloch denied BLF killed civilians, but said his group did go after “traitors”.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 29, 2016 15:56 UTC