Rebels launched coordinated bomb and gun attacks against security forces and civilians in south-western Pakistan, leaving at least 61 people dead, officials said on Monday, the country’s deadliest day in months. At least 19 soldiers were among the dead, while the army said it had eliminated 21 rebels from the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA). The attacks overnight were launched in the volatile province of Balochistan, which borders both Afghanistan and Iran, the two neighbours from where Islamabad says Islamist and separatist rebels operate from. Balochistan is where China is building a deep-sea p…