The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks across Balochistan, targeting Pakistani security forces and intelligence personnel.
In a statement issued by BLF spokesperson Major Gwahram Baloch, the group said its fighters carried out two separate attacks on 26 May.
The first attack took place in Quetta’s Dasht, Durkshan area, where BLF fighters threw a hand grenade at paramilitary personnel stationed outside a checkpoint. The attack reportedly left three personnel seriously injured. The BLF said its fighters escaped the area unharmed.
The second attack, in Awaran district’s Jhao area, targeted a military checkpoint in Zeelag. The BLF said the assault began with a sniper attack, killing one soldier, followed by a heavy weapons assault using rocket launchers and automatic rifles. The group claimed four military personnel were killed and several others injured in the 20-minute gun battle.
The BLF also claimed responsibility for an earlier operation on 22 May in the Ziarat Sar area of Turbat. The group said it killed two alleged operatives of Pakistan’s Military Intelligence, identified as Dilshad, son of Allah Bakhsh, and Rashid Hakeem, both residents of the Turbat area.
According to the BLF, the two men were involved in anti-Baloch activities, including monitoring activists, assisting in army operations, and facilitating the enforced disappearance of Baloch youths. The group alleged Rashid Hakeem had been recruiting local youth to work for state intelligence and had assisted in military operations against the BLF in Balgatar and Kolwah.
In a separate attack on 25 May, BLF fighters reportedly targeted a military checkpoint in the Tagazi area of Kharan district. The group claimed it fired multiple rocket-propelled grenades at the checkpoint, killing two personnel and causing structural damage.
The Pakistani military has not commented on the BLF’s claims.
The BLF said it would continue targeting military, intelligence, economic, and communication infrastructure, as well as state-backed collaborators, until what it described as the goal of an “independent Balochistan” is achieved.