The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks in Quetta, Kharan, and Balgatar while vehemently rejecting recent claims made by Pakistan’s military spokesperson regarding operations in Awaran and Turbat.
In a statement issued to the media, BLF spokesperson Major Gwahram Baloch said that on the evening of May 18, 2025, BLF fighters targeted and killed Sohail Khan, a resident of Rahim Yar Khan and an alleged operative of Pakistani Military Intelligence. The incident took place in a barbershop in the Mill Housing Scheme area of Sariab Road, Quetta. According to the BLF, the operation was carried out based on months of surveillance and intelligence gathering by its intelligence wing.
On the same day, BLF fighters launched a rocket and heavy weapons assault on the Chamgai military camp in the Syedabad area of Balgatar. The spokesperson claimed that the attack resulted in the destruction of a security post, killing two soldiers and injuring one. Pakistani forces reportedly retaliated by raiding nearby settlements and blocking roads, but the BLF operatives managed to retreat without casualties.
On May 19, BLF fighters allegedly set up a checkpoint along the CPEC Link Road in Kharan and later seized a Levies outpost in the But area, confiscating weapons and supplies. The spokesperson emphasized that the Levies personnel were released unharmed.
In a follow-up statement issued the next day, Major Gwahram Baloch rejected as “false and misleading” a claim by the Pakistani military’s public relations wing, ISPR, that a BLF member had been killed in a clash in Awaran. According to the BLF, the individual killed—Younus, son of Rasool Bakhsh—was an active Levies officer abducted by Pakistani forces from his home in Malaar, Awaran, and later killed in cold blood near Damb. The BLF confirmed that Younus was on their wanted list for his alleged involvement in the death of BLF fighter Shaheed Dostain Meerwani, but stated he was not killed in a firefight as claimed.
The BLF also condemned the ISPR’s labeling of slain fighters Amjad Basham and Sabrullah Baloch, who died in an encounter in Turbat, as “Indian agents.” The group asserted that these individuals were committed freedom fighters, not proxies, and accused the Pakistani military of dehumanizing its opponents by mishandling the bodies of the deceased.
Major Gwahram Baloch stated that the Pakistani military’s repeated mistreatment of Baloch martyrs’ remains—including those of Nawab Akbar Bugti and others—exposes not only its defeat on the battlefield but also its moral and ethical decay. He claimed that, in contrast, BLF fighters have often buried enemy soldiers with dignity, in line with humanitarian and Islamic values.
Reaffirming its stance, the BLF declared its intent to intensify attacks on Pakistani military positions across occupied Balochistan and dismissed the ISPR’s narrative as a desperate attempt to mislead the public in the face of continued setbacks.