The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) on Monday said its fighters carried out seven separate attacks across Balochistan, targeting Pakistani military personnel, alleged members of “death squads,” and energy infrastructure.
In a media statement, BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said the operations took place in Zamuran, Kalat, Kharan, Quetta and Dhadar between 18 and 21 September. The group said several security personnel and collaborators were killed or detained, weapons were seized and a gas pipeline was destroyed.
According to the statement, in Zamuran’s Tanak area a BLA sniper killed a Pakistani soldier at a military camp, and fighters also shot down an army quadcopter.
In Kalat’s Manguchar area on 18 September, the BLA said a grenade attack on a military blockade killed one soldier and injured three others. It alleged that Pakistani forces then opened indiscriminate fire, injuring civilians.
The group said it captured Qaiser Abbas, whom it identified as an agent of Military Intelligence from Gujranwala, during operations in Kalat’s Zawa area. The BLA claimed he “confessed his crimes” before the “Baloch National Court,” which sentenced him to death, and that the execution was carried out by its fighters.
In Kharan’s Barshonki area on 19 September, the BLA said fighters raided the hideout of a “death squad operative” identified as Hafiz Mumtaz, detaining two associates, seizing weapons and setting the site on fire. It added that fighters briefly took control of a Levies post in the same area and detained four personnel, who were later released.
On 21 September, the group said it destroyed a gas pipeline near Kambari Pul in Dhadar using explosives. The same night, BLA fighters mounted a short blockade near Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Quetta, detaining a policeman and seizing his weapon before releasing him.
Meanwhile, the Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) said in a separate statement that its fighters targeted a vehicle belonging to a military construction company working on state projects near Sona Khan in Quetta with a remote-controlled IED.
BRG spokesperson Dostain Baloch said the blast destroyed a roller machine belonging to the company and warned local contractors to stay away from state projects, adding that the BRG accepts responsibility and that such operations would continue until the “freedom of Balochistan” is achieved.
There was no immediate response from Pakistani authorities to the claims.