The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) on Sunday claimed responsibility for a series of attacks targeting Pakistani military personnel and alleged intelligence agents in Kalat, Panjgur, Turbat and Mach regions of Balochistan.
In a media statement, BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said the group carried out six operations “against enemy Pakistani army personnel and their agents,” including assaults on army posts, highway blockades, and targeted killings.
According to the statement, BLA fighters launched an armed attack on a Pakistani military post in the Zawa area of Kalat, using rockets and heavy weapons. The group claimed that two Pakistani soldiers were killed and several others injured, while the remaining troops “abandoned their positions and fled the battlefield.”
The BLA said its fighters also established a temporary checkpoint on the main highway in Manguchar, Kalat, where they conducted snap checks for more than an hour. During the same operation, BLA fighters detained a man identified as Zahoor from Manguchar Bazaar, who it said was under interrogation and would be presented before the “Baloch National Court.”
In another operation, the group said its fighters ambushed a Pakistani military convoy on the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) route in the Sabz Aap area of Panjgur on 30 September, killing four soldiers and injuring four others.
The BLA also claimed responsibility for a grenade attack on a police station in Mach on Friday.
In a separate incident, the group said its fighters killed a man identified as Lakhmeer, son of Syed Muhammad, in the Heronk area of Turbat. The BLA alleged that he was a member of a state-backed militia, locally referred to as a “death squad,” and was involved in raids, enforced disappearances, and coercing local youth into working as informants for Pakistani security agencies.
The statement accused him of involvement in multiple criminal acts, including drug trafficking and violence, adding that he was recently responsible for a fatal incident in which he crushed a man, his wife, and their newborn child with a car.
“For his involvement in such national crimes, Lakhmeer was on the Baloch Liberation Army’s hit list and was ultimately neutralized by BLA fighters,” the statement said.
The group said all the operations were carried out as part of its armed struggle against Pakistan’s “occupation of Balochistan,” vowing to continue attacks “until the complete withdrawal of enemy forces.”
There was no immediate response from Pakistani authorities to the group’s claims.