Three Baloch armed groups — the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) and Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) — have claimed responsibility for a series of attacks across Balochistan over the past week, saying at least 15 Pakistani soldiers were killed in operations spanning Kech, Panjgur, Turbat, Surab and Naseerabad.
In a statement issued on Sunday, BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said fighters targeted a Pakistani Army post in the Tejaban area of Kech on 23 December. He said the group used automatic weapons and grenade-launcher rounds, claiming two soldiers were killed while surveillance cameras inside the post were destroyed.
The BLA said it carried out a second attack on 25 December, targeting a military vehicle with a remote-controlled explosive device on the CPEC route in the Katgari area of Panjgur. The group claimed six personnel were killed and four others injured in the blast.
The spokesperson added that on Sunday the group destroyed a communication tower used by Pakistani forces in the Dank area of Turbat by planting explosives and damaging “active spy cameras” installed on the structure.
Meanwhile, the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) said it carried out a roadblock operation on the RCD Highway at Bathgu Cross in Surab on 27 December.
BLF spokesperson Major Gwahram Baloch said fighters intercepted vehicles at the checkpoint when four security vehicles escorting trucks linked to the Saindak mining project arrived. He said BLF fighters “simultaneously targeted” the escort vehicles, claiming five personnel were killed and several others wounded. He added that vehicles belonging to both the security convoy and the Saindak project suffered “heavy damage”.
Separately, the Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) said its fighters exchanged fire with a Pakistani forces’ convoy between Notal and Bakhtiarabad in Naseerabad on the night of 27 December.
BRG spokesperson Dostain Baloch said the clashes continued for nearly an hour. He claimed two personnel were killed and several others injured before fighters “withdrew safely to their hideouts”. The group said such attacks would continue “until the freedom of Balochistan”.
Pakistani authorities had not issued any statements confirming or denying the reported casualties at the time of publication.