The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) said on Wednesday it had killed 29 Pakistani military personnel in fourteen attacks carried out between April 3 and April 14 across several districts of Balochistan.
In a media statement, BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said the group conducted the operations in Surab, Kharan, Washuk, Mastung, Uthal, Jhal Magsi and Panjgur, targeting military convoys, checkpoints and supply lines.
He said the attacks involved ambushes, improvised explosive devices and what he described as drone strikes, adding that highways and checkposts were brought under “full control” during some operations, while 13 Levies and police personnel were detained and later released.
The deadliest attacks claimed by the group included an ambush on April 6 in Surab, where seven personnel were killed, an IED attack on a convoy in Washuk that killed eight personnel, and coordinated attacks on April 11 in Kharan that left nine personnel dead.
The group also said its aerial unit “QAHR” carried out a drone strike on April 9 in Mastung, killing two personnel and injuring two others in what it described as a targeted attack on a military camp.
In separate operations, the BLA said it attacked supply vehicles in Panjgur, seized Levies checkposts in Jhal Magsi and detained police personnel in Kharan, confiscating weapons before releasing them following what it described as disciplinary warnings.
The statement added that three BLA fighters, Saleem alias Qazi Naveed, Ali Dost alias Zakir and Samiullah alias Hakkal, were killed during clashes in Surab on April 6.
The BLA said the recent operations marked what it described as a “decisive phase” in what it called its war for the “defence of the Baloch motherland”.
“Through these recent operations, our war for the defence of the motherland has now entered a decisive phase, where the land, highways, air and seas are proving to be graveyards for the enemy,” the statement said.
The group described the deaths of its fighters as “supreme sacrifices” that would serve as a “beacon for future generations”.
It further warned Pakistani soldiers to abandon what it termed a “colonial war”, urging them to “return to your homes in Punjab” rather than continue what it described as an “unnatural and forced occupation”.
Pakistani authorities did not immediately respond to the BLA statement.