The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) said on Saturday it carried out highway blockades and attacks on Pakistani forces in Turbat and Nushki regions of Balochistan between April 9 and 11.
In a statement, BLF spokesperson Major Gwahram Baloch said that on April 9, fighters blocked the M-8 highway near Shah Dad Hotel in Turbat and seized a police checkpoint at Lodhi Jangjah, taking control of weapons and conducting snap-checking for around two hours.
He said the fighters then destroyed surveillance cameras, solar panels and other equipment installed on a nearby hilltop, adding that a mobile tower in the area was also targeted.
Gwahram Baloch said that during their withdrawal, BLF fighters ambushed a six-vehicle Pakistani Army convoy, damaging vehicles and “shooting down quadcopters” deployed for aerial surveillance, while claiming that multiple personnel were killed and injured.
According to the statement, on April 10, BLF fighters blocked a highway in Nushki Daak for around two hours and detained a police motorcycle patrol, “confiscating a pistol and a wireless set” before releasing the officers.
He added that on April 11, BLF fighters “overran a police checkpoint” in the Ahmad Wal Mahssaski area of Nushki, disarmed personnel and seized official weapons before allowing the officers to leave.
Gwahram Baloch said that “no military or economic installation of the enemy in Balochistan will be left secure”, adding that operations would continue until what he described as the region’s “complete liberation”.
Pakistani authorities did not immediately comment on the claims.