The Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) has announced a drone unit named “Aamir Aero Guardians”, saying it carried out an attack on a Pakistani military camp in Balochistan’s Kachhi district on Thursday evening.
The BRG joins the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) in publicly announcing a dedicated drone unit. The BLA introduced QAHR in February and has since claimed multiple drone attacks on military positions across Balochistan.
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In a statement issued on Friday, BRG spokesperson Dostain Baloch said fighters from the unit targeted personnel at the main military camp in Sanni, claiming casualties and material losses without providing figures.
The unit was formed to meet “modern warfare requirements”, Dostain said, adding that it could monitor Pakistani forces and target their camps “including those considered secure, at unexpected moments”.
The BRG said it had named the unit after Aamir Jatoi, alias Irfan, who was killed alongside fellow fighter Azmatullah Jatoi in a Pakistani drone attack in Kachhi.
According to the statement, Aamir, son of Ali Sher, was from Kachhi and joined the organisation in 2025. He remained active in Kachhi and Sanni and played a role in expanding and organising the group’s activities.
Azmatullah, alias Sagar, son of Sharaf Din, was from Sanni, Kachhi. The BRG said he had taken part in operations in Kachhi, Sibi and other areas.
Dostain said the drone unit would expand its operations, seeking to inflict losses “not only in human terms but also psychologically”.
Separately, the BRG claimed responsibility for an explosion on a railway track near Bakhtiarabad in Sibi district on Thursday night. The spokesperson said fighters planted and detonated explosives, severely damaging the track.
Drone Attacks on Military Camps
The BRG’s announcement comes a day after local sources reported drone and mortar attacks on a Pakistani forces camp in Kharan’s Patkin area.
Sources told The Balochistan Post that the camp was targeted in five drone strikes and subsequently came under mortar fire. Another camp in Kharan’s Albat area was also targeted, although explosives carried by the drone failed to detonate.
Earlier, on Monday, local sources said around 10 explosions were heard inside a military camp at Tarki Dam in Surab during a drone attack. The extent of casualties and damage remained unclear.
No organisation had claimed responsibility for the Kharan and Surab attacks at the time of reporting.
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BLA’s Earlier Announcement of QAHR
The BLA said in its February announcement that QAHR, short for Qazi Aero Hive Rangers, had become operational and taken part in the second phase of “Operation Herof”.
Modern conflict had expanded into “air and cyberspace”, the BLA said, adding that QAHR would also support intelligence gathering, communications and coordination between its ground units.
The statement described technological capability as an essential pillar of what it called a long-term national resistance, arguing that sustainability required “intellectual, scientific and technological strength” alongside armed action.
“QAHR is the starting point of a new era,” the statement said, describing the unit as part of an effort to develop “air superiority, information dominance and technological capability” within the broader Baloch movement.
Pakistani authorities, meanwhile, introduced restrictions on drone use earlier this year. A Balochistan Home Department notification in March banned their possession and operation, citing the risk of their use for surveillance, intimidation and transporting explosives.
Police, Frontier Corps and other law-enforcement agencies were exempt from the restrictions, the notification added.
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