Pakistani forces came under drone and improvised explosive device (IED) attacks in Balochistan’s Mastung and Kalat districts on Monday, while armed fighters seized two commercial vehicles during a blockade of the Quetta–Taftan highway in Chagai, local sources said.
At least two drone strikes targeted the main military camp in Mastung’s Khadkocha area. Sources reported casualties among Pakistani forces and damage at the camp, although no further details were immediately available.
In Kalat’s Marjan area, an IED blast targeted a Pakistani forces vehicle, which was reportedly destroyed.
Armed fighters also established a roadblock at Nokchah in Chagai on Sunday and seized two commercial vehicles travelling along the Quetta–Taftan highway. One of the vehicles was carrying precious stones, sources said.
The drone attack in Mastung comes after strikes on military camps and a convoy in Surab, Kharan and Kalat during the closing days of October. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for those attacks on November 5, and said its aerial and drone warfare unit, “QAHR”, had carried out three operations that killed more than seven personnel.
The BLA has also declared an “economic blockade”, under which it has targeted mineral transport and other commercial traffic on major highways in Balochistan.
However, no organisation had claimed responsibility for the latest attacks or the seizure of the vehicles at the time of publication.