The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF), a “pro-independence” armed group, said its fighters killed seven Pakistani soldiers in a series of attacks carried out between Nov. 14 and Nov. 18 in multiple areas of Kech district, including Mand, Sheepchar and Buleda.
In a statement dated Nov. 17, BLF spokesperson Major Gwahram Baloch said fighters destroyed a bridge on the Mand–Turbat highway in the Koh Dagar area on Nov. 14 using an explosive device, rendering the structure unusable.
He said that around noon on Nov. 16, BLF fighters targeted two members of a military convoy’s security detail in the Shand and Darya Cham area of Mand, killing both on the spot. A short distance away, he said, BLF fighters struck the convoy’s lead vehicle at close range, killing two more soldiers and injuring another. The group said the clash lasted for about half an hour, during which two helicopters arrived to support Pakistani armed forces, but the fighters withdrew safely.
The BLF said a sniper unit carried out a separate attack at a checkpoint in the mountainous Sheepchar area at about 2 p.m. the same day, killing one soldier and seriously injuring another as they exited the post.
In a second statement issued on Nov. 18, the BLF said its fighters ambushed a motorcycle-mounted patrol of Pakistani armed forces in the Zirdan area of Buleda at about noon, killing two personnel. It said other motorcycles in the convoy were also attacked, causing what it described as additional “human and material losses.”
Meanwhile, the Baloch Republican Guards (BRG), another “pro-independence” armed group, said its fighters carried out a grenade attack on Pakistani armed forces on Quetta’s Spini Road late on Tuesday night. Dostain Baloch, the group’s spokesperson, said the explosion caused loss of life and property.
Pakistani authorities had not issued statements responding to the claims by BLF or BRG at the time of publication.
Baloch armed groups regularly carry out attacks on military convoys, checkpoints and state infrastructure across Balochistan. The groups say they are fighting to “end Pakistan’s presence in the region” and to “restore Balochistan’s independence,” while the Pakistani state labels them “terrorists” and says its operations aim to maintain national security and stability.