Armed fighters targeted bowser and mineral-carrying vehicles in Balochistan’s Noshki, Khuzdar and Sibi districts, while highways were blocked and vehicles searched in at least two areas, local sources said.
Sources said armed men targeted two bowser vehicles near a Pakistani forces’ Frontier Corps (FC) post in the Station area of Noshki, along the Quetta-Taftan highway, damaging both vehicles before leaving the area.
In Khuzdar district, fighters took control of the Quetta-Karachi highway in the Ali Koh area of Ornach and imposed a blockade for several hours, during which vehicles travelling through the area were stopped and searched.
No group has claimed responsibility for the Noshki and Ornach incidents.
Separately, in Sibi district, armed men set up a blockade near Dingra, within the limits of Haji Shehar police station, on the highway linking Quetta with Sindh and Punjab.
Sources said vehicles travelling in both directions were searched during the blockade, while two vehicles carrying minerals from Balochistan were later targeted and damaged.
The Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) later claimed responsibility for the Sibi incident.
In a statement sent to the media, BRG spokesperson Dostain Baloch said the group’s fighters had set up a blockade near Dingra and searched vehicles travelling from Quetta towards Sindh and Punjab.
He said the fighters established “full control over the highway” before targeting two large LPG transport vehicles carrying what the group described as Balochistan’s mineral resources to Punjab, adding that the vehicles were rendered inoperable.
The statement said FC personnel then attempted to move towards the area during the blockade, “leading to intense clashes between the freedom fighters and the forces that continued for a considerable period.”
The BRG claimed that “several Pakistani forces personnel were killed and injured in the clashes.”
The incidents come amid a series of attacks and blockades on key highways in Balochistan, where Baloch “pro-independence” armed groups have targeted mineral transport, cargo vehicles, fuel carriers and Pakistani forces deployed to secure road movement.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed several attacks on the Quetta-Taftan and Quetta-Karachi highways as part of what it calls an “economic blockade”.
Pakistani authorities have not publicly commented on the Noshki, Khuzdar or Sibi incidents at the time of filing this report.