The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has released details of 25 operations carried out across Balochistan between September 14 and 23, claiming that 18 Pakistani military personnel and members of alleged state-backed armed groups were killed and several others wounded.
BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said in a statement issued to the media that fighters carried out attacks in Panjgur, Kech, Kharan, Khuzdar, Mastung, Washuk, Nushki and other areas, targeting military convoys and posts, surveillance infrastructure, supply routes and what the group described as “death squads”.
The statement said BLA fighters also took control of areas and government installations during operations in Mand and Khuzdar, while 10 of its fighters were killed in clashes and drone strikes during the period.
On September 14, fighters targeted members of an alleged “death squad” in Gwargo, Panjgur, while a communications tower used for surveillance cameras between Gwargo and Fateh Ali was destroyed the following day.
In Kech on September 16, the BLA said its fighters ambushed a Pakistani military convoy at Badrang in Kolwah while it was travelling to provide security to what the group described as an “exploitative company”. It claimed four personnel were killed and five wounded.
Another military convoy was ambushed at Mino Cross in Kalatuk, Turbat, killing two personnel and wounding at least four others, according to the statement. The group also claimed an attack at Daali in Kharan in which one military personnel was killed and at least two wounded, while another convoy came under attack in Rodbun, Tump.
On September 17, the BLA said a military vehicle was targeted with an improvised explosive device in Sonaro, Khuzdar, while fighters destroyed the main bridge on the Quetta-Taftan trade route in Kardigap, Mastung.
The statement also said fighters detained a man identified as Mehboob, son of Mola Bakhsh Mandai, in Kharan, accusing him of working for the Pakistani military and an alleged “death squad”.
According to the BLA, Mehboob admitted during interrogation to placing tracking devices at several locations that were later used for military drone strikes, transporting weapons and ammunition for Pakistani forces and helping clear routes for military movements.
The group said he was found guilty of what it called “national betrayal” by the “Baloch national court” and was subsequently executed by its fighters.
Later the same day, BLA fighters attacked Pakistani forces in Gwargo, Panjgur, where the group claimed a military vehicle was disabled, four personnel were killed and several others wounded. It also said a military quadcopter was shot down.
Prolonged clashes followed, during which four BLA fighters, identified as Shafiq alias Zagrain, Sakim alias Meeran, Habib alias Khalid and Safiullah alias Ameer, were killed, the statement added.
On September 18, the BLA said its fighters took control of Balochabad and Bullo in Mand, blocked major entry routes and addressed gatherings during the operation.
The group said Pakistani forces subsequently targeted civilian settlements with quadcopters, injuring five people, while BLA fighters shot down one quadcopter.
The same day, two Pakistani military vehicles were ambushed at Galuga in Mashkel. The BLA claimed one vehicle was destroyed, three military personnel were killed and more than five wounded.
A vehicle transporting minerals was also set ablaze in Patk, Basima, while a surveillance tower was destroyed in Batto, Nushki.
On September 19, BLA fighters ambushed Pakistani military vehicles at Naguman in Shernap, Mastung, leading to prolonged clashes in which the group claimed several personnel were killed or wounded.
The BLA said the military later carried out a drone strike against its fighters, killing Ameer Abbas Kurd alias Sajid, Abdul Haleem Mohammad Shahi alias Danish, Hikmatullah Lehri alias Fahad and Mohammad Naseem Lehri alias Gurok.
In Nushki city on September 20, fighters attacked Pakistani military personnel near Shaheed Balach Khan Stadium on Bypass Road, claiming two were killed and at least four wounded. The statement said a military post in Koshk, Buleda, was also targeted with several rounds from a grenade launcher.
The BLA said its fighters took control of Radig in Mand on September 21, establishing blockades at key locations and attacking the Pakistani military’s main camp with heavy and automatic weapons.
Another unit seized a customs post and set it ablaze, while fighters at Ziarat Cross in Washuk seized a vehicle carrying supplies for Pakistani forces along with its cargo, the statement added.
On September 22, an improvised explosive device targeted members of the military’s bomb disposal squad during a foot patrol in the Tera Mile area of Dasht, near Quetta. The BLA claimed one personnel was killed and another wounded.
The same day, fighters took control of Baghbana Police Station in Khuzdar and seized weapons and equipment stored there, the BLA said.
Jeeyand Baloch said police Anti-Terrorist Force (ATF) personnel and alleged “death squad” members later attempted to advance into the area but were ambushed. He claimed several members of the alleged armed group were killed, while police personnel, including Station House Officer (SHO) Muneer Alam Jattak, were wounded.
The statement said another IED attack targeted Pakistani military movements in Heronk, Kech, on September 23.
The BLA also confirmed that two of its fighters, Irfan Mengal alias Khalil and Rafiullah Gurgunari alias Tanveer, had been killed in clashes with Pakistani forces in Khadkocha, Mastung, on September 6.
The group said its operations against the exploitation of Balochistan’s resources, alleged state-backed armed groups and what it described as Pakistan’s “exploitative policies” would continue.
“These sacrifices by our fighters and the strategy of economic blockade are inflicting defeat on the occupying military on every front,” the statement said, adding that the BLA’s armed struggle would continue until what it described as a “free and sovereign Balochistan” was established.
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