Pakistani forces came under fresh attacks in Balochistan’s Nushki and Kharan districts, while the Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) claimed it had taken control of a military camp in Kachhi and killed 12 personnel.
Sources said armed fighters targeted personnel travelling on foot and in vehicles in Nushki’s Ahmad Wal area on Monday, causing casualties. A military convoy had also been attacked in the area three days earlier.
Another forces vehicle was hit by an explosion in Kharan, where local sources said mines planted in the area were restricting military movements.
The explosion came after intense clashes in Kharan’s Lijay area on Sunday. Local sources said eight personnel were killed or wounded in a blast targeting a military vehicle and subsequent fighting, adding that a quadcopter was also shot down.
A drone-launched missile strike was reported in the area, but details of its target and any casualties or damage had not emerged.
Separately, fighters reportedly destroyed the Muskan Kalat police station in Kharan with explosives on Sunday. No confirmed information about casualties was available.
Military authorities had yet to comment on the latest Nushki and Kharan attacks, while no organisation had claimed responsibility at the time of reporting.
Reports from Kech on Sunday also described a military operation continuing in Dasht, Sholi Bazaar, Front Bazaar and the Siyaji mountain ranges. The operation began on Saturday and involved a large number of personnel, with artillery reportedly used.
Sources said members of local armed groups they described as state-backed “death squads” were participating alongside Pakistani forces.
BRG Claims Camp Seizure and Pipeline Attack
Meanwhile, the BRG said its fighters attacked the main Pakistani military camp in Sanni, Kachhi district, on Sunday morning and took control of the compound after successive assaults.
“Freedom fighters gained complete control of the camp and killed 12 enemy personnel,” spokesperson Dostain Baloch said in a statement, claiming that the remaining troops fled.
He said Sanni town, its police station and government buildings also came under the fighters’ control during the operation.
Pakistani forces used helicopters to evacuate dead and wounded personnel, Dostain Baloch said, adding that fighters ambushed military convoys advancing towards the area. He claimed reinforcements were forced to withdraw despite support from gunship helicopters.
The BRG also claimed responsibility on Monday for an explosion targeting a gas pipeline near Bala Chowk in Punjab’s Rahim Yar Khan the previous night.
Dostain Baloch said fighters planted explosives on the 36-inch pipeline carrying gas from Sui in Balochistan’s Dera Bugti district to Punjab, severely damaging it.
BLF Claims 25 Operations in October
The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF), meanwhile, said it carried out 25 operations during October, claiming that more than 129 military and intelligence personnel were killed and more than 30 seriously wounded.
In its monthly report issued on Sunday, spokesperson Major Gwahram Baloch said the figures included “Operation Almas” in Gwadar, where the group claimed more than 80 military and intelligence personnel were killed and dozens wounded.
The BLF said military barracks, intelligence offices and armoured vehicles were destroyed during the Gwadar operation, and a police station was seized.
Pakistan’s military said after the operation that 10 attackers, including a woman, were killed following attacks in Gwadar city and near the Gabd border crossing. It said military personnel suffered no casualties.
Across October, the BLF claimed attacks on seven military posts, six camps, two intelligence offices and 11 convoys, alongside three highway blockades.
The group said it destroyed 14 military vehicles, two surveillance drones and five quadcopters, as well as a surveillance camera and a mobile tower.
It also claimed the destruction of 15 commercial trailers and trucks it accused of supporting state projects, and the seizure of a government vehicle.
The monthly report said eight BLF fighters were killed in “Operation Almas” and a further 23 on other fronts.