Mir Yar Baloch, a Baloch leader, has accused Pakistan's military of carrying out an airstrike in Balochistan that allegedly killed 30 civilians, including women, children and infants.
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He claimed that video footage from the August 12 attack in Surab's Gidar Goandhan area provides evidence of the military operation and said he plans to take the matter to the International Criminal Court.
"The Republic of Balochistan has obtained video footage of the Surab Air Strike conducted by the external terrorist forces of Pakistan on 12th August, which killed 30 innocent Balochistan civilians including women, children, and infants and injured dozens more. The missile debris clearly visible in the video constitute irrefutable proof of Pakistan's terrorism. They also thoroughly expose Pakistan's military spokesperson, DG ISPR, who deliberately misled the global community on national media by claiming the attack was merely an IED blast on the ground," Mir Yar Baloch wrote on X.
Baloch leader seeks US sanctions
Mir Yar Baloch has urged the US administration to impose sanctions on Pakistan and halt military support, including F-16 engine spare parts and upgrades to fighter jets and missile programmes.
"The Republic of Balochistan urges the Trump administration to impose strict economic sanctions on Pakistan, cancel the delivery of spare parts for F-16 engines, and halt all upgradation package to its fighter jets and missile program. The Pakistan military and air force are massively employing these very weapons and aircraft against the people of the independent Republic of Balochistan. Washington must hold Pakistan fully accountable for its war crimes in Balochistan," he added.
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The two sides have given sharply different accounts of what happened in Surab, leaving the circumstances of the incident and the actual civilian death toll disputed.
