Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for 13 coordinated attacks across Balochistan over the past week, saying its fighters killed 43 Pakistani military and state-affiliated "Death Squad" personnel. The rebel group acknowledged losing 10 fighters.
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BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said the operations, involving road blockades, targeted strikes, took place in Besima, Kharan, Panjgur, Chagai, Surab, Qila Abdullah and Awaran, where it claimed two Pakistani army soldiers were killed.
According to the statement, BLA said it imposed multi-hour blockades on Besima-Kapuk and Quetta-Taftan trade routes to conduct snap checks and restrict troop movements. It claimed 25 personnel were killed on Sept 13 in an ambush on state-aligned local militias in Sultan Charak, Qila Abdullah, followed by a four-hour clash with army reinforcements.
The group also claimed its "Fateh Squad" killed nine soldiers in Lasbela, while another operation targeted four military intelligence operatives in Jiwani. It said fighters destroyed surveillance equipment in Panjgur and burnt machinery at a lithium extraction site in Machil under its "economic blockade". BLA said it would continue armed resistance until Pakistani security forces withdrew from the region entirely. On Monday, it released a video purportedly showing fighters seizing 14 posts on Quetta-Taftan Highway.
