Quetta (Balochistan), July 23 (NVI) Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed to have killed 62 personnel of the occupying Pakistan Army, including 3 officers, and wounded a large number of others in a single operation in Balochistan.
“The coordinated, organized, and intense attacks” were carried out at three different locations in the Khad Koocha area of Mastung, targeting a large convoy of the occupying Pakistani army, its security escort, and subsequent military reinforcements that arrived at the scene, BLA spokesman Jeeyand Baloch said.
This operation went on for two days and even as Pakistan used air force, “all units of BLA successfully achieved their objectives and returned safely to their bases”, he said.
“As a result of these operations, a total of 62 personnel of the occupying army, including 3 officers, were killed on the spot, and a large number were severely injured,” he said.
The operations started at around 12:00 PM on July 16, with BLA fighters ambushing a convoy of the occupying Pakistani army advancing from Quetta towards Panjgur.
The ambush was carried out following prior intelligence provided by “ZIRAB” (BLA’s intelligence wing).
The convoy comprised 18 buses and dozens of security vehicles, carrying over 550 armed personnel from various military wings, including the 91 Wing, 164 Wing, 59 Wing, Panjgur Rifles, Makran Scouts, and Dasht Scouts, the BLA spokesman said.
The BLA’s vanguard “Fateh Squad” launched a surprise attack with automatic and heavy weaponry on the front section of the convoy and its main escort vehicles at the location of “Guru” in Khad Koocha.
In this attack, 4 buses of the occupying army came under direct fire, one of which caught fire and was completely reduced to ashes, killing all personnel aboard on the spot.
The BLA fighters also targeted and completely destroyed a special vehicle carrying officers of the occupying army, resulting in the immediate death of 3 high-ranking officers inside, the spokesman said.
Other squads of BLA surrounded the remaining security vehicles of the convoy, completely paralyzing their advance and shattering the enemy’s defensive perimeter.
Immediately after the attack, when the occupying army attempted to dispatch reinforcements from nearby camps, BLA fighters, who had already taken up positions, intercepted their advance with ambushes at two additional locations, unleashing relentless attacks upon them, Jeeyand Baloch said.
Due to these successive attacks, the enemy forces found no opportunity to recover, and the entire area echoed with the sound of explosions for several hours, he said.
Following severe panic and heavy casualties on the ground front, the occupying Pakistani army deployed gunship helicopters, fighter jets, drones, and heavy air power, making a failed attempt to besiege the entire area, causing the battle to rage continuously for two consecutive days and nights.
“The enemy indiscriminately used modern aerial and ground technology alongside relentless bombardment, which affected public places, mosques, and religious schools.
“But, the BLA fighters, demonstrating superior strategy, guerrilla tactics, and geographical dominance, foiled all enemy counterattacks and inflicted further casualties and material losses upon them,” he said.
Despite this lethal battle, two days of intense clashes, and heavy aerial bombardment, all fighters BLA and other units remained completely safe and, after successfully achieving their operational goals, safely moved to their designated combat zones, the spokesman said.
“This victory sends a clear message to the security institutions of occupying Pakistan that their modern technology, aerial bombardment, and numerical superiority are completely powerless against the geographical knowledge and national resolve of the Baloch fighters,” he said.
“The Baloch Liberation Army reiterates its commitment that lethal, organized, and strategic attacks of this nature against the occupying forces will continue with even greater intensity until the ultimate goal of national liberation is achieved,” the spokesman declared. (NVI)
