Quetta (Balochistan), June 11: Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) today claimed to have killed 26 personnel and injured “numerous” others of the occupying Pakistani forces in Balochistan in multiple attacks during which it established control over police stations and seized wapons and vehicles.
These casualties and damage were casued by the BLA in 15 operations in various parts of Balochistan between June 1 and June 10.
The operations included direct armed assaults and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attacks targeting the occupying Pakistani military, BLA spokesman Jeeyand Baloch said in a statement to NVI.
“During these engagements, the fighters successfully seized control of three police stations and checkpoints, capturing military vehicles and weapons belonging to the occupying forces,” he said.
Twenty-six personnel of the occupying forces were killed and numerous others were injured in these attacks, he added.
The killed personnel of the Pakistani forces included a Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) of Military Intelligence (MI) along with three accompanying personnel.
“These organized and multi-faceted operations executed during the first 10 days of June stand as clear evidence of BLA’s expanding operational reach, the exceptional performance of its intelligence wing ‘ZIRAB’, and its capability to establish territorial control,” the spokesman said.
“The heavy casualties and material losses inflicted on the occupying forces, the elimination of high-ranking military officials, and the control established over state installations clearly demonstrate that the Baloch resistance movement is now in a position to check the enemy’s military expansion and assert its strategic dominance,” he added.
The details shared are as follows:
On June 1, in Kurdgap, Mastung, fighters targeted an outpost of the occupying army with mortar fire, resulting in the death of three personnel and injuring four others.
On the same day, during intense clashes with the occupying forces in Kurdgap, three BLA fighters, Sangat Maqbool, Sangat Salahuddin, and Sangat Waheed embraced martyrdom.
On June 3, in Ahmed Wal, Nushki, an occupying military convoy was targeted in a planned ambush near the railway crossing, leaving at least two enemy personnel dead and several others injured.
On the same day, an IED attack in the Manguchar area of Kalat killed one member of the occupying army’s bomb disposal squad and injured two others.
The occupying Pakistani army attempted to advance into the Chidgi area of Panjgur, triggering prolonged clashes.
Multiple personnel of the occupying forces were killed and injured, while a military helicopter was severely damaged after being targeted by fighters with heavy weaponry.
Three valiant BLA fighters, Sangat Talar, Sangat Babar, and Sangat Khalil embraced martyrdom during these engagements.
In Wakai, Zamran, an occupying military vehicle was completely destroyed in a remote-controlled IED blast at Kirpasi, resulting in the death of three personnel and injuring several others.
On the same day, foot soldiers of the occupying army were targeted by fighters in an IED attack at Kalg in Tegran, killing one soldier on the spot.
On June 6, in Iskalko, Kalat, fighters targeted foot soldiers of the occupying army as they attempted an aggressive advance into the area.
Three personnel were killed instantly, forcing the remaining troops to retreat.
Subsequently, the occupying forces attempted to advance using armored vehicles, prompting fighters to launch a multi-directional counter-attack.
This secondary engagement resulted in four additional enemy fatalities and numerous injuries, with fighters successfully capturing one armored vehicle and associated military hardware.
Following the setback, the occupying forces resorted to mortar fire and indiscriminate shelling of civilian settlements using gunship helicopters.
BLA fighter Sangat Kaka Zaheer embraced martyrdom during these clashes.
On the same day, foot soldiers of the occupying army were targeted in an IED blast in the Jabshan area of Zamran, leaving one personnel dead and another injured.
Furthermore, the occupying army was engaged in the Bulbul area of Zehri, Khuzdar, when enemy forces attempted to advance into the territory with tanks, armored personnel carriers (APCs), and transport vehicles.
In the ensuing 10-hour clash, more than four personnel of the occupying forces were killed and several others injured, while one armored vehicle sustained severe structural damage.
In Kalatak, Turbat, Baloch Liberation Army fighters targeted and eliminated a high-ranking officer of the occupying Pakistani army’s Military Intelligence (MI), Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) Arsalan Halim, along with three accompanying personnel.
The operation took place as they departed from the occupying army’s camp in Nasirabad in a three-vehicle convoy.
The MI officer was moving in disguise under the protection of a state-backed ‘Death Squad’, a movement closely tracked by BLA’s intelligence wing, ZIRAB.
Utilizing authentic and confidential data provided by ZIRAB, the fighters executed a precise strike, leaving the occupants of the vehicle no time to respond and neutralizing them on the spot.
On June 7, in Kalg, Gorkop area of Kech, fighters launched a tactical armed assault on foot soldiers of the occupying forces, inflicting casualties.
On June 8, in Ahmed Wal, Nushki, fighters ambushed a bus convoy transporting personnel of the occupying forces near the railway crossing. A direct hit on one of the buses resulted in multiple casualties, with several personnel killed and injured.
On June 9, in Turbat city, operatives from the Baloch Liberation Army’s Special Tactical Operations Squad (STOS) executed a complex, organized operation, detonating a magnetic bomb planted at the entrance gate of an occupying forces checkpoint while four personnel were inside.
BLA fighters launched a systematic assault on the Narhan police station in Duki and successfully established full territorial control over the facility.
During the raid, one policeman took up a defensive position and fired upon the fighters; he was neutralized in retaliatory fire.
After gaining complete control of the station, fighters confiscated all available weapons and military equipment, while the remaining police personnel were released unharmed.
On June 10, BLA fighters seized control of the Sultan Police Station in the Dinar area of Pishin, as well as the Gilo police checkpoint in Dolangi, Gulistan tehsil of Qilla Abdullah.
The personnel present were taken into custody, and 15 different weapons, military hardware, and operational vehicles were seized.
The fighters subsequently set fire to the police station, bulldozed a significant section of the facility, and completely destroyed the checkpoint using explosives.
The BLA paid rich tributes to “all its valiant fighters for their immortal sacrifices in the defense of the Baloch nation, and reiterates its principled stance that precise and severe blows against the enemy’s military, intelligence, and economic assets will continue with full intensity until the complete end of foreign occupation and subjugation on Baloch soil.” (NVI)
