Quetta: Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), which carried out a major attack on a Pakistani military camp in Kalat district of occupied Balochistan two days back, has claimed to have killed 29 enemy soldiers and injured 10 in the assault during which it occupied the premises for several hours.

Earlier, the Pakistani military had said 7 soldiers were killed and 18 injured in the attack, keeping in with its tradition of concealing or suppressing the casualties in the military during such incidents.

“On November 16, Baloch Liberation Army fighters attacked a main camp of the occupying Pakistani army in the Johan area of Kalat.

“At least 29 personnel of the enemy army were eliminated, and the camp, along with the enemy’s arms and ammunition, was captured,” said its spokesman Jeeyand Baloch in a statement to News Vibes of India (NVI).

He said the fighters of BLA’s vanguard unit, the ‘Fateh Squad’, targeted the camp of the 61 Wing of the occupying Pakistan Army in the Shah Mardan area of Johan, located 60 km from Kalat city, on the night of November 15 and 16.

The Fateh Squad launched an attack on the enemy’s main camp and outposts from three sides around 9:00 p.m, the spokesman said.

“The Fateh Squad managed to capture three outposts of the occupying army in this frantic attack, which continued until 1:00 a.m. By cutting off communication with the main camp, the squad continued to attack it successively,” he said.

“In total, at least 29 enemy army personnel were eliminated in the attack, while several army personnel threw away their weapons and fled in their customary cowardice, taking advantage of the darkness and leaving three outposts empty,” Jeeyand Baloch said.

More than ten enemy army personnel were injured, he added.

The freedom fighters seized a large number of weapons and ammunition from the enemy army and transferred them to the armoury of the BLA, the spokesman said.

He said a fighter of the Fateh Squad, Shahzeb Satakzai alias Gurk, was martyred while fighting face-to-face with the enemy army for hours.

Martyr Sangat Shahzeb Satakzai belonged to the Les Dagrhi area of Quetta and had been associated with the Baloch National Liberation Movement since 2018, the spokesman said.

Before moving to the mountain front, he performed his national duties as an urban guerrilla in Quetta, Jeeyand Baloch said.

“Sangat Shahzeb Satakzai, alias Gurk, played an important role in defeating the enemy army in several battles on the Kalat front. He was a very patient, sincere, and friendly comrade. He possessed godlike combat skills, especially in ambush tactics. The Baloch Liberation Army pays tribute to Sangat Shahzeb Satakzai for attaining the status of martyrdom,” the statement said.

Rest of the Fateh Squad of the Baloch Liberation Army returned safely to their headquarters after achieving the objectives of this attack, it said.

“Baloch Liberation Army will continue its recent series of intense and large-scale attacks on the enemy forces, gradually intensifying them,” it declared.