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Balochistan: BLA says it killed 12 Pakistani soldiers, injured 7

Fighters of Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) at some undisclosed location. File Pic

Quetta, June 7 (NVI): Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed to have killed 12 personnel of the occupying Pakistan Army and left 7 injured in 3 separate attacks in Balochistan over the last two days.

These attacks in Quetta, Noshki, Kalat and Mastung districts included IEDs and armed assaults, BLA spokesman Jeeyand Baloch said.

He said BLA freedom fighters targeted an occupying Pakistani Army vehicle by detonating a remote-controlled IED near the main RCD highway in the ‘Do aye’ area of ​​Noshki district on June 5 when the enemy personnel were moving in two vehicles.

As a result of the attack, one of the occupying army vehicles was completely destroyed and all 9 personnel on board were eliminated on the spot, the spokesman said.

Yesterday, the BLA freedom fighters carried out an armed attack on an occupying army post situated in a college in the Mangochar area of ​​Kalat district when a number of soldiers had assembled there, he said.

The freedom fighters fired several rounds using automatic weapons as well as grenade launchers, killing 3 occupying Pakistani Army personnel on the spot and injuring at least 4 others, he said.

In another incident last night, BLA freedom fighters carried out a grenade attack at a checkpoint of the occupying Pakistani Army at CCM Cross in Mastung, leaving 3 soldiers injured, Jeeyand Baloch said.

Suggesting that it was a revenge attack, the BLA spokesman said, “The occupying army, at the same location, has been humiliating the Baloch people in the name of blockade, with even women and elders detained for hours and their self-respect violated.

Earlier on June 3, BLA freedom fighters neutralized Gulzar, a key agent of occupying Pakistani Army, near Tariq Hospital on Sariab Road, Quetta, the spokesman said.

Gulzar Naseer, along with informants for the occupying army, used to recruit people for the enemy by luring and threatening them, he said.

“The said agent was found to be directly involved in the enforced disappearances of Baloch youth by the occupying forces,” Jeeyand Baloch said. (NVI)

Surab operation was to show resolve to destroy every symbol of Pakistan in Balochistan: BLA

Scene in Surab city when it was under control of BLA

Quetta, June 2 (NVI) Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has said its operation, under which the Surab city was seized for several hours three days back, was the demonstration of the “resolve to destroy every institution, every symbol and every force of the occupying Pakistani State in Balochistan.

“We once again make it clear that our struggle will continue until Baloch national liberation is achieved,” the BLA said, in a clear warning to Pakistan which is illegally occupying Balochistan.

Shattering the authority of occupying Pakistani State, a large number of BLA fighters seized control of the strategically-crucial city of Surab in Balochistan on May 30, leaving an Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) dead.

The BLA freedom fighters carried out a coordinated operation evening, targeting key administrative and public institutions.

“Baloch Liberation Army freedom fighters took complete control of Surab city … and paralyzed all the military, administrative and financial structures of the enemy state,” said a statement issued by its spokesman Jeeyand Baloch.

“The operation continued for more than three hours, during which freedom fighters took up positions at all the important locations and highways in the city,” he said.

The fighters took control of the Levies station, police station, DC office, guest house and bank and damaged enemy infrastructure, the spokesman said.

“During the operation, Freedom fighters arrested Levies and police personnel and seized 30 Kalashnikovs, along with other weapons and war equipment from the security posts at the police stations and DC office,” he said.

These personnel were later released on conditional concessions based on their Baloch identity, he said.

Freedom fighters set fire to 3 vehicles of the enemy forces, state warehouses, a guest house and 3 banks, while 2 vehicles were taken into custody, Jeeyand Baloch said.

“During the takeover of the DC office, Assistant Deputy Commissioner Hidayatullah Buledi attempted an attack on the fighters, upon which the fighters subdued him without causing any casualties and locked him in a room,” he said.

“Unfortunately, he died due to suffocation in the room, which was a completely accidental incident,” the BLA spokesman said.

Furthermore, BLA set up checkpoints on the Quetta-Karachi and Surab-Gidar main highways, further tightening restrictions on state movement through snap checking. (NVI)

Balochistan: BLA seizes control of Surab city, Addl DC among killed

Representative image of Baloch Liberation Army (BLA).

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Quetta, May 31 (NVI) Shattering the authority of occupying Pakistani State, Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has seized control of the crucial city of Surab in Balochistan, leaving dead several government personnel, including an Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC).

Hundreds of BLA freedom fighters launched a coordinated operation on Friday evening, targeting key administrative and public institutions.

BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said the organization’s fighters took over key government installations including a bank, the Levies station, and the police station.

Checkpoints and patrols were also being carried out on the main Quetta-Karachi highway and the Surab-Gidar road, he said in a brief statement to NVI.

A number of government vehicles were set ablaze.

Balochistan Government spokesman Shahid Rind confirmed that BLA cadres had taken control of Surab.

He said BLA cadres looted the National Bank located in the heart of Surab market and set fire to several houses of senior government officers, including the residence of the Assistant Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Hidayat Balodi.

The attack also targeted the DC House, Police and Levies stations, with BLA fighters seizing weapons and vehicles, Rind said.

Over the last one year, there have been a number of such operations carried out by Baloch freedom fighters wherein they seize control of key areas or highways for some time to send out a message to the Pakistani State.

The increase in such operations reflects a weakening grip of the Pakistani State which is illegally occupying Balochistan. (NVI)

Balochistan: BLA seizes control of key city

Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) fighters at some undisclosed location. File Pic.

Quetta, May 30 (NVI) Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) tonight claimed to have taken full control of the strategically important city of Surab in Balochistan.

BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said the organization’s fighters have taken over key government installations including a bank, the Levies station, and the police station.

Checkpoints and patrols are also being carried out on the main Quetta-Karachi highway and the Surab-Gidar road, he said in a brief statement to NVI.

According to local reports, a large number of armed fighters this evening launched a coordinated attack on various government buildings in the city, including security installations and several military personnel were detained.

A number of government vehicles were set ablaze.

Over the last one year, there have been a number of such operations carried out by Baloch freedom fighters wherein they seize control of key areas or highways for some time to send out a message to the Pakistani State.

The increase in such operations reflects a weakening grip of the Pakistani military in occupied Balochistan. (NVI)

TTP slams Pakistani military for ‘misleading’ nation & committing atrocities on unarmed people

TTP leader Noor Wali Mehsud (File Pic)

Peshawar, May 26 (NVI) Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) today denounced the Pakistani military for repeating its “worn-out” and “misleading” claim that the Islamist organisation and Baloch groups are getting support from India and called for a united fight against this “problematic” force.

Referring to a press conference addressed by the Pakistani military spokesman, TTP said he had “openly disrespected the Afghan government, the Afghan nation and their blood by calling them a tool of India” and similarly, used “extremely vulgar language about Baloch freedom fighter women.”

Slamming the Pakistani military, TTP spokesman Muhammad Khorasani said the force has won no war but it commits “mountains of atrocities” against unarmed people and destroys mosques and madrassas all over the country, while calling itself an Islamic force.

He said it is the Pakistani military which has converted a developing country (Pakistan) into a “beggar”, caused anarchy within the nation and made all neighbouring countries its enemies.

“…The military spokesman, during a long press conference, while quoting verses of the Quran and hadiths of the Prophet and mentioning the names of “India” and “Hindustan” in every line, once again repeated the same worn-out claim in front of the nation, which has been heard in the media every time for the past 20 years to mislead the public,” Khorasani said in a statement.

“The military spokesman raised an unreasonable objection to a jurisprudential issue stated by the Ameer of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan,” he added.

“Similarly, on the one hand, he used the religious card, and on the other hand, he expressed nationalism that ‘the blood of one Pakistani is more precious than a thousand Afghans’ and said that this sentence was from the Army Chief,” the TTP spokesman pointed out.

“The military spokesman openly disrespected the Afghan government, the Afghan nation and their blood and called them a tool of India. Similarly, the military spokesman also used extremely vulgar language about Baloch freedom fighter women,” he said.

“Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has denied such statements before and now once again denies all the allegations that were made in the press conference of the military spokesman two days ago,” he said.

“By repeating those traditional words (that they are getting weapons, money and instructions from India), they (Pakistani military) has tried to deprive them (Pashtuns and Baloch) of their legitimate right to freedom.

“We, as Muslims and Pakistanis, condemn such statements which are based on nationalism, or which disrespect any nation or particular class, or which hurt religion and human sentiments,” Khorasani said.

“And at the same time, we request the people of Pakistan to reject such un-Islamic and irrational statements which destabilize the beloved homeland,” he said.

He said the entire country should keep in mind that the Pakistani military is the same force which “destroyed mosques and madrasas from Islamabad to Bajaur, that committed mountains of atrocities on the Pashtun tribes and the Baloch belt, those who usurp the hard-earned money of people and go to Australia and France, those who have showered bullets on unarmed people in Islamabad etc.”

Khorasani also apparently referred to the losses suffered by the Pakistani military during the military conflict with India earlier this month, in the backdrop of which General Asim Munir was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal.

“Now after a filmy war, they (Pakistani military) are playing with the sentiments of the nation by creating dramas of victory and throwing dust in the eyes of the nation by adorning their chests with medals,” the TTP spokesman mocked.

“As for the statement of the Ameer of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan….it is a failed attempt to mislead the nation, because the words of the Ameer of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan are academic matters addressed to scholars, the importance and status of which are understood only by those who have attained some academic position, what about military spokespersons,” he said.

“But the tragedy of Pakistan is that the Pakistani armed forces have abandoned their work and started doing all the work of which they do not even know the alphabet, so they have their own experts in issuing fatwas, playing in the political arena, promoting agriculture and trade, etc.

“In Pakistan all these works are being done by the military group that does not even know how to do its job properly, which has not won a single war till date, which has lost half of Pakistan’s geography, which has made a developing country a beggar, which has created unrest within the country by making all the neighboring countries enemies and has spread political anarchy internally.

“Therefore, the nation should think about how to get rid of this problem (Pakistani military),” the TTP spokesman said. (NVI)

TTP condemns killing of 3 youth in Khyber on spying charges, hints at role of Pakistani agencies

Leaders of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) -- File Pic

Peshawar: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) today condemned the killing of three youth in Khyber Agency on charges of “spying” and reminded the Pashtuns that the Pakistani military is a common “enemy” which should be fought jointly by the Islamist organisation and the ordinary community members.

“Sad news has been received that three youth have been killed in the Bara Tera Maidan district of Khyber province on charges of espionage. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan strongly condemns this incident,” its spokesman Muhammad Khorasani in a statement today.

“We pray for the forgiveness of the deceased, and we pray for patience and compensation for the survivors, and we share this grief with the families of the deceased,” he said.

Hinting at the role of Pakistani secret agencies in the killing of the 3 youth after their abduction, Khorasani said, “Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan wants to make it clear to all the brave people of Khyber that we (TTP) belong to this community (of Pashtuns) and this community is ours. Besides the religion, there are many other commonalities and relations.”

Apparently referring to the Pakistani military, he said, “The enemy is unable to tolerate harmony and closeness between us and is trying various means to create differences between us. So, we must jointly defeat the conspiracies of the enemy.”

At the end, he underlined, “Remember one thing, our real war is against the security institutions.” (NVI)

Sindh: JSFM condemns brutal action by Pakistani forces on protesters

People of Sindh at a protest against Pakistan. (File Pic)

Karachi, May 22 (NVI) The brutal unprovoked force used by Pakistan state forces against the peaceful Sindhi nationalist activists in Moro, which resulted in several casualties, has been strongly condemned by Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM).

The organisation demanded legal action, including FIR, against those responsible for the brutal action.

“The Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM) expresses its deepest condemnation of the brutal and unprovoked attack carried out by Pakistani state intelligence agencies and police on peaceful Sindhi nationalist activists in Moro,” said a statement issued by it.

“The firing resulted in the martyrdom of Zahid Laghari and severe injuries to Irfan Laghari and several others,” it said.

In the joint statement, JSFM Chairman Sohail Abro, along with senior leaders Zubair Sindhi, Amar Azadi, Farhan Sindhi, Hafeez Deshi, Mark Sindhu, and Hosho Sindhi, also declared 10 days of mourning across Sindh in honor of the fallen comrade.

Chairman Sohail Abro further stated: “An FIR must be immediately registered against the officers of Pakistani intelligence and police responsible for the targeted killing of Zahid Laghari. They must face justice and be held accountable under international human rights law.”

The JSFM leadership emphasized that this heinous act is part of a broader systematic campaign by Pakistan’s military, ISI, MI, Rangers, and police to violently suppress the peaceful resistance movement in Sindh.

The ongoing struggle against corporate land grabbing and the construction of illegal canals on the Indus River has been met with escalating state brutality, which includes enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, fabricated criminal cases, and the criminalization of peaceful political activism, they said.

“We alert the world that Pakistan’s establishment is deliberately pushing peaceful Sindhi political activism toward conflict. Their goal is to justify a full-scale operation to crush the national movement of Sindh. We will not allow them to silence our democratic voices,” said JSFM leaders.

“Our peaceful resistance will continue—for the ownership of Sindh’s natural resources, for the right to self-determination, for the freedom of our unjustly detained and forcibly disappeared activists, and for the freedom and dignity of the Sindhi nation.”

The JSFM urged bodies like the UN and its Special Rapporteurs on Human Rights and Enforced Disappearances, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, The United Kingdom Government and Parliamentarians, European Union Institutions and International Human Rights Defenders and Journalists to take immediate notice of the growing state repression in Sindh and the grave human rights violations being committed by Pakistani authorities.

“The international community must intervene to stop the crackdown, ensure accountability, and support the Sindhi people’s right to peaceful political expression, autonomy, and justice,” it said. (NVI)

Balochistan: Pakistani forces abducted 151 people, killed 23 in extra-judicial manner in April

Baloch Missing Persons
Baloch people protesting against atrocities being committed by Pakistan military (File pic)

Quetta, May 22 (NVI) In Balochistan, at least 151 locals were abducted by the occupying Pakistani forces and 23 were killed in an extra-judicial manner during the month of April, according to the latest report by human rights organisation ‘Paank’.

The report documents numerous organized and deliberate violations of human rights targeting the Baloch population across 18 districts of Balochistan.

Each case included has been independently verified by ‘Paank’, the human rights organisation of Baloch National Movement (BNM), its spokesman Qazi Rehan said.

Kech was the most affected district, with 53 cases of abductions or ‘Enforced Disappearances’ at the hands of Pakistani military and its agents, according to the report.

Kech was followed by Gwadar with 19, and Quetta (Shal) with 18 reported disappearances.

Other districts with reported violations include Dera Bugti (13), Panjgur (8), Awaran (7), Sibi (6), Barkhan (5), Karachi and Mastung (4 each), Lasbela, Musakhel, Chagai, Khuzdar, and Kalat (2 each), and one case each from Washuk, Kharan, Surab, and Nushki.

“These figures highlight the widespread nature of state repression faced by the Baloch population throughout the province,” Rehan said.

According to Paank, victims of enforced disappearance are completely cut off from the outside world, including their families who never get to see their loved ones alive again as in most cases, the victims are subjected to extrajudicial killings.

In April, 23 people were killed by the Pakistani forces in an extrajudicial manner while 50 individuals were released from military detention centers.

Many of the detainees are released after extensive torture, leaving them physically disabled.

The report provides detailed accounts of custodial killings. Several individuals who were forcibly disappeared were later found dead.

The report emphasizes the direct involvement of the Pakistani military in these crimes and its complete impunity from legal accountability.

The military’s refusal to disclose the locations of detention centers and its prevention of any access to detainees by families or legal representatives are cited as clear indicators of systematic, inhumane practices.

Paank also highlights the role of state-sponsored death squads, describing them as the most ruthless arms of the military in Balochistan, operating as unaccountable machines of extrajudicial execution.

Paank urges the international community and relevant institutions to immediately conduct independent investigations into these cases, disclose the whereabouts and legal basis for the detention of forcibly disappeared individuals, and take action against those responsible for these violations.

It also appealed to the international community to ratify and implement the international convention for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance.

The report calls for urgent steps to halt these ongoing human rights violations, warning that if immediate action is not taken, these abuses will not only devastate individual lives in Balochistan but also pose a serious threat to regional peace and stability. (NVI)

Over 100 Pakistani soldiers killed, injured in multiple attacks by TTP

Special squad of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) undergoing training. (File Pic)

Peshawar, May 22 (NVI): In a short span of 3 days, the Pakistani military and other security agencies suffered hugely, with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claiming to have killed and injured nearly 100 soldiers in multiple attacks and armed engagements.

Giving details, TTP spokesman Muhammad Khorasani said on May 20, a convoy of Pakistan Army, consisting of two vehicles, was ambushed in the Hindi Zhawar area of Garyum district of North Waziristan.

At least 5 military personnel were killed and two were injured in the attack which destroyed both the vehicles, he said.

The gunbattle started at around 4 pm (Pakistan Time) and carried on till 6 pm, the spokesman said, adding the army retrieved all its dead and injured personnel from the scene in three ambulances much later.

On the same day, at around 11 am, a mine blast was carried out on an army infantry unit in Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, in which 4 military personnel were killed and three were injured, he said.

The same evening, a new army check post was attacked with a laser gun in Daraban district of Dera Ismail Khan, in which several personnel were killed and injured, he said.

During the intervening night of May 20 and 21, the main gate of the Spin Qab post in Bara district of Khyber province was blown up with explosives, followed by an attack with laser guns, hand grenades and light weapons, in which three personnel were seriously injured, he said.

In Mir Ali area of North Waziristan, the Taliban Intelligence Agency (TIA) arrested Inspector Muhammad Hanif of the Anti-Narcotics Force during a secret operation and transferred him to an unknown location, Khorasani said.

The TTP cadres also blew up with explosives the main gate of the City Sabzi Mandi post in Bannu district, after which a counter-attack was launched in which 3 police personnel were killed, he said, adding a number of Chinese Kalashnikovs were seized by them.

At 8:45 am yesterday, soldiers guarding the Sark Leta post in the Khushhali area of Mir Ali district of North Waziristan province were attacked, with casualties reported, he said.

Three days ago, two vehicles of the Pakistan Army were ambushed in Shawal area of South Waziristan, causing unspecified number of casualties, the spokesman said, adding the vehicles remained parked there for a long time.

Two military personnel were targeted by a sniper attack in Shawal district of South Waziristan province on May 20, he said.

Yesterday, a soldier was killed by a sniper in the Qalandar Chaki Sar area of Makeen in South Waziristan, while a camera was also destroyed.

 

 

On May 19, a military camp in Gulistan area of Qila Abdullah in Pishin Province was attacked by a group of 3 TTP cadres, the spokesman said.

One fidayeen Zarar Taqbalullah first hit the outer periphery of the complex by blowing up a vehicle full of explosives. Subsequently, two others armed with modern weapons, stormed the camp and killed and injured dozens of soldiers in intense battles before getting killed.

After fighting a long battle, both the TTP fighters got killed, he said.

On May 19, the TTP cadres attacked the Mainz Khor military post in Darosh area of Chitral with light and heavy weapons, which lasted for about three hours, Khorasani said.

A large part of the post was destroyed in the attack, he said, adding it is reported that several personnel were killed and injured.

On the same morning, some soldiers, including SSG commandos, FC, CTD and police, raided the TTP cadres in the Ashrogi area of ​​Lal Qila district of Lower Dir, he said.

The TTP cadres retaliated and fought a long battle in which one military personnel was killed and one was injured, the spokesman said.

A drone was also shot down, he said, adding all the Mujahideen remained completely safe in the battle.

In a major operation in Balochistan, a mine blast was carried out on an Army Vigo vehicle in the Abdullah Zai area of ​​the Zhob district.

About 12 military personnel travelling in the vehicle were killed and injured, the TTP spokesman said, adding after this, another vehicle was also fired upon, in which further damage was reported.

A post located in the Khaza Sar area of ​​the Salarzo district of Bajaur province was attacked with snipers and GL etc., in which one military personnel was killed and several were injured on May 20, he said.

On the morning of May 20, a sniper attack was carried out on the “Piran Military Post” located in Tapi area of ​​Miranshah district of North Waziristan, in which one army personnel was killed and another was seriously injured.

On the same day, the Army, which was planning to raid a TTP base in Rajgal area of ​​Jamrud district of Khyber province, was attacked, in which about 15 personnel were killed and their bodies remained lying on the battlefield for 6 hours, Khorasani said.

Eight personnel were injured and surrounded, while the rest of the army was forced to retreat, he said, adding the TTP cadres fired 17 Rocket-Propelled Guns (RPGs).

Later, the Army, using gunship helicopters and two American drones, heavily bombarded the TTP positions, which lasted for 2 hours, due to which the Mujahideen allowed them to pick up the bodies, he said, adding all the Mujahideen remained completely safe. (NVI)

 

 

 

Balochistan: BLA claims killing of 12 Pakistani soldiers

Representative image of Baloch Liberation Army (BLA).

Quetta, May 18 (NVI) Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) tonight claimed to have killed 12 Pakistani soldiers & its agents & injured several others in attacks at 3 places in Balochistan.

It said its freedom fighters attacked a Pakistani army post at Morgand in Shekhari area of ​​Kalat last night.

The freedom fighters attacked the positions of the occupying army from two sides simultaneously with mortars and heavy weapons, BLA spokesman Jeeyand Baloch said.

The attack, which started at 11 pm yesterday, continued till 4 am today, he said, adding 6 personnel of the occupying army were killed on the spot and several others were injured in the attack.

The enemy also suffered material losses, the spokesman said.

During the five-hour gunbattle, the Pakistani military used quadcopters to drop bombs and
helicopters also were deployed to reinforce the occupying forces, Jeeyand Baloch said.
However, the freedom fighters managed to disrupt the air support of the occupying forces as planned and reached their safe haven without any casualties, he said.

In another operation, BLA fighters targeted the occupying Pakistani force Coast Guard in the Jeyuni area of ​​Gwadar last night with a bomb attack.

The freedom fighters lobbed a hand grenade, targeting the enemy forces at the Jeyuni Police Chungi, Tak Tiab Dip area when 4 Coast Guard personnel were sitting in a vehicle, he said.
Two personnel were seriously injured as a result of the blast.

BLA operatives also raided the hideout of the so-called ‘Death Squad’ of the occupying Pakistani army and intelligence agencies in Gomazin area of ​​Panjgur last night based on intelligence information from BLA Intelligence Wing “Zarab”, the spokesman said.

They killed the key operative of the ‘Death Squad’ Mullah Amir along with three of his accomplices, he said about the big achievement.
The BLA operatives seized weapons and other equipment from the hideout, including an LMG, a rocket launcher, a Kalashnikov, a UBGL, two vehicles and a motorcycle, the spokesman said.

The agent, Mullah Amir, was a key operative of the Death Squad, which was directly involved in supporting the occupying forces in areas of Kech, including Panjgur, Jeeyand Baloch said.

The said agent was involved with the occupying Pakistani forces in house raids, enforced disappearances, and the humiliation of women and the elderly, the spokesman said.

The instrumentalist Mullah Amir was directly involved in the martyrdom of seven comrades, including Commander Hasil alias Doda, in Hoshab in March 2022, where the occupying forces targeted the BLA fighters using a drone strike.

Similarly, the said instrumentalist was also involved in the martyrdom of ten comrades, including Master Asif Baloch, in Hoshab in February 2022.
“Mullah Amir was wanted by the Baloch Liberation Army due to the martyrdom of the Sarmachars and his involvement in the Baloch genocide, which the Sarmachars brought to its logical conclusion last night,” he said. (NVI)

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