Quetta (Balochistan), July 8 (NVI) Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) today carried out two major attacks on the occupying Pakistan Army and its affiliate militia group in Balochistan, killing at least 37 personnel of the two forces and injuring many others.

In one attack, BLA ambushed a convoy of Pakistan army in Bela area, which resulted in the killing of 17 enemy personnel and seizure of all the modern weapons and military equipment.

The operation was carried out by the BLA’s vanguard, Fateh Squad, at 9:30 am on the Quetta-Karachi main highway in Walpat area of Bela, its spokesman Jeeyand Baloch said in a statement to NVI tonight.

The Fateh Squad targeted a four-vehicle convoy of the “1 Sindh Regiment” of the occupying Pakistan army when it was moving from Karachi to Basima, he said.

This successful attack was possible due to the long reconnaissance, solid intelligence and close monitoring of enemy movements by the BLA’s intelligence wing ‘Zarab’, the spokesman said.

During the attack, the vehicles of the occupying army came under direct assault, resulting in the killing of 17 military personnel and serious injuries to several others, he said.

Army has confirmed killing of 11 soldiers, including JCO.

“The occupying army’s policy of concealing the loss of lives of its own soldiers and covering up the facts is a clear indication of the declining morale and deep despair within the occupier itself,” the BLA spokesman said.

“The targeting of enemy convoys on the main highways in broad daylight is evidence of the fact that ground supremacy and field control are now gradually shifting in favor of the Baloch resistance,” Jeeyand Baloch said.

“The enemy is now confined to its own established security fences and the most sensitive commercial and military highways, while the BLA has further consolidated its positions over the wider geography of Balochistan,” he said.

“The Baloch Liberation Army, through this operation, makes it clear that the jurisdiction, influence and areas under control of the Sarmachars are continuously and extraordinarily increasing across the length and breadth of occupied Balochistan,” the spokesman said.

The BLA carried out another attack in Khuzdar district, where it targeted a major hideout of Pakistan Army’s proxy militia group, called ‘Death Squad’, which is used by the military to spread terror among the Baloch people in civilian clothes.

Jeeyand Baloch said over 20 operatives of the ‘Death Squad’ were killed in the attack carried out by the fighters of BLA’s ‘Majeed Brigade’, which specalises in suicide missions.

More significantly, the attack was carried out when a meeting was being held by the commander of the ‘Death Squad’, Shafeeq Mengal, at the premises with his associates.

“The operation began when a brave Fidayee (self-sacrifice) of the Majeed Brigade rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into this fortified stronghold of the death squad, reducing a large portion of the compound and its outer defensive lines to rubble within seconds.

“Immediately after this powerful blast, other fidayeen of the Majeed Brigade successfully breached and entered the compound,” the BLA spokesman said.

He said initial reports confirmed killing of more than 20 “terrorists of the death squad”.

He said a detailed report and final statistics will be released to the media upon the completion of the operation. (NVI)