Jeeyand Baloch, spokesperson for the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), claimed responsibility in a statement to the media for killing 24 Pakistani army personnel in 22 attacks in one week, saying one sarmachar, Haroon Rasheed Buzdar, was martyred defending the homeland.
The spokesperson said that over one week, Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) sarmachars carried out a total of 22 attacks in various areas of Balochistan, directly targeting the occupying Pakistani army, its operatives, informer networks and military installations. In these relentless attacks, 24 occupying army personnel were killed and dozens injured, sarmachars maintained control of important highways, and the enemy’s movement was severely paralysed under the economic blockade. During this time, one devoted BLA sarmachar was also martyred in clashes with the occupying army.
Details of the attacks are as follows:
1 October: In the Jantari area of Buleda, sarmachars ambushed a convoy of the occupying Pakistani army with a heavy attack, inflicting loss of life and property on the enemy.
2 October: In the Gurgina area of Mastung, sarmachars targeted the occupying army and forced it back as it tried to advance into the area. In these prolonged clashes, three enemy personnel were killed and several injured. The same night, the occupying army also tried to advance on foot in the Mangochar area of Kalat, but alert sarmachars acted swiftly and forced it to retreat.
The same day, at the Qadirabad Bypass in Noshki, BLA sarmachars killed Shah Khalid, a resident of Qaziabad, Noshki, and an important operative of the occupying Pakistani army’s Military Intelligence (MI), in an armed attack. This operative was found to be directly involved in informing for the occupying army and assisting the army during house raids. He was also involved in blackmailing women into informing and in other social evils. Other people linked to this network have also been identified and will soon be brought to their end.
3 October: Sarmachars executed Hamid Syed, a resident of Zirdan (Buleda) and a “death squad” operative held in custody, under a ruling of the Baloch national court for committing national treason. The collaborator Hamid was taken into custody on 23 September; during questioning he confessed that he was linked to Ghaffar’s death squad. He confessed to blocking routes and facilitating the army during military aggression in Buleda, Padak Dan and Gazbastan, and he had also been involved in theft and robbery in these areas. The collaborator Hamid also revealed that a young man named Nizam, son of Ali, had been forcibly disappeared and taken to the house of death squad ringleader Hameed, and his mutilated body was recovered four days later.
The same day, sarmachars targeted the communications system at Patkan and Mat in Mashkel, setting fire to two towers and destroying them completely.
4 October: At Chahtar on the Quetta-Taftan trade route in Chagai, sarmachars targeted an enemy armoured vehicle in a convoy of the occupying army and commercial vehicles with a remote-controlled IED blast, severely damaging the armoured vehicle. Meanwhile, on the CPEC route in the Armagai area of Washuk, sarmachars ambushed buses and other security vehicles of the occupying army; 5 occupying army personnel were killed and more than thirteen injured in this heavy attack.
The same day, near Lakpass in the Pirangabad area of Mastung, sarmachars first attacked an occupying Pakistani army post with a sniper and then stormed it with other modern weapons, killing two soldiers on the spot and inflicting heavy losses on the others. Meanwhile, in the Mangochar (Soro) area of Kalat, sarmachars ambushed the occupying army’s bomb disposal squad. In addition, in the Chahtar area of Chagai, sarmachars took a commercial vehicle into their custody and disabled the tyres of another vehicle.
5 October: In the Parom (Hokani) area of Panjgur, sarmachars inflicted heavy losses on the occupying Pakistani army in a blast and an armed attack. First, a vehicle was targeted with a remote-controlled IED, killing three enemy personnel on the spot and seriously injuring two; when reinforcements arrived, sarmachars killed more personnel in an armed attack and also shot down an enemy surveillance drone.
Meanwhile, in the Mangochar (Soro) area of Kalat, sarmachars ambushed an occupying army convoy with heavy weapons, destroying an enemy vehicle, killing four personnel and injuring several. In addition, an army vehicle was damaged in an IED attack in the Kardgap area of Mastung, and an occupying army convoy was also ambushed at Daghari (Sibi Road) in Quetta, inflicting loss of life and property.
6 October: In the Gishkaur area of Awaran, sarmachars targeted personnel riding motorcycles in an occupying army convoy with an IED blast, killing two personnel on the spot.
On Tuesday night, in Jannat Bazaar in Gwadar city, sarmachars attacked a hideout of the occupying army’s operatives with a hand grenade, injuring three operatives.
Two operatives of the occupying army taken into custody from the Shahrag area of Harnai, Imran Babar, son of Khudai Dad, and Bilal, son of Aslam, were executed by sarmachars after confessing to their crimes. Imran confessed that he had been working as an informer and facilitator for the occupying army for the past two years, was involved in guiding the army and clearing routes during military aggression in Shahrag and after the attack on the Mari gas site, and was also active in motorcycle thefts.
The second collaborator, Bilal, was taken into custody when the BLA intelligence wing received confirmed information that he was trying to infiltrate the BLA’s ranks by posing as a sympathiser. During questioning, Bilal confessed that he was working for the army and was making a sinister attempt to deliver a tracking chip to sarmachars along with supplies.
Finally, Jeeyand Baloch said that on 20 September in the Lehri area of Sibi, BLA sarmachars were on a routine patrol carrying out their organisational and defensive duties when they came face to face with occupying Pakistani army units. In this clash, the sarmachars showed professional tactics, took up defensive positions and responded forcefully to the enemy’s aggression, inflicting heavy casualties on the occupying army. During this clash, devoted Baloch Liberation Army sarmachar commander Haroon ur Rasheed Buzdar, alias Mubarak (Wahag Buzdar), was martyred while resisting on the front line. The organisation pays tribute to his precious sacrifice and reiterates its resolve that the martyrs’ mission will be carried through to completion in accordance with their ideological principles.
