QUETTA, BALOCHSITAN: BLA Claims 22 Operations in One Week, 24 Enemy Personnel Killed, Sarmachar Haroon Rashid Bazdar Martyred Defending the Homeland
According to the spokesperson, in these operations, 24 personnel of the occupying army were killed and dozens were wounded. The Sarmachars (fighters) retained control of key highways, and the enemy’s movement was severely paralyzed under the economic blockade.
According to the BLA statement, one devoted BLA Sarmachar martyrdom in clashes with the occupying army during this period.
The spokesperson said that on October 1, in the Jantri area of Buleda, Sarmachars ambushed a convoy of the occupying Pakistani army with a heavy attack, causing the enemy human and material losses.
Similarly, on October 2, in the Gargina area of Mastung, Sarmachars targeted the occupying army and forced it to retreat when it was attempting to advance in the area. In these prolonged clashes, three enemy personnel were killed and several wounded.
According to the spokesperson, the same night the occupying army also attempted to advance on foot in the Mangochar area of Kalat. The vigilant Sarmachars took timely action and forced it to retreat.
He said that the same day in Noshki, at the Qadirabad Bypass, BLA Sarmachars killed Shah Khalid, a resident of Qazi Abad, Noshki, in an armed attack. The group described him as an important operative of the occupying Pakistani army’s Military Intelligence (MI).
According to the spokesperson, the operative was found to be directly involved in informing the occupying army and assisting it during house raids. In addition, he was involved in blackmailing women for information and in other social evils.
The BLA spokesperson said other individuals linked to this network have also been identified and will soon be brought to their end.
Jeeyand Baloch said that on October 3, Sarmachars killed Hamid Syed, a resident of Zirdan (Buleda), who was in custody as an operative of the “death squad.” The group said he was killed for committing national treason, under the decision of the Baloch national court.
According to them, the collaborator Hamid was taken into custody on September 23. During interrogation, he confessed that he was linked to Ghaffar’s death squad. He also confessed to blocking routes and facilitating the army during military aggression in Buleda, Padak Dun and Gazbistan, and to being involved in thefts and robberies in those areas.
The spokesperson said Hamid also revealed that a young man named Nizam, son of Ali, had forcibly disappeared and been taken to the house of Hameed, the death squad’s ringleader. His mutilated body was recovered four days later.
Jeeyand Baloch said that the same day in Mashkel, at Patkan and Mat, Sarmachars targeted the communications system, setting fire to two towers and destroying them completely.
The statement said that on October 4, in Chagai, on the Quetta-Taftan trade route at Chehtar, Sarmachars targeted an armoured vehicle of the enemy in a convoy of the occupying army and commercial vehicles with a remotely controlled IED blast. The armoured vehicle was severely damaged.
The spokesperson said that in the Armagai area of Washuk, on the CPEC route, Sarmachars ambushed buses and other security vehicles of the occupying army. In this severe attack, 5 personnel of the occupying army were killed and more than thirteen wounded.
According to Jeeyand Baloch, the same day in the Padang Abad area of Mastung, near Lakpass, Sarmachars first attacked a post of the occupying Pakistani army with a sniper and later assaulted it with other modern weapons. As a result, two personnel were killed on the spot and others suffered heavy losses.
“Meanwhile, in the Mangochar (Soro) area of Kalat, Sarmachars ambushed the occupying army’s bomb disposal squad. Furthermore, in the Chehtar area of Chagai, Sarmachars took one commercial vehicle into custody and disabled the tires of another.”
According to the statement, on October 5, in the Prom (Hokani) area of Panjgur, Sarmachars inflicted heavy losses on the occupying Pakistani army with a blast and an armed attack. First, a vehicle was targeted with a remote-controlled IED, killing three enemy personnel on the spot and severely wounding two. When reinforcements arrived, Sarmachars killed more personnel in an armed attack and also shot down an enemy surveillance drone.
The BLA spokesperson said that in the Mangochar (Soro) area of Kalat, Sarmachars ambushed a convoy of the occupying army with heavy weapons. One enemy vehicle was destroyed, four personnel were killed and several were wounded. Furthermore, an army vehicle was damaged in an IED attack in the Kurdgap area of Mastung, and a convoy of the occupying army was also ambushed at Dhagari (Sibi Road) in Quetta, causing human and material losses.
The spokesperson said that on October 6, in the Gishkaur area of Awaran, Sarmachars targeted personnel riding a motorcycle in a convoy of the occupying army with an IED blast, killing two personnel on the spot.
According to them, on Tuesday night in Gwadar city’s Jannat Bazaar, Sarmachars attacked a hideout of operatives of the occupying army with a hand grenade, wounding three operatives.
The spokesperson said that two operatives of the occupying army, Imran Babar, son of Khudaidad, and Bilal, son of Aslam, who had been taken into custody from the Shahrig area of Harnai, were killed by Sarmachars after they confessed to their crimes.
According to Jeeyand Baloch, Imran confessed that he had been working for the occupying army as an informant and facilitator for the past two years. He was involved in guiding the army and clearing routes after the military aggression in Shahrig and the attack on the Mari Gas site. He was also active in motorcycle theft.
The statement said the other collaborator, Bilal, was taken into custody when the BLA Intelligence Wing received confirmed information that he was trying to infiltrate BLA ranks by posing as a sympathizer. During interrogation, Bilal confessed that he was working for the army and was in the process of a malicious attempt to deliver a tracking chip along with supplies to the Sarmachars.
The spokesperson said that on September 20, in the Lehri area of Sibi, BLA Sarmachars were on routine patrol while performing their organizational and defensive duties when they encountered units of the occupying Pakistani army.
According to Jeeyand Baloch, in this clash, the Sarmachars showed professional tactics, took defensive positions and responded forcefully to the enemy’s aggression. As a result, the occupying army suffered heavy casualties.
The BLA spokesperson further said that during this clash, devoted Sarmachar Commander Haroon ul Rasheed Buzdar, alias Mubarak “Wahag Buzdar,” drank the cup of martyrdom while resisting on the front line.
“The organization pays tribute to this precious sacrifice and reiterates its resolve that the mission of the martyrs will be carried to completion in accordance with their ideological principles.”
