In a major offensive against the occupying Pak forces, the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) carried out a fierce assault on a central army camp in the Nondara area of Jhao, Awaran district, on the evening of May 26th. The attack resulted in significant human and material losses for the military, according to a statement issued by Major Gwahram Baloch, the spokesperson for the BLF.
The BLF’s Qurban Unit fighters surrounded the Army camp from all sides at around 6 pm on Friday and launched a massive assault using heavy weapons. The attacking team also included skilled BLF sniper shooters. “In this intense attack, more than a dozen army personnel were killed, and many others were injured,” Major Gwahram Baloch said.
The spokesperson revealed that the assault led to the destruction of five Army outposts and all bunkers within the central camp. The fighters even managed to reach near the camp and lobbed hand grenades inside, inflicting further casualties and damage on the Army personnel. “Many soldiers fled from their pickets and the central camp out of fear during the attack, which continued for over four hours,” he added.
Tragically, the BLF also suffered a loss, as Second Lieutenant Ashraf, also known as Rehan Nokap, son of Murad Bakhsh from Mshkey village in Kandi area, was martyred during the retaliatory shelling. Paying tribute to the fallen fighter, Major Gwahram Baloch described Shaheed Ashraf as “an extremely hardworking and brave fighter who was dedicated to the freedom struggle.”
The next day, on May 27th, the defeated occupying Army retaliated against the civilian population, as per their usual tactics, by blocking roads and harassing people in several areas.
In contrast to the BLF’s open acknowledgment of the attack and its consequences, the Pak Army’s media wing, ISPR, has attempted to downplay or conceal the human and material losses suffered by its forces. “The enemy fears demoralization of its hired forces, so ISPR is trying to hide the losses even in this attack,” the BLF spokesperson stated.
Major Gwahram Baloch reiterated the BLF’s responsibility for the intense attack and vowed that such operations would continue with greater intensity until the complete liberation of Balochistan is achieved.
The assault on the Nondara army camp is a significant escalation in the long-running conflict between the Baloch liberation forces and the brutal occupying Pak Army, which has occupied the resource-rich region for decades, abuses and suppresses of the Baloch population through henious tactics such as enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killing, raids.