The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) launched an attack on a Pak Army camp in the Mashkel area, which resulted in the deaths of two Army personnel.

In a statement released to the media, BLF spokesperson Major Gwahram Baloch said the attack took place on Friday, April 12, in the Nali region of Mashkel in Pak-occupied-Balochistan. “The brave Baloch Sarmarchars (fighters) have killed two personnel of the occupying Army forces in an attack on Friday, April 12, in Mashkel,” Major Baloch said.

He explained that the BLF fighters launched a “sophisticated and heavy attack” on the Pak Army camp stationed in the Nali area. “In the intense attack, two personnel were killed and one was injured,” the spokesperson added.

The BLF statement asserted that the group claims full responsibility for this attack, and vowed that the freedom fighters’ attacks on the Army forces and all of its interests will continue until the complete independence of Balochistan.

To maintain its illegal grip over the region, Pakistan has employed various oppressive tactics, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, profiling and abduction of students, and supporting death squads. In response to these circumstances, Baloch freedom fighters have undertaken an armed struggle against the Pakistani establishment, targeting occupying forces, convoys and infrastructure.

In a concerning incident of enforced disappearance, a young man from Awaran district in Pak-occupied-Balochistan has gone missing after being summoned to a Pak Army camp last year.

The missing individual has been identified as Zarif, son of Gumshad, a resident of the Malar area in Awaran. According to Zarif’s family, he was called to the military camp in Gishkaur on April 13, 2023 and was subsequently arrested and taken to an unknown location.

Since then, Zarif’s whereabouts have remained unknown, with his family and the local community desperately seeking information about his fate.

Enforced disappearances have been a persistent and alarming issue in the Pak-occupied-Balochistan province, with numerous cases reported on a daily basis. Baloch nationalist groups have been protesting against these disappearances for years, as the Pak security forces are the ones behind these abductions.

Furthermore, reports from the neighboring areas suggest the same pattern of abuse, where residents are often summoned to military camps and forced to report there every two days. They are also required to seek prior permission from the authorities even for routine travel.

The case of Zarif’s disappearance is the latest in a series of such troubling incidents that is continuing to instil fear and insecurity among the Baloch population.

Pak Army have initiated a military operation in the Dera Bugti region of Pak-occupied-Balochistan. Reportedly, Army personnel are conducting thorough searches of residences in various areas of Dera Bugti and are purportedly seizing recently harvested wheat and gram grains belonging to local shepherds.

The military operations are said to be underway in Kordan, Habib Rahi, Landi, Traki, and Siya Aaf of Dera Bugti, with personnel committing human rights violations, crimes, oppressive tactics. Army is conducting raids, loots, physical violence, abductions and brutality. Sher Mohammad Bugti, spokesperson for the Baloch Republican Party (BRP), has confirmed the ongoing military activity in Dera Bugti through a post on social media platform ‘X’.

However, no official information regarding the operation has been provided by the puppet authorities. Many such operations have been conducted by Pak Army in the past in the resource-rich Balochistan province.

While the Army has remained silent on the operation, the local community fears the impending repercussions. With images emerging from Bolan and gripping fear among the residents, a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the region. Earlier in Feb, Pak Army conducted a military operation in Bolan district and committed rampant violence and turmoil. Military operations have become frequent in Pak-occupied-Balochistan, innocent Baloch community are living in fear and atrocity since the forceful occupation in 1948.