New Delhi: The Pakistani insurgent group Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) has claimed responsibility for two attacks on Pakistani security forces in Balochistan’s Kachhi district on Sunday, alleging that five personnel were killed and several injured. The operations reportedly involved a drone strike on a joint military-police installation followed by an ambush on a military convoy using rockets and heavy weapons.
BRG spokesman, Dostain Baloch, said the group’s newly established drone unit, Aamir Aero Guardians, targeted a joint Pakistani military and police camp in the Bagh area around 8am on Sunday. The strike allegedly killed one security personnel and seriously injured another, IANS reported.
Approximately two hours later, BRG fighters reportedly ambushed a Pakistani military convoy in the Bolan area of Kachhi using rockets and other heavy weapons. The group claimed four personnel were killed, several injured and military vehicles severely damaged.
Neither the casualties nor the extent of damage has been independently verified.
Baloch armed groups claim expanded drone operations
The BRG announced the establishment of its drone warfare unit, Aamir Aero Guardians, on October 30, claiming it had already conducted a strike on a Pakistani military installation in Kachhi, causing casualties and material damage.
The latest claims follow similar announcements by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a separate armed organisation operating in the province. The BLA’s aerial warfare unit, Qazi Aero Hive Rangers (Qahr), claimed responsibility for attacks in Surab, Kharan and Kalat between October 26 and 30.
The BLA claimed its Qahr unit launched nine consecutive drone strikes on a Pakistani military camp at Tarki Dam in Surab on October 26, targeting supply facilities and guard posts. The group also claimed attacks in Kharan and Kalat, alleging that more than seven Pakistani personnel were killed across the operations, although the casualties remain independently unverified.
The Balochistan Post published an aerial image released by the BRG, purportedly showing the military compound targeted in Kachhi. However, the image does not independently establish that the attack occurred as described or confirm the claimed casualties.
Separately, the BLA claimed on Saturday that it had executed seven men accused of providing intelligence and assistance to Pakistani security forces. Spokesman, Jeeyand Baloch, said the executions followed sentences imposed by a body the group calls the “Baloch National Court”, although the allegations against the men and the circumstances of their deaths remain independently unverified.
Pakistani military operations in Balochistan
The developments come amid continuing security operations in Balochistan, which has witnessed a longstanding separatist insurgency.
Pakistan’s military media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said security forces killed 17 suspected militants during separate intelligence based operations in Kachhi and Kharan on November 1.
Ten were reportedly killed in Kachhi’s Sanni area and seven in Kharan, while Pakistani soldier Sepoy Hikmatullah also died during the operations, Dawn reported, citing ISPR.
Those operations were separate from the BRG’s November 8 claims, with no established connection between them.
No confirmation of the five deaths claimed by the BRG was available from Pakistani military or provincial authorities in the reporting reviewed. The alleged attacks and casualties therefore remain unverified.