Nushki, Kalat: Attacks on Pakistani Forces; Casualties Reported
According to details, armed individuals targeted foot-patrolling personnel of the Pakistani forces with an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) in the Marjan area of Balochistan’s Kalat district.
Reports indicate that two personnel of the Pakistani forces were killed, and several others sustained injuries in the attack.
In another incident in Kalat district, armed individuals targeted Pakistani forces—who were advancing into the area for an operation—at Mangchar Chotank.
Furthermore, in the Nushki district of Balochistan, armed individuals launched a heavy attack on a camp belonging to the Pakistani forces at Hazdah Khol; sounds of gunfire and explosions have been heard there for several hours.
Further information regarding the attacks in Nushki and Mangchar is yet to emerge.
It should be noted that Baloch pro-independence armed organizations are active in these regions and have consistently targeted Pakistani forces; however, no organization has yet claimed responsibility for today’s attacks.
Attack on the Pakistani Army in Dasht; Intense Clashes in Surab; Electricity Towers Destroyed in Nasirabad
The Pakistani Army has been targeted in powerful attacks across various parts of Balochistan. In the Dasht area of Kech district, a military convoy was struck by an explosion and gunfire; in Surab, intense clashes are ongoing between the forces and Baloch fighters (*sarmachars*); and in Nasirabad, electricity towers have been blown up.
Last night, a Pakistani Army convoy was subjected to a heavy attack at Cheri Kanchti, located in the Dasht area of Kech district. According to initial reports, a powerful bomb blast was triggered near a convoy, followed by intense gunfire from armed individuals using sophisticated weaponry.
The attack resulted in damage to three military vehicles and caused casualties among the security forces.
Meanwhile, in the Gadar area of Surab, fierce clashes have been occurring intermittently since this morning between Pakistani forces and Baloch fighters.
Reports indicate that heavy weaponry is being employed by both sides, and there are accounts of military personnel being killed or wounded in the armed confrontation.
Separately, in Dera Murad Jamali—the headquarters of the Nasirabad district—two electricity transmission towers supplying power from the Uch Power Plant were blown up using explosives, causing severe damage to the power transmission and distribution infrastructure.