The banned Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks across several districts of Balochistan in the second half of July, saying it killed dozens of security personnel and a police officer. The claims could not be independently verified.

In a statement to the media, BLF spokesman Gwahram Baloch said the group had carried out 11 attacks in the districts of Mastung, Kharan, Khuzdar, Kech and Mashkay and in the Rakhni area of the Koh-e-Sulaiman division. He said 45 security personnel had been killed, along with a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) and another man the group accused of working with state forces.

Among the incidents claimed was the killing of DSP Mureed Bugti near Rakhni on 28 July. The BLF said its fighters had stopped the officer's vehicle at a checkpoint and shot him dead, releasing his guard. Police gave a different account, saying the DSP was on patrol when armed men blocked the Barkhan, Rakhni road, opened fire and tried to abduct him, and that he was killed in the ensuing exchange of fire while a constable was wounded. Authorities said a search operation was launched.

The group also claimed an ambush on an army convoy at Wadh in Khuzdar district on 28 July, which it said killed 10 soldiers and disabled two vehicles; an improvised explosive device (IED) attack on troops in Mastung on 24 July, which it put at 12 dead; and an ambush in the Khad Kucha area of Mastung on 22 July, which it said killed 17. It further said it had blockaded a China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) link road in Kharan for several hours, fired on Frontier Corps camps in Kech, and shot down a surveillance drone during a clash.

None of these figures could be independently confirmed. Casualty tolls issued by armed groups in Balochistan are routinely disputed by the Pakistani military, and communications restrictions and limited access to the affected areas make verification difficult. The army, which has not confirmed the BLF's account, has reported killing large numbers of militants in operations across the province in recent weeks. Federal officials have condemned the recent violence, and the government has accused India of backing Baloch armed groupsa charge New Delhi denies.

The BLF is one of several proscribed Baloch separatist organisations. Its statement comes amid a sharp escalation in the insurgency in 2026, in which both the Banned BLF and the larger Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) have claimed frequent attacks on security forces, and the state has intensified military operations in response.

Published in Balochistan Dispatch, August 1st , 2026