The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF ) has taken responsibility for a coordinated series of attacks in Balochistan’s Gwadar district under Pakistani control. According to the Baloch Liberation Front, their fighters killed over 80 Pakistani military personnel and one intelligence personnel. destroyed military vehicles, supply trucks, and surveillance drones.
The reported campaign, launched under the banner of “Operation Almas,” involved a coordinated attack on a Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) camp at Gwadar Zero Point in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.
However, conflicting accounts have emerged about the assault’s outcome and the extent of military casualties. According to BLF, its fighters, along with members of the Baloch Students Organisation (BSO) and other units, participated in the engagement against the camp.
FWO is an engineering and construction organisation of the Pakistani military. It is involved in crucial infrastructure associated with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The NLC is a state-owned logistics and transport organisation.
#NewsPunch | Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) has claimed responsibility for ‘Operation Almas’ in Pakistan’s Gwadar region, alleging that over 80 Pakistani personnel were killed and military vehicles, supply trucks and surveillance drones destroyed. The reported attacks raise fresh security concerns for the strategically important China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Pakistan’s government has dismissed the casualty claims as propaganda. #Balochistan #Pakistan #BLF #NewsPunchOnDD
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BLF spokesperson Major Gwahram Baloch said in a statement. On 22 October, Baloch fighters from the Saddo Operational Battalion and other units launched the offensive. The group said it targeted the main camp of the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) at Gwadar Zero Point. This is a military-linked engineering body involved in CPEC-related infrastructure, reportedly using a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device
The BLF further said that its fighters overran the camp, hoisted the group’s flag, and seized official weapons and equipment. Additional attacks were claimed against a police station in Muzhani, a military convoy near the Gabd area, and a checkpoint at Gabd Cross. In a later statement, the group asserted that more than 80 Pakistani personnel had been killed in total, including a Military Intelligence captain and members of the Army’s Special Services Group (SSG).
Gwadar is a key part of CPEC, a major China–Pakistan infrastructure and connectivity initiative. The corridor aims to link western China to the Arabian Sea through Pakistan, with the port contributing significantly to its wider strategic and economic importance.
Several other sources have emerged regarding an improvised explosive device (IED) attack on a Pakistani Army convoy in Gwadar. The BLF claimed responsibility for a deadly strike that it says killed a major-rank officer.
