Mehrzaad Baluch
The Baloch Liberation Army’s (BLA) self-sacrificing Majeed Brigade carried out a Fidayee (suicide attack) in Noshki, Balochistan on March 16. A suicide bomber in a VBIED (vehicle-borne improvised explosive device) targeted a Pakistan Army convoy consisting of eight buses on the RCD Highway, according to a BLA statement. The explosion completely destroyed one military bus, after which the Fateh Squad, the BLA’s elite unit, launched a coordinated ground assault.
According to the BLA, the Fateh Squad systematically eliminated all military personnel in another bus. The BLA claims to have killed a total of 90 Pakistani soldiers in the attack.
Pakistan’s military released far smaller casualty counts, saying that five people – “three security forces personnel and two innocent civilians” – were killed. The press wing of Pakistan’s military, Inter-Services Public Relations, also said that the military had killed three of the attackers.
The Noshki bus attack marks another escalation in the insurgency in Balochistan, Pakistan’s southwestern province. The BLA is no longer relying on sporadic guerrilla attacks; its operations now involve highly coordinated battlefield tactics and the integration of suicide attacks with conventional guerrilla warfare. The Fateh Squad’s role in this attack highlights the BLA’s ability to conduct well-planned follow-up assaults, ensuring maximum damage after a suicide attack.
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