Overview
- Security officials say coordinated BLA raids hit roughly a dozen sites across Balochistan, killing at least 36 civilians and more than 22 security personnel.
- State media and security sources report 197 suspected militants killed over three days, with follow-up search and sanitisation operations continuing across multiple districts.
- Police say a three-day standoff in Nushki ended after deployments of helicopters and drones, with seven officers killed during the fighting.
- Pakistan alleges foreign backing for the attackers, claims India rejects as baseless, and the UN Security Council has urged global cooperation to hold perpetrators and sponsors accountable.
- Defence Minister Khawaja Asif says forces are “physically handicapped” by the province’s vast terrain, rules out talks with the BLA, and authorities maintain expanded security restrictions under Section 144.