Baloch Liberation Army Claims Killing 25 Pakistani Soldiers in Ziarat Cross Convoy Ambush and Surab VBIED Attack

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility on September 4, 2026 for two attacks on Pakistani forces in Balochistan. BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said the group's Fateh Squad ambushed a four-vehicle army convoy at Ziarat Cross — the same crossing hit by a TTP attack on the customs house three days earlier — destroying two vehicles including a military truck and killing what it first said was 18 personnel, later revised upward to 25; the group claimed weapons were seized and five wounded personnel escaped. Separately, BLA's 'Special Tactical Operations Squad' said it remotely detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in the Hajika area of Surab, Kalat district, destroying an army vehicle and killing 7 soldiers. The BLA released an edited video through its Hakkal media channel showing burning military vehicles and bodies at the scene. Pakistan's ISPR had not confirmed the claimed casualty figures as of publication; the toll is disputed and unverified by independent sources.