Pakistan’s military has concluded a weeklong security operation in the restive southwestern Balochistan province, claiming the deaths of 216 fighters in targeted offensives.
A military statement on Thursday said following the province-wide attacks by the separatist Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), carried out to “destabilize the peace of Balochistan”, security forces launched Operation Radd-ul-Fitna-1 (countering chaos) to “dismantle terrorist sleeper cells through sustained combing and sanitization operations” through “meticulous planning” and “actionable intelligence”.
The operation commenced on January 29 in response to a series of coordinated attacks by the BLA, which said it stormed schools, banks, markets, and military installations across the region in one of its largest operations to date.
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Pakistan Army Says It Killed 216 Fighters in Weeklong Balochistan Campaign
02/05/2026
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