2000–2010 On 14 December 2006, BLA militants launched six rockets at a paramilitary camp in Balochistan's
Kohlu District that then President
Pervez Musharraf was visiting. Though Musharraf's life was not endangered, the Pakistani government labelled the attack an attempt on his life and initiated a sweeping army operation. On 15 April 2009, Baloch activist
Brahamdagh Khan Bugti (accused by the Pakistani government of being a BLA leader), called for Baloch to kill non-Baloch residing in Balochistan, including civilians. Targeted attacks against
Punjabi residents began soon after, causing about 500 deaths. BLA leaders later claimed responsibility for inciting the attacks. On 30 July, BLA militants
kidnapped 19 Pakistani police in
Sui, killed one and injured 16. Over the course of three weeks all but one of the kidnapped officers were killed by their captors. In 2010, Nazima Talib, a female assistant professor at the
University of Balochistan in
Quetta was murdered, for which BLA later claimed responsibility. The reason for the murder, according to BLA, was due the deaths of two Baloch women in
Quetta and
Pasni and for the arrest of several Baloch women by Pakistan's police. In 2010, BLA attacked
schools, teachers, and students in the province. On 14 August 2010, BLA militants killed six laborers and wounded three others on their way home from work in the Khilji area of Quetta.
2011–2020 On 21 November 2011, BLA terrorists attacked government security personnel who were guarding a mine in the northern
Musakhel district, killing 14 and wounding 10. The BLA claimed to have killed 40. On 31 December, the BLA claimed responsibility for the suicide bomb targeting a Baloch politician, Naseer Mengal, at his home in Quetta. The suicide attack killed 13 people and injured 30. On 26 May 2012, BLA took responsibility for the assassination of Muzafar Hussain Jamali,
principal of a private school in
Kharan. Jamali was travelling with his family when they were attacked. Jamali and his eight year old nephew died immediately, while his two daughters were injured. On 12 July, BLA took responsibility for abducting and killing 7 miners and 1 doctor. The miners were abducted in Soorang area on 7 July. The miners were later killed and their bullet ridden bodies were found. The victims were
Pashtuns.
Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) and miner labour union staged protest outside
Balochistan High Court (BHC). On 6 August 2013, BLA took responsibility for abducting and killing 11 passengers from a bus near
Machh Town. The militants were disguised as security personnel. On 16 August, BLA claimed responsibility for attacking
Jaffar Express near Machh. The attack claimed lives of two people and wounded ten. Reconstruction work was completed and the rehabilitated
Ziarat Residency opened on 14 August 2014. On 3 November 2014, BLA attacked
United Baloch Army (UBA). Commander Ali Sher of UBA was killed in the attack. Four other UBA members were captured by BLA. On 30 June 2015, BLA clashed with UBA in
Dera Bugti. The attack resulted in death of 20 militants on both sides. On 7 October 2016, BLA claimed responsibility for two blasts targeting
Jaffar Express. The attack claimed lives of six people and wounded eighteen. In 2017 ten
Sindhi laborers were killed by two gunmen on motorbikes. BLA claimed the attack as a response to the
China–Pakistan Economic Corridor. Victims were native of
Sindh province. On 23 November 2018, BLA claimed responsibility for killing four at the
Chinese Consulate in Karachi. The attackers were killed by police during the attack. Later on, the mastermind of the attack, Aslam Baloch Achu, was killed along with five other commanders in
Kandahar, Afghanistan. Opposition to the construction of the
Gwadar Port was claimed to be the main reason of the attack by BLA. On 15 October, at least fourteen security personnel were killed after a convoy of state-run
Oil & Gas Development Company (OGDCL) was attacked. On 27 December, seven soldiers were killed in an attack on a
Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan post in
Harnai district of Balochistan.
2021–present 2021 On 7 March 2021, two navy personnel were killed in an attack, while en route to
Ganz from
Jiwani, Balochistan.
On 24 March, a bomb blast left at least three dead and another 13 injured. On 28 May BLA accepted the responsibility of targeting a water supply vehicle of the Pakistan Army near a post at Nisau Dao Shah area of
Kohlu with a landmine attack, which destroyed the vehicle and 4 personnel. On 31 May 10
Frontier Corps soldiers were killed and 12 injured in two attacks, an IED attack in
Turbat and an attack on a checkpoint near
Quetta. The attack was claimed by BLA. On 9 June, BLA accepted responsibility for an attack on the Pakistani army camp in the Karakdan area of
Bolan Pass, in which two were killed and two others were critically wounded. On 14 June, 4 Pakistani soldiers were killed in an IED attack at Marget Mines. On 17 June, a Pakistan Army soldier was killed near
Turbat airport, according to a statement from the
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). On 25 June, five soldiers from Frontier Corps, Balochistan, were killed after terrorists targeted a patrolling party in
Sibi district's Sangan area. On 1 July, an explosion took place near a moving Frontier Corps (FC) vehicle, At least six people were injured. On 15 July, two soldiers were killed in an IED blast during an operation in
Pasni. On 20 August, two children were killed and three wounded in an attack targeting Chinese nationals in
Gwadar, Pakistan. On 26 September a statue of Pakistan's founder
Mohammad Ali Jinnah was destroyed by Baloch militants in the coastal city of
Gwadar. On 11 October, Shahid Zehri, a 35-year-old Pakistani journalist was killed in an attack claimed by BLA.
2022 On 25–26 January 2022, an attack on a security checkpoint in
Kech Province led to the death of 10 Pakistani soldiers. On 2 February, nine militants and 12 soldiers were killed at
Panjgur and
Nushki districts. The BLA claimed to have killed more than 100 soldiers at two military camps, a claim rejected by
Pakistani government. On 2 March, three people including a senior police officer in
Quetta were killed by a roadside bomb. The BLA claimed responsibility. On 26 April, the BLA claimed responsibility for
a suicide bombing in which four people, including three teachers of Chinese origin at
Karachi University, were killed. It further said that this was the first such bombing by a female member of the group (specifically
Shari Baloch, a 30-year old science teacher and mother of two).
2023 On 13 August 2023, two BLA militants attacked a convoy of Chinese engineers in
Gwadar. A spokesman for the BLA claimed 4 Chinese nationals and 9 Pakistani soldiers were killed with numerous others injured in the attack while the two BLA militants committed suicide. However, these claims went unconfirmed and officials claimed that no Pakistani or Chinese casualties were reported but that the BLA ambush was repulsed with two militants killed. After the attack, security restrictions were placed in Gwadar by Pakistani security forces.
2024 On 30 January 2024, at least six BLA fighters and four security officials were killed in an overnight attack in the city of
Mach, south of Balochistan's capital, Quetta. On 26 August 2024, at least 74 people, including 14 soldiers were killed in a
series of attacks in Balochistan. The Liberation Army claimed responsibility. The Fateh squad was involved. On 9 November 2024, at least 31 people were killed along with the perpetrator and 2 others were injured in
a suicide bombing at the
Quetta railway station in
Quetta, for which the BLA claimed responsibility. On November 20, the Apex Committee announced military operation against BLA.
2025 On 11 March 2025, the BLA militants
hijacked a Jaffar Express passenger train carrying hundreds of people from
Quetta to
Peshawar. After a 30-hour operation by the Pakistani army, it announced that the forces had successfully freed passengers held hostage by the rebel group. Pakistani officials said that 21 civilians and four security personnel lost their lives during the operation, and additionally a total of 33 militants of Balochistan Liberation Army, including suicide bombers, were killed by the security forces. There were 380 hostages, with 33 killed, and Fateh squad involvement. an IED attack targeting a bomb disposal squad in Kech District on April 17 that killed one soldier and injured two others, a grenade attack on security personnel near a checkpoint in Turbat, Kech District, on April 17, and a major IED attack against a military convoy in the Margat area of Quetta on April 25 that resulted in the deaths of 10 soldiers, including senior officers. On 10 April 2025, an explosion in Kandahar’s Aino Mina neighbourhood reportedly killed 12 members of Pakistani militant groups, including the
Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and wounded five others, according to local sources. The blast occurred as militants were leaving a gathering, but Taliban officials denied any airstrike, attributing the explosion to old or decaying munitions stored near the anti-narcotics department. Residents reported hearing a powerful blast followed by gunfire, and Taliban emergency crews responded to contain the incident. While casualties among Taliban guards were acknowledged, the exact number was not disclosed, and Taliban spokespeople maintained that no foreign attack had taken place. On 1 February 2025, a major incident took place in which the BLA fighters attacked military posts and government buildings and captured the village of
Mangochar in
Kalat district, Balochistan. The group was alleged to have installed checkpoints and allegedly killed a dozen of Pakistan Soldiers. The attackers left the area before the arrival of security forces. In response, law enforcement agencies launched a search operation to apprehend those involved, and traffic on the highway was restored later that night. A day after the incident, two other attacks occurred in
Mangochar against the
Baloch levies. In the first incident, unidentified armed assailants on motorcycles opened fire killing Levies personnel Haq Nawaz on the spot. In a separate incident, a powerful explosion damaged the National Highway near Rahimabad. In May, a Noshki Bus Attack 5 killed, including 2 civilians, with Fateh qquad involvement. On 11 July 2025, BLA militants launched Operation Baam against Pakistan army in which they claimed that 18 Pakistani soldiers were killed by the BLA militants including many kidnapping too (allegedly). The victims of this BLA terror attack in
Zhob, Balochistan, were laid to rest in various cities across Punjab. Militants forcibly removed Punjabi passengers from a bus, verified their identities, and executed them. The bodies were returned to families in cities like
Dunyapur,
Faisalabad,
Lahore, and others, with funerals held under tight security. On 15 July 2025, a bus carrying Pakistan Army personnel in the
Quetta and Kalak regions was bombed by BLA militants. According to BLA 29 soldiers including a senior officer were allegedly killed in the attack. The explosion was carried out by the help of
IEDs. On 29 December 2025, authorities in
Pakistan said a girl was stopped during a routine police inspection of buses while traveling southwestern
Balochistan to
Karachi. Officials said she was detained in connection with a suspected
suicide bomb plot and alleged that she had been targeted by the Baloch Liberation Army. Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan said the group allegedly told her an attack would bring her “honor and recognition” within the Baloch community.
2026 On 31 January 2026, in a series of coordinated attacks across multiple districts in
Balochistan, BLA militants engaged in armed assaults and
suicide bombings targeting schools, hospitals, banks, markets, security installations, police stations, a high-security prison, and civilian areas. The BLA claimed that the attacks were in retaliation for security force actions against their members. The BLA labelled the attacks "Operation Herof 2.0", as a follow up to the
August 2024 Balochistan attacks (which it labels Operation Herof), and described the operations as simultaneous strikes on military and administrative targets, with videos released by the group showing female fighters participating. In response to BLA's "Operation Herof 2.0", Pakistani Security Forces launched "Operation Radd ul Fitna-1". Pakistani officials reported that security forces had thwarted most attempts, engaging in clearance operations that lasted until 5 February. == See also ==