Did the Baloch militant group BRAS really claim 174 attacks on Pakistani forces in 2025?
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Quetta, Jan 12 (NationPress) The Baloch Raaji Aajoi Sangar (BRAS), a coalition of pro-independence militant factions in Balochistan, has taken credit for a staggering 174 assaults on Pakistani security forces throughout 2025, resulting in the deaths of 167 military and intelligence personnel, as reported by local news outlets.
In these confrontations, 95 Pakistani security officials were also reported injured across the region.
According to its latest infographic for 2025, the BRAS detailed that its militants successfully captured 26 individuals during these operations, which included members from Pakistani intelligence agencies, as cited by The Balochistan Post.
The report elaborated that the BRAS executed 35 explosions, 14 raid operations, and 35 cordon-and-search actions, targeting 15 infrastructure installations, destroying 30 vehicles of the Pakistani government and military while seizing 51 weapons.
In an impactful operation in August 2025, the BRAS claimed to have seized control of Zehri town in Khuzdar for over a month, during which they launched intense attacks against Pakistani forces, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
During this period, they purportedly confiscated numerous vehicles, weapons, and military equipment, stating their fighters conducted patrols and participated in public gatherings while in control of the region.
Recently, armed factions within the BRAS also published their operational reports for 2025.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) reported executing 521 attacks last year, leading to the deaths of over 1,060 Pakistani military personnel and injuring more than 556.
They claimed destruction of vehicles, quadcopters, surveillance towers, and military infrastructure, alongside the confiscation of 208 weapons.
Additionally, the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) asserted responsibility for 581 armed attacks against Pakistani security forces in Balochistan throughout 2025, resulting in 929 casualties, including 647 security personnel killed and 282 injured.
The BLF’s annual report for the year 2025 indicated that these operations inflicted considerable human and material losses on Pakistani forces.
In a statement, Major Gwahram Baloch, the BLF spokesperson, characterized 2025 as a “decisive and exceptional year” for what they refer to as the “national resistance struggle” in Balochistan.
Moreover, the Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) reported conducting 88 attacks across various provinces, including Balochistan, Sindh, and Punjab, targeting railway tracks utilized by Pakistani forces, checkpoints, police posts, gas pipelines, and communication towers, claiming the lives of 22 Pakistani personnel and injuring 35 others.
Balochistan continues to suffer from ongoing atrocities perpetrated by Pakistani authorities, who facilitate death squads in the area to carry out enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and illegal detentions of the Baloch population.