Insurgent Zone

· According to local residents, armed individuals reportedly maintain control over parts of the area. · Two schools are reportedly occupied by armed men and are allegedly being used as makeshift police stations.

· The militants belonged to IS-KP and were using the compound to plan large scale attacks, including targets such as sensitive institutions, Imambargahs, and churches. · Among those killed was a key commander, Imran alias Abdullah alias Bilal alias Abu Bakar. Another identified terrorist was Shahid Ullah son of Miraj, a resident of Upper Mohmand. Identification of the remaining three is underway. · Security forces recovered one SMG, four pistols, two hand grenades, five magazines, one locally made IED, and a large number of cartridges. · Imran alias Abu Bakar was a proclaimed offender wanted by CTD in 20 cases related to bomb blasts, target killings of police and political leaders, and terrorism in Peshawar and other districts. He was also wanted for the deaths of Maulana Khanzaib and Senator Hidayatullah, and was involved in the killing of Rehan Zaib. · He was also wanted by CTD Islamabad in the suicide attack case on an Imambargah in Tarlai, Islamabad. The government had announced a reward of 12 million rupees for information leading to his arrest. · Investigations showed that for the 6 February 2026 Tarlai Imambargah suicide attack, Imran arranged the suicide jacket from Bajaur and transported the suicide bomber from Nowshera to Tarlai. The killed militant Shahid Ullah conducted the reconnaissance and identified the target for that attack. · Imran alias Abu Bakar was also linked to the 2023 suicide attack on the JUI-F workers convention in Bajaur. · A search and clearance operation in the area is still ongoing and further legal action is being taken.

BLF claimed responsibility for killing of three individuals identified as Sajid Alias Taj, Zulfiqar Ameer Buzdar, Rehmatullah, on the allegations of Spying.

BLF claimed responsibility for the attack on security convoy in Gidar area of Surab district on 9 September.

BLF claimed responsibility for the attack and capture of Talaran Checkpoint.

According to the statement, BLF fighters attacked the Talaran police station in the Baramcha area of Chagai on September 9, taking control of the station, detaining police personnel, and seizing weapons, equipment, and a vehicle. The station building and records were set on fire. The detained personnel were later released unharmed after being warned. On the same day, BLF claimed an ambush on a Pakistani army convoy near a grid station in the Gidar area of Surab, causing human and material losses. The statement further claimed that on September 7, BLF fighters detonated an IED at an army picket in Gadhop, Pirandar, Hamal Bazaar area of Awaran, killing two soldiers and wounding two others. On the same day, they allegedly attacked and set fire to a fiber optics station at the Rasko atomic site in the Padag area of Chagai, destroying machinery and equipment. On September 4, BLF claimed an ambush on an army convoy at Mughli Cross on the Quetta-Karachi highway in the Noughay area of Khuzdar, killing six personnel and wounding several others. On the same day, the group stated it executed Rahmatullah, described as a state agent, near Babul Hotel in Noughay, after he allegedly confessed to activities at a camp run by Shafiq Mengal and revealed the presence of ISIS members there. Additional claims include an attack on a Ufone communication tower in Gorgi, Rakhshan, on September 3; an attack on a foot patrol in Kolwah, Awaran, on September 1, killing two and wounding two; the killing of Sajjad alias Taj in Nizarabad, Tump, on August 30; a shooting incident involving police near the Customs Office in Quetta on August 28, in which one police personnel was killed; and the detention and subsequent execution of Zulfiqar Ameer Buzdar in Barkhan on August 29, after a 14-day investigation.