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Operation Shaban Continues amid Baloch Insurgency

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The joint Army‑Frontier Corps‑Police campaign launched after the 4 July raid on the Mangi Dam post, dubbed known as Operation Shaban, remains active. By 15 July mid‑July the operation had accounted for 126 claimed roughly 140 militant deaths, combining aerial strikes, ground assaults destroyed hideouts and ammunition caches, and led to the seizure arrest of several suspected female suicide bombers. A parallel intelligence‑driven effort, Operation Al‑Azm, added 16 terrorist kills and dismantled multiple militant sites in Killi Kundi Umrani, Khad Kocha and Mastung. In response to a substantial weapons cache. On 18 July police checkpoint attack in Ziarat that killed nine officers and resulted in the Balochistan abduction of 18 cadets (later recovered), provincial government, led by Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti, authorities reached a settlement with the families of the seven officers killed in the Ziarat attack, ending the nine‑day sit‑in at Koila Phatak Chowk in Quetta. The agreement establishes victims’ families, establishing a judicial commission to investigate the attack, pledges commission, compensation and reforms for the urban police and Levies, provides compensation and education support for the martyrs' children, and includes the renaming of public facilities and a review of disputed land linked to the Ziarat‑Mangi Dam project. Levies. The security environment intensified on 17 July when further escalated after separatist groups publicly revived an independence claim, citing the 1948 accession of Kalat, after claim and an ambush near Mastung killed left dozens dead. On 29 July militants of soldiers the Baloch Liberation Army abducted and civilians. Pakistan reported more than 40 security personnel killed in the province during the first week Deputy Superintendent of July, prompting a large‑scale operation integrated with Shaban. By 27 July Police Murid Bugti in Barkhan, while separate kidnappings in Turbat and Khuzdar left civilian casualties. Security forces announced that Shaban had killed roughly 140 militants since early July, destroyed hideouts responded with intelligence‑based sweeps across Balochistan and ammunition dumps, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing at least 44 militants and arrested several suspected female suicide bombers. A parallel intelligence‑driven campaign, Operation Al‑Azm, added 16 terrorist deaths three police officers, and dismantled multiple hideouts continuing clearance missions in Killi Kundi Umrani, Khad Kocha and Mastung, while a district judge, his guard Hangu, Nushki, Swat and a Federal Constabulary member were also slain. other districts. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi reaffirmed reiterated that operations will continue proceed until “the last terrorist” is neutralised, even as separatist independence claims add further political tension. neutralised.

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  1. 2026-07-29 21:05 UTC Operation Shaban Continues amid Baloch Insurgency
  2. 2026-07-28 08:55 UTC Operation Shaban Continues amid Baloch Insurgency

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