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Key takeaways
- Local media reported attacks on convoys in Kech, Mastung and Kharan from 2 to 4 November, with no verified toll.
- No group has claimed the attacks and the Pakistani military had not commented, so the scale of losses remains unknown.
- Insurgent claims and the military's account of 1 November fighting at Sanni differ sharply while insurgent figures remain unverified.
Armed men attacked a two-vehicle convoy of Pakistani security forces in the Noduz area of Kech district, Balochistan, on Wednesday 4 November, according to Lokmat Times, which cited unconfirmed reports. Initial reports suggested casualties and losses among the forces, according to Lokmat Times. No verified toll has been published.
Two other convoys were reported hit on Monday 2 November, in Mastung and Kharan districts. Fighters were also reported to have blocked the Quetta-Taftan highway at Dalbandin that day. No group has claimed these attacks. The Pakistani military had not commented on them in the reports reviewed, which were published by Wednesday. The reporting rests mainly on The Balochistan Post (TBP), a Baloch-focused outlet. Its accounts have not been independently verified.
Convoy and highway incidents, 2 to 4 November
In Mastung, TBP reported that armed fighters ambushed an army convoy near Madina Hotel on the main Quetta-Karachi highway on Monday. The number of personnel killed or injured "was not immediately known", thehawk.in said.
The same day, another convoy came under attack at Nauroz Kalat, near the Zomi area of Kharan district. No casualty details were given.
At Pashuk, near Dalbandin, on the Quetta-Taftan highway, fighters set up a roadblock, TBP reported. They reportedly intercepted a vehicle and set it ablaze. How long the road stayed blocked, and whether it has reopened, is not stated.
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What to watch
Three points will clarify the picture: whether ISPR confirms casualties from the Kech, Mastung or Kharan attacks, whether any group claims them, and whether the Quetta-Taftan road is open.
Earlier events are background only. A wave of attacks across nine districts on 31 January left 48 dead, by the official toll, according to Crisis.Zone's earlier reporting on that response. A suicide bombing at Quetta railway station on 24 May killed at least 23 people, according to AP, while Reuters reported at least 24, and was claimed by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). Neither is linked to the November incidents.
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