Military Operation In Balochistan
Reported by: Archen Baloch Mand, Kulber Valley the operation which was initiated on August 16 in Kulber Valley is still continuing till today in entire Makuran region and now expanded beyond to other districts, in which Iranian forces are also participating with their gunship helicopters and rockets. It has been reported by AAJ TV that in the mid of the night of Friday, fourteen rockets have been fire from Iranian side of the border at mashkeel city town, in which three women and children have been reported killed and five injured. The injured ones have been shifted to civil hospital, but these figures do not tally the figures obtained by Radio Gwank of Balochistan from mashkeel local media. Apart from the destruction of homes, shops and wares houses, the casualties and injuries that been have recorded in local media are far more then that of AAJ TV reports. The total numbers of deaths are 161; in which children and women are included, injured ones are 293 some of them are in critical conditions. According to local population in Mashkeel, the 14 rockets have purposely been fired by Iranian forces from Revolutionary Guard Camp, at resident areas to reinforce Pakistani initiated operations to retaliate the successful actions of Baloch Sarmachars against occupying forces. It is noteworthy to remember that, just two weeks ago, lieutenant Colonel Jawad, from Mardan city of NWFP, had been killed in an ambush by Baloch Sarmachars in Mashkeel Mountains. But Pakistani controlled media reported that he had been killed by smugglers. Baloch Republican Party spokesperson Mir Sher M. Bugti has also reported to N N I by saying that in the early morning of Friday; the forces have launched a new wave of operation backed by gunship helicopters in Sibi area of Shahi Darbar, Rustom Darbar, Zain Koh, in which 10 innocent children and women have suffered causality. According to him, Mand, Tump, Nasirabad, Mashkeh, Turbat, are still under the siege of operation. Meanwhile, Basham Baloch, the spokesperson of Baloch liberation front, telephoned Radio Gwank from an undisclosed place, saying that B l f had thwarted the Pakistani aggression that was why it had been targeting civilians in our villages and cities in sheer frustrations. And we are determined to force Pakistani occupying forces out of our country. Failure is what Pakistanis are destined to in Balochistan. Contrary to Geneva Convention, Pakistani forces are targeting our civilian population. They cannot compete with Baloch National Forces in the battle fields.
