Other MoA event in Balochistan, Turbat, Kech District area, Pakistan on Thu 9th April 2026

On April 9, Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) cadres blocked the M-8 highway, taking control for several hours, attacked a Police checkpoint, seized weapons, and conducted snap checks for two hours at Lodhi Jangjah in Turbat in Kech District of Balochistan, reports Zrumbesh. According to BLF ‘spokesperson’, Major Gwahram Baloch, a BLF unit advanced from Shah Dad Hotel, stormed the checkpoint without resistance, seized it along with weapons, and conducted snap checks for two hours. In the next phase, BLF destroyed surveillance equipment, including cameras and solar panels on a hilltop behind Shah Dad Hotel Dasht, and attacked and disabled a mobile tower between Lodhi Jangjah and Masha-Allah Hotel. Further, he said the fighters lifted the blockade and withdrew, ambushed a six-vehicle Army convoy during the retreat, causing a 30-minute clash with multiple casualties, two vehicles destroyed and one damaged, and shot down quadcopters used for aerial surveillance.