According to War Monitor, the bodies of six unidentified people have been found along a roadside in the Kala Khel area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Khyber district.
Key points
- The victims had gunshot wounds; their identities and those responsible are unknown
- An alleged Taliban fighter was shot dead on Wana Road in Tank
- The banned BRA announced the deaths of 15 members and the BLA of three
What was found in Bara
Citing Insurgent Zone, the report said all six had died of gunshot wounds. Who they were, when they were killed and by whom remains unclear.
Alleged militant killed in Tank
In Tank district, unidentified men shot dead Zakir Kochi, also known as Taimur, on Wana Road on the night of October 18. Local reports described him as a Taliban fighter and alleged he was involved in killing four police personnel, including Panyala police station SHO Mumtaz. The allegations have not been independently substantiated.
Reported drone strike in Ziarat
A separate report said a man identified as Meherban Khan was killed in an alleged security forces drone strike in Ziarat, Balochistan. No independent confirmation of the circumstances was available.
BRA and BLA statements
The banned Baloch Republican Army (BRA) released a poster claiming that 15 of its members, all from the Bugti tribe, were killed between September 26 and October 13. It did not say where or how they died.
On the same day, the banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) announced the deaths of three members, naming them as Naseem alias Girok, Haroon Buzdar alias Mubarak and Nawaz alias Ustad Gajiyan, without giving dates, locations or circumstances.
War Monitor said independent verification of all the reported incidents and casualty claims is pending.
Read the original reports: War Monitor on Bara and Tank, War Monitor on the BLA statement and War Monitor's post on X.