Baloch women seen shooting with rifle and smiling before dying

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) released a video of a woman ‘fidayeen’ (suicide bomber) on Monday. In the video, involved in a large-scale assault across Pakistan’s Balochistan province over the weekend, in the phase two of the ‘Operation Herof Phase II’ at the Gwadar Front in Pakistan.

During the operation,  more than 33 people were killed, including 15 civilians and 18 security personnel. 

The BLA has now released a video related to this attack, in which a woman named Hawa Baloch is seen saying, "Pakistan can't face us."  The video also shows her firing a rifle and laughing, and in the end, her dead body can be seen.

The group identified the woman as Hawa Baloch, also known by the alias Droshum, and described the footage as her “final message, sent twelve hours before her martyrdom.”

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Who is Hawa Baloch ?

Sources quoted by The Balochistan Post said Hawa Baloch was a writer and that her father had previously been associated with the Baloch armed movement and was killed in fighting several years ago.

In the video message, Hawa Baloch is seen urging Baloch women to join what she referred to as the armed resistance.

What is in the video ?​

She alleged that the Pakistani state had “oppressed Baloch women as well as men” and argued that women in Baloch society were “neither intellectually nor practically weak.” She said the time had come for women to “rise and seek justice.”

The BLA also identified another female fidayeen as 23-year-old Asifa Mengal. According to the group, she carried out a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) operation on January 31 targeting the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) headquarters in Noshki.

In addition, the group released a separate video featuring fidayeen Nako Fazal Baloch, whom it described as the “eldest Baloch fidayee of the Baloch Liberation Army,” highlighting his role in the ongoing campaign.

In two detailed statements issued by BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch, the group claimed its fighters had completed operations in areas including Kharan, Mastung, Tump and Pasni, while asserting that fighting was continuing in other locations.

The statements further claimed that BLA fighters were present in parts of Quetta and Noshki, where the group alleged that Islamabad’s military presence had been “repelled.”

According to the BLA’s claims, more than 200 personnel belonging to the Pakistan Army, police and Frontier Corps were killed during the offensive, while at least 17 individuals were captured.

The group described these figures as “preliminary and cautious estimates,” adding that it believed the actual losses suffered by security forces were higher.

The BLA has claimed that its ongoing offensive, titled Operation Herof Phase II, has been underway for more than 40 hours across multiple districts of Balochistan, alleging heavy casualties among Pakistani security forces and asserting control over several urban and rural areas. 

(with inputs from syndicated feed)