2022 Panjgur and Naushki raids

The 2022 Panjgur and Naushki raids were a series of attacks on the Pakistani Frontier Corps in Balochistan claimed by the Balochistan Nationalist Army (BNA), a newly formed Balochi separatist group with ties to the Balochistan Liberation Army.^[2][3] On 2 February, the militants attacked both the Frontier Corps base in Nushki and an outpost in Panjgur District,^[4] as part of the insurgency in Balochistan.

2022 Panjgur and Naushki raids
Part of Insurgency in Balochistan
Location	Panjgur District, Nushki
Date	2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)
Target	Frontier Corps Balochistan bases in Panjgur and Noshki
Attack type	Shooting, suicide bombing
Deaths	20 militants, 9 security personnel[1]
Perpetrators	Balochistan Liberation Army
Motive	Baloch nationalism

Pakistani authorities said that the BLA militants were assisted by Afghanistan and India during the attacks, and that the attackers had state-of-the-art equipment and weaponry obtained from abandoned US military caches in Afghanistan after the 2021 Fall of Kabul which included M-16s, M4 carbines, night vision goggles, bullet-proof vests, and many US-made sniper rifles and pistols.^[5][6]

See also

• Frontier Corps
• Balochistan
• Research and Analysis Wing
• Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2022