ISPR Says 33 Terrorists Killed in Balochistan Since 21 September

Security forces killed 33 terrorists in Balochistan between 21 and 25 September 2026, the military's media wing ISPR said. That figure covers one week only. Across all of September, reports attributed to ISPR add up to at least 92 killed, and one soldier was martyred.

Some reports describe 33 as the total since the start of September. ISPR's statement, carried by Radio Pakistan on 25 September, gives 33 as the total "since 21st of this month". We read each September report on Radio Pakistan, the state broadcaster, and added them up ourselves.

The ISPR website blocked our requests on 27 September, so we read ISPR's statements as Radio Pakistan published them. The figures are official and have not been independently confirmed.

ISPR gives 33 killed in Balochistan since 21 September

ISPR said on 25 September 2026 that 33 people it called "Indian sponsored Khwarij terrorists" were killed in Balochistan since 21 September. The count comes from two places: 22 in Operation Shaban in Quetta district and 11 in Nushki district.

1. From Monday 21 September, security forces ran a clearance operation in the Shaban area of Quetta district. By 23 September, ISPR said 13 had been killed there.
2. On Thursday 24 September, ISPR said five more were killed in Shaban, "making a total of twenty-two" in that operation.
3. On Friday 25 September, ISPR said an intelligence-based operation in Nushki district killed 11.
4. ISPR said weapons, ammunition and explosives were recovered, and that the Shaban operation would continue.

The numbers in the first two steps add up to 18, not 22. ISPR's 25 September statement does not say where the other four were counted, and we did not find a separate report for them.

Every September operation we found, by date and district

We found nine official reports of operations in Balochistan dated 4 to 26 September 2026. Five are attributed to ISPR. Four are attributed only to "security sources", which means no formal ISPR statement was quoted.

Adding only the ISPR figures gives 12 + 36 + 5 + 6 + 33 = 92. The four "security sources" reports add another 28. We have not added those two numbers together, because the reports do not say whether they overlap. The Saran Tangi operation, for example, is called Operation Shaban-2, so it may be part of the Shaban count.

One soldier was martyred, according to ISPR

ISPR named one soldier martyred in these September operations. Subedar Muhammad Jamil, aged 39, from Taunsa Sharif in Dera Ghazi Khan district, died in an exchange of fire, ISPR said on 23 September. A Subedar is a junior commissioned officer. No other troop deaths were given in the reports we read.

A separate attack on a Customs House in Balochistan, on the night of 31 August to 1 September, was reported with five security personnel and one Customs official martyred. We could not read that on an official page, so it is not in the figures above.

The terms in ISPR statements come from the government

ISPR statements describe the people killed with two government terms: "Fitna al-Khawarij" and "Fitna al-Hindustan". The federal government uses the first for the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, and the second for armed groups based in Balochistan.

ISPR also calls them "Indian-sponsored". That is ISPR's claim, and we report it as ISPR's wording.

ISPR said the operations are part of "Azm-e-Istehkam", the counter-terrorism campaign approved by the Federal Apex Committee on the National Action Plan. On 4 September, ISPR said more than 1,188 had been killed in operations in Balochistan so far in 2026.

No new official travel advisory for Balochistan highways

We found no new travel advisory for Balochistan's highways from the Balochistan Home Department or the National Highways and Motorway Police as of 27 September 2026. Travellers should check with the district administration or call the motorway police helpline before a long trip.

The 20 September operation near Kalat was about road travel. ISPR said armed men had set up a checkpoint on the Pakistan Highway near Kalat to abduct people for ransom, extort money and take vehicles. ISPR said 23 people who had been abducted were recovered, along with six trucks, three buses and two cars.

Simple steps for a long road trip in Balochistan:

• Travel in daylight and plan to reach your stop before dark.
• Tell someone your route and your expected arrival time.
• Keep the numbers on our list of emergency helpline numbers in Pakistan saved on your phone, including 130 for the motorway police.
• Follow any order from the district administration or the police at a checkpoint.

Public gatherings in Balochistan are also restricted under a Section 144 order issued on 23 September. The dates for each province are in the Section 144 orders across Pakistan.

A Dera Ismail Khan checkpoint was attacked the same week

A police checkpoint in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was hit by a vehicle bomb on 26 September, in the same week as the Balochistan operations. Radio Pakistan said 11 people were martyred in that attack.

Dera Ismail Khan sits on the road link between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Zhob in Balochistan. The details of that attack are in the Dera Ismail Khan checkpoint attack.

On 26 September, Radio Pakistan also reported, citing security sources, that security forces and local residents of Mand, in Kech district, repulsed an attack. It gave no casualty figure.

Common questions

How many were killed in Balochistan operations in September 2026?

Reports attributed to ISPR add up to at least 92 from 2 to 25 September. That is our addition, not an ISPR total. Reports from "security sources" add 28 more, which may overlap.

Is 33 the total for all of September?

No. ISPR said 33 were killed since 21 September. It covers Operation Shaban in Quetta district and one operation in Nushki.

How many soldiers were martyred?

ISPR named one, Subedar Muhammad Jamil, aged 39, on 23 September. A Customs House attack around 1 September was reported with more deaths, but we could not read it on an official page.

Is it safe to travel on Balochistan highways now?

No new official advisory was posted as of 27 September. Travel in daylight, tell someone your route, and ask the district administration or call 130 before a long trip.

Where does ISPR publish these figures?

On its website, ispr.gov.pk. Radio Pakistan, the state broadcaster, publishes the same statements, usually on the same day.

Last checked and sources

Last checked at about 01:30 PKT on 27 September 2026. Every figure in this article comes from reports on Radio Pakistan's website dated 31 August to 26 September 2026, which quote ISPR or "security sources" as marked in the table. The 25 September report gives the 33 figure since 21 September. The 23 September report names Subedar Muhammad Jamil. The 4 September report gives the 48 figure and the 1,188 figure for the year. The ispr.gov.pk website blocked our requests on 27 September, so we could not read the original statements there. The totals of 92 and 28 are our own addition. The Customs House casualty figures are reported only. We checked the Balochistan Home Department and National Highways and Motorway Police websites for a travel advisory and found none.