Pakistan Security Situation Report 2026

In Dalbandin (~49km from the mine), the BLA assassinated a religious scholar (2026-03-12). A separate grenade attack targeted police in the same town, injuring one officer (2026-03-07). In Chagai District (~49km from the mine), authorities destroyed a 100-acre illegal opium plantation linked to terror financing (2026-03-10), while the IG FC South visited Nok Kundi (~32km from the corridor) to review border security (2026-03-10). The N-25 supply corridor is assessed as NO_GO for unescorted logistics due to severe kinetic threats and a nationwide fuel crisis. BLA militants established checkpoints on the CPEC route in Karkh, Khuzdar (~314km from the mine), claiming to have killed intelligence personnel (2026-03-09). A passenger bus was attacked in Kalat (~314km from the mine), leaving three dead (2026-03-11), and the BLA assassinated a CTD officer in Quetta (~314km from the mine) (2026-03-09). Nationally, a massive escalation on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border (~639km from the mine) saw Pakistani airstrikes target Taliban infrastructure in Kabul and Kandahar (2026-03-13). Regionally, the US-Israel-Iran war has severely disrupted the Strait of Hormuz, pushing global oil prices past $100(2026-03-10). Gold: Rs 540,362/tola Copper: $12,986/MT

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