{"id":16501,"date":"2026-07-02T16:45:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/02\/bridge-destruction-balochistan-pakistan-wadh-highway-bla\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T16:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:45:25","slug":"bridge-destruction-balochistan-pakistan-wadh-highway-bla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/02\/bridge-destruction-balochistan-pakistan-wadh-highway-bla\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed Group Destroys Bridge on Pakistan\u2019s Balochistan Wadh Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video circulating on social media shows armed men affiliated with the so-called Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) using machinery to demolish a bridge on the Wadh Highway in Pakistan\u2019s Balochistan province.<\/p>\n<p>According to the video, the incident took place in broad daylight. However, the exact timing and authenticity of the footage have not been independently verified.<\/p>\n<p>Following the video\u2019s release, several social media users criticized the Pakistani government\u2019s handling of security, saying that despite official claims of full control over the situation in Balochistan, attacks on infrastructure continue.<\/p>\n<p>As of the publication of this report, Pakistani officials have not issued an official response to the incident. Balochistan, located in southwestern Pakistan, has experienced persistent insecurity and ongoing armed resistance by anti-government groups for years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video shows Baloch Liberation Army militants destroying a bridge on Pakistan&#8217;s Wadh Highway amid ongoing security challenges in Balochistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security-incidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}