The Baloch Raji Ajoi Sangar (BRAS), an alliance of three Balochi terrorist organizations, the Baloch Liberation Army, Balochistan Liberation Front and Baloch Republican Guard, announced launch of Operation Aas-Rech (No Mercy). Previous large attack of BRAS was organized in Feb 2019: on Feb 16, 2019, armed men attacked and killed two Frontier Corps in Loralai, and on 17 February 2019, another attack took place on Pakistani security personnel in which four members of the Frontier Corps were killed in the Gardab area of Panjgur District.