A false claim from “Operation Dara-e-Bolan” by The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) in the Mach and Bolan regions of Balochistan has been shared alongside a video depicting a massive shelling confrontation.

Verified accounts on twitter, including @RealBababanaras tweeted “|| Operation Dara-e-Bolan || Pakistani Occupational forces call to retreat from several areas till tomorrow morning due to the increasing number of casualties. More details to follow” on Jan 30, 2024. The tweet has received an about 24.9k views on X.

|| Operation Dara-e-Bolan ||

Pakistani Occupational forces call to retreat from several areas till tomorrow morning due to the increasing number of casualties.

More details to follow pic.twitter.com/xKXud7ItUB

— Baba Banaras™ (@RealBababanaras) January 29, 2024

What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact

The 2020 upload of the same video was discovered on an Arabic YouTube channel. It is not related to the current unrest in Pakistan.

The video was uploaded in Youtube on May 10, 2020.

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D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:

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ANALYSIS: Misleading

FACT: A video showing a large shelling confrontation has been shared with a misleading claim from "Operation Dara-e-Bolan" by The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) in the Mach and Bolan regions of Balochistan. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/qtuiT7ugiI

— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) January 30, 2024

Intent:

Self-proclaimed OSINT accounts are circulating old videos with false claims to mislead their followers. A video showing a large shelling confrontation has been shared with a misleading claim from “Operation Dara-e-Bolan” by The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) in the Mach and Bolan regions of Balochistan. The same video, which was posted in 2020, was discovered on an Arabic YouTube channel. It is not connected to the ongoing unrest in Pakistan.

Conclusion:

Claim : A video of a large shelling confrontation has been shared, along with a false claim from “Operation Dara-e-Bolan” by The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) in the Mach and Bolan regions of Balochistan.

Fact : We found the same video on an Arabic YouTube channel, which was uploaded in 2020. It has nothing to do with the ongoing unrest in Pakistan.

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