The video showing an explosion on a road was shared on X on March 16, 2025.
"The real video of the suicide attack on a Pakistani army convoy in Nushki Balochistan has surfaced," reads part of the video's caption, using an alternative spelling for Noshki.
"The attack took place this morning and killed 90 soldiers. The BLA had claimed responsibility," the caption continues.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) is one of a number of separatist groups that accuse outsiders of plundering the impoverished but mineral rich province of Balochistan, a mountainous region that borders Iran and Afghanistan (archived link).
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Screenshot of the false X post, captured on March 20, 2025
The same footage was also shared alongside similar claims in social media posts from Pakistan and India that were viewed thousands of times.
It surfaced after the BLA claimed responsibility for an attack in Noshki that police say killed five paramilitary troops and wounded 35 (archived link).
"There were seven buses in the convoy which was heading to Taftan (on the Iranian border). At Noshki, a car laden with explosives hit one of the buses," said police official Mohammed Zafar.
The BLA often carries out deadly attacks against security forces or Pakistanis from other provinces; the bombing came days after the separatist group attacked a train with 450 passengers on board, sparking a two-day siege during which dozens of people were killed.
The circulating video, however, is old.
Turbat city blast
A reverse image search on Google using keyframes from the falsely shared video led to a report published by broadcaster Geo News (archived link).
The video is included in Geo News' coverage of a bombing near Balochistan's Turbat city on January 4. The BLA claimed responsibility for the blast.
AFP reported at the time that a bus carrying paramilitary troops of the Frontier Corps was travelling from the port city of Karachi to Turbat when it was targeted around seven kilometres (four miles) west of the city (archived link).
At least six people including Pakistani paramilitary troops were killed and scores injured in the attack.
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Screenshot comparison of the video in the false post (left) and the footage used in a Geo News report in January 2025 (right)
The video was also used in reports from Pakistani media outlets The News International and The Balochistan Post on January 4 (archived here and here).
Security forces have been battling a decades-long insurgency in Balochistan, but 2024 saw a surge in violence in the province, according to the independent Center for Research and Security Studies (archived link).
It found 2024 was the deadliest year for Pakistan in a decade, with violence rising along the Afghanistan border since the Taliban took back power in Kabul in 2021.