In a morale booster for its cadre, Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has released a statement detailing its massive, coordinated suicide attack on the fortified compound of ISIS-K commander Shafiq Mengal in Pakistan’s Khuzdar city last week, claiming to have killed 34 operatives, including terrorists from Lashkar-e-Taiba besides Islamic State.In the statement, which stands out for […]
Pakistan has claimed that its security forces killed 75 militants during days-long operations launched after a series of deadly attacks on police, security personnel and civilians in the restive province of Balochistan. The operations targeted the banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), which Islamabad has blamed for the attacks.According to the Balochistan government, the operations involving […]
Representative image (ANI) The banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for a deadly “fidayee” (suicide commando) attack on a Pakistan coast guard camp in the Panwan area of Jiwani in Gwadar. The separatist group claimed that more than 30 Pakistani security personnel were killed and several others injured in the attack, The Balochistan […]
Three Pakistan Coast Guard personnel were killed on Sunday after Baloch militants opened fire on a patrol boat in the Arabian Sea near the Iran border, marking the first-ever attack of its kind on a maritime security vessel, according to security officials.Intelligence and police officials said the boat was on a routine patrol in a […]
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) reportedly released a video purportedly showing Pakistani Army personnel in its custody, as a self-declared deadline for a proposed prisoner exchange continues to run.In the footage circulated on social media, shared by region’s independent online news portal Balochistan Post, citing the group’s official channel Hakkal, several men appear on camera […]
Quetta (Balochistan), October 20 (Udaipur Kiran): The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for four coordinated attacks in Mastung, Balghatar, and Soorab, killing three Pakistani army officers and looting their weapons. The insurgents also set fire to heavy machinery used at a construction site. In a separate incident, unidentified gunmen shot dead the brother of […]
At least 11 people were killed in two separate blasts in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Friday, officials said, underscoring the growing wave of militancy in the mineral-rich region bordering Afghanistan and Iran.A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a convoy of paramilitary soldiers in Dasht, near the Iranian border, killing five people, including […]
Despite being designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) in 2019, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) surprisingly evaded being labelled as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) until now. However, the US state department’s sudden interest in the rebel group, particularly its subsidiary Majeed Brigade, has raised eyebrows and sparked curiosity about possible motivations.The development comes […]
Mir Yar Baloch reacts to US designating BLA as ‘foreign terrorist’ organization. Baloch leader Mir Yar Baloch reacted to the United States’ decision to designate the Balochistan Liberation Army as a foreign terrorist organization and said Baloch people are not terrorists but victims of Pakistan-sponsored IS-Khurasan, “a deadly proxy nurtured by the ISI”. The Baloch […]
Four people died and 20 were injured in a car bomb explosion on Sunday night, in Qillah Abdullah, a city in Balochistan province bordering Afghanistan. Several shops and the outer wall of a nearby building housing paramilitary forces were damaged. No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing, according to deputy commissioner Abdullah Riaz, news […]
