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Baloch separatists argue they are economically marginalised and poor compared to the rest of Pakistan. [56] [44] The Balochistan Liberation Army, designated as a terrorist organisation by Pakistan, the United Kingdom [57] and the United States, [58] is the most widely known Baloch separatist group. Since 2000 it has conducted numerous deadly ...
Pakistan's Balochistan province is also suffering from low-level insurgency waged by terrorist and separatist militants against the government of Pakistan. These Pakistani Baloch terrorist and separatist militant groups are allied with Iranian Baloch groups. Iran and Pakistan historically have a strategic alliance fighting these groups.
After the death of Aslam Baloch, also known as Achu, in Kandahar, Afghan officials stated that Afghan police chief Abdul Raziq Achakzai had housed Aslam Baloch and other separatists in Kandahar for years. [13] Tolonews reported that Aslam Baloch had resided in Afghanistan since 2005. [77] BLA leader Balach Marri was killed in Afghanistan in ...
A separatist group claimed responsibility Tuesday for the deadliest day in recent history in Pakistan's Balochistan and warned that “even more intense and widespread" attacks were coming, while ...
The Baloch Liberation Army, a militant separatist group in Pakistan, denied involvement in an attack that killed at least 21 mine workers, condemning the violence. Dozens of attackers stormed a ...
The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) separatist group was founded by Jumma Khan Marri in 1964 in Damascus, and played an important role in the 1968-1980 insurgency in Pakistani Balochistan and Iranian Balochistan. Mir Hazar Ramkhani, the father of Jumma Khan Marri, took over the group in the 1980s.
It provided no further details about the slain men, but small Baloch separatist groups and Pakistani Taliban have a strong presence in Balochistan, which is the scene of a long-running insurgency, with an array of separatist groups staging attacks, mainly on security forces. The separatists are demanding independence from the central government.
The separatist group was founded by Jumma Khan in 1964 in Damascus, and played an important role in the 1968–1973 insurgency in Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran and 1973–1977 insurgency in Balochistan province of Pakistan. [2]