Is Balochistan An Impending Disaster? What Does It Mean For India, Pakistan’s Options Explained
A primary Baloch grievance is the construction of the mega port of Gwadar, which began in 2002 and is ongoing. India has ...
Train hijack a wake-up call for Pak army
On March 11, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) hijacked the Jaffar Express, holding over 450 passengers hostage and ...
Video shows Pakistan gunmen's old warning to China, not after train siege
Following a deadly train siege in southwest Pakistan in March, a video supposedly showing the gunmen threatening violence against China surfaced online. The separatist group that claimed the attack ...
Old Pakistan militant footage misrepresented as recent rail attack
Hundreds of train passengers taken hostage by a militant group in Pakistan were freed in mid-March after a 30-hour siege, ...
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Pak Journalist’s Big Claim: ‘Balochistan Liberation Army Targets Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons’
The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) is eyeing the nuclear weapons of Pakistan after giving a jolt by hijacking the Jaffar Express which claimed several lives in the incident. The Pakistan Army and ...
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Why Won’t Baloch Civil Rights Groups Condemn the BLA?
Rights activists like the BYC say that demands for such statements are an attempt to sidestep the real issues: years of ...
Global Voices5d
Balochistan’s unrest escalates as separatists hijack passenger train in Pakistan
After two days of intense military operations, 33 attackers were killed, and 26 passengers — including 18 army and FC ...
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What's Behind The New Wave Of Violence In Pakistan's Balochistan?
Attacks targeting security forces are increasing in frequency and lethality in Pakistan’s southwestern province of ...
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Survivors of Pakistan's train hijacking recount the harrowing experience
ALI: (Through interpreter) The situation was terrible. Everyone was worried. JOLES: The attack was carried out by the Balochistan Liberation Army, or BLA, a militant separatist group that seeks ...
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Suicide Blast Targets Pakistani Army Convoy in Balochistan: BLA Claims 90 Soldiers Killed In Ambush
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claims that 90 Pakistani army personnel were killed during their ambush on Sunday against ...
BLA claims 90 Pakistani soldiers killed in attack on army convoy in Balochistan
A total of 90 Pakistani army personnel were killed after the Baloch rebels attacked a military convoy carrying troops on ...
Death toll in Pakistan's train hijacking rises to 31, army says
The death toll from a militant hijacking of a train in Pakistan's southwestern mountains has risen to 31 soldiers, staff and ...