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India-Pakistan

Pakistan Police arrest female suicide bomber in Balochistan

2023-02-20

[KhaamaPress] Pak security forces arrested a woman who was preparing to launch a suicide kaboom in Quetta city of the Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
province, on Sunday, according to police officials.

The woman reportedly linked with the banned holy warrior Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) was transported to Quetta for allegedly carrying out a suicide attack.

"The woman was arrested from near a park in Quetta’s Satellite Town when teams of CTD and intelligence agencies conducted an operation against the outlawed Baloch Liberation Front," a CTD official said.

"She had a bag with the suicide jacket that had four to five kilograms of explosives on it," he said.

"We got an intelligence tip-off that the BLF had sent a jacket wallah to attack a key installation in Quetta. We have identified her as Mahbal, wife of Bebagar alias Nadeem," he added.
So, BLF sent a MILF?
The arrest occurred a few days after Tehrik-e-Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
Pakistain (TTP) forces of Evil killed nine people, including five attackers and many security personnel, in a fatal attack on the Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
Police Chief’s headquarters on Friday.

Moreover, the TTP group released a statement on Saturday warning the security agencies of Pakistain for more severe attacks if the Pak agencies do not stop killing TTP’s prisoners under the fake encounter.

Since last November, after the break of the unilateral ceasefire, the TTP groups and other forces of Evil intensified their attacks aiming at law enforcement officers, government agencies, foreign nations and people.

The current economic crisis in Pakistain on the one side and the presence of the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan have taken the initiative from the government of Pakistain to carry out a consistent operation against the Taliban Pakistain and Baloch Liberation Army in the country.

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India-Pakistan

4 terrorists killed during intelligence-based operation in North Waziristan: ISPR

2022-06-26

[Dawn] Four bad boyz were potted during an intelligence-based operation conducted by security forces in the Dossali area of the North Wazoo

Wazoo district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Saturday.

"During the exchange of fire, four bully boyz got killed. Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed terrorists," the military's media affairs wing said.

It added that the bully boyz were "actively involved in terrorist activities against security forces".

On June 24, the Pakistain Army had killed two bully boyz in Kulachi area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Dera Ismail Khan
... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ...
district.

Earlier, security forces had killed six bully boyz belonging to the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) during a search operation in Paroom area in Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
's Panjgur district. Security forces had conducted an operation on a tip-off regarding the presence of bully boyz in Zamran Range near Paroom.

The ISPR said the slain bully boyz were involved in attacks on checkposts as well as IED attacks on security convoys in Paroom and surrounding areas of Panjgur.

The forces also recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition which, according to the ISPR, were to be used by bully boyz for disrupting peace in the area.

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India-Pakistan

Two terrorists killed in operation, says ISPR

2022-04-09

[Dawn] Two suspected ~~bandidos~~ gunnies belonging to a banned outfit have been killed in a heavy exchange of fire with security forces in the Singi area of Mashkey in Awaran district.

According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Friday, security forces conducted an operation on information about the presence of ~~bandidos~~ gunnies in the ~~Lebanon~~ Hezbollahstan
<del>Lebanon</del> Hezbollahstan

...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers, a practice dating back to the heady days of human sacrifice to Baal Moloch...
Singi area near Mashkey between the night of April 7 and 8.

Security forces seized illegal arms and ammunition, which were intended to be used for disrupting peace and security in the area.

During the operation, Lance Havaldar Raj Wali Khan and Sepoy Osama Khan embraced martyrdom, while one officer got injured in the exchange of fire.

The ISPR said when troops started taking positions in the area, the ~~bandidos~~ gunnies tried to escape from their hideout and opened fire on the security forces.

"Terrorists belonging to BLF [Baloch Liberation Front] have been killed in the ensuing heavy exchange of fire," the ISPR said, adding that these ~~bandidos~~ gunnies were involved in different incidents in Awaran district and its surrounding areas.

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India-Pakistan

Separatist insurgents have claimed responsibility for Pakistan attack

2022-01-29

Separatist insurgents have claimed responsibility for an attack on a #Pakistan-i army post near a southwestern port in which China is investing, and the army says 10 soldiers have been killed.https://t.co/izJVxReOmK
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) January 28, 2022

Separatist holy warriors have grabbed credit for an attack on a Mighty Pak Army post near a southwestern port in which China is investing, and the army said 10 soldiers were killed.

The attack, launched late on Tuesday in Kech district, north of Gwadar port, was the heaviest in years in a low-key insurgency that ethnic Baloch holy warriors have been waging against the Pak government.

The army said it killed one of the attackers and arrested three in a clearance operation that was still going on.

The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF)

...founded in 1964 in Damascus at the behest of Iraq to add their numbers to the Balochi insurgency in Iran, when Iraqi funding stopped they turned their attention to similar Balochi grievances in neighbouring Pakistan, where they’ve been insurging ever since...

hard boy group grabbed credit for the attack, saying in a statement sent to a Rooters news hound that 17 soldiers and one of its members were killed.

Ethnic Baloch guerrillas have been fighting the government for decades for a separate state, saying Pakistain’s central government unfairly exploit the rich gas and mineral resources of Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
province, which shares borders with Afghanistan and Iran.

China is involved in the development of the Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea and other projects in the province as part of a $60 billion China-Pakistain Economic Corridor, which is itself part of Beijing’s Belt and Road initiative.

The holy warriors often target gas projects as well as infrastructure and security posts in the province but have begun launching attacks in other parts of Pakistain.

They also attack Chinese projects, and occasionally kill Chinese workers despite Pak assurances that it is doing everything it can to protect the Chinese projects.

Pakistain has also accused India of covertly supporting the hard boys. India denies that.

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India-Pakistan

Baloch fighters kill two in attack on Pakistani security convoy

2018-10-26

[Al Jazeera] Ethnic Baloch separatists have killed at least two Pak paramilitary soldiers in a coordinated attack on a senior officer's convoy in the southwestern province of Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
The attack occurred in Washk district, about 345km south of the quiet provincial capital, Quetta, on Thursday, security officials said.

"Balochistan Liberation Army [BLA] fighters conducted this attack, and it was a joint operation with the Baloch Liberation Front [BLF]," BLA spokesperson Jihand Baloch told Al Jazeera via satellite phone from an undisclosed location.

For more than a decade, armed Baloch separatist groups have been fighting for independence against Pak security forces, whom they consider to be an occupying force in Pakistain's largest and least-populated province.

The BLA and BLF are two of the more active groups in the region, conducting frequent attacks against Pak forces, as well as on projects being completed under the China Pakistain Economic Corridor (CPEC), a $56bn project that links southwestern China to the Arabian Sea through Pakistain.

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India-Pakistan

144 militants including four commanders surrender in Balochistan

2016-04-19

[DAWN] QUETTA: Four commanders along with 140 other bully boyz surrendered their arms to authorities on Monday.

The bully boyz surrendered before the commissioner of Kalat division and law enforcement officials.

Militants who surrendered today belong to the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and other proscribed groups.

Four commanders who surrendered are Eid Muhammad of the BLA, Niaz of Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) and two others, who were not named.

The commissioner while welcoming the surrender assured the bully boyz that the government would make efforts to rehabilitate them, with the bully boyz claiming that they were misled by certain elements to partake in subversive activities.

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India-Pakistan

9 ‘militants’ killed in Balochistan clashes

2015-12-24

QUETTA: Nine suspected militants and two security personnel were killed in gunbattles in Kech and Kalat districts early on Wednesday, official sources said.

A six-year-old girl also lost her life in Kech, apparently in crossfire.

The clashes started between the Frontier Corps and militants when security personnel came under attack in Bal-Nagore area of Kech district, resulting in the killing of two troops.

A heavy exchange of fire continued for hours. “Eight militants have been killed in the gunbattle,” the FC spokesman said.

“Two FC soldiers have also lost their lives,” he said and claimed that Abdul Ghani, brother of a leader of the banned Baloch Republican Army Mama Bugti, was among the dead.

He claimed that the area had been cleared and a checkpost had been set up there to keep an eye on suspicious movements. He said that a search operation was under way in the area.

In the other clash, a leader of the banned Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) was killed in Bencha area of Kalat district.

According to the FC spokesman, troops were combing the area on the basis of intelligence that militants wanted for their involvement in various subversion activities were present there. During the search, an exchange of fire took place between security forces and militants, resulting in the killing of the BLF leader. His identity was not disclosed.

A large quantity of arms and ammunition was seized from Bencha and Bal-Nagore areas.

In a separate action, the FC personnel also seized ammunition from an area of Mastung.

Our Correspondent in Gwadar adds: Bodies of five suspected militants who had been killed in Bal-Nagore were brought to hospital.

Four of them were identified as Altaf, a resident of Bal-Nagore; Dad Jan, a resident of Darmakol Pedarak; Balaach, a resident of Syedan Bal-Nagore; and Faqeer Bugti. The body of six-year-old Smreen Fida was also brought to the hospital.

Published in Dawn, December 24th, 2015

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India-Pakistan

Baloch separatists release video of Allah Nazar claiming he's alive

2015-11-27

ISLAMABAD: Baloch separatists released a video on Thursday purporting to show that their leader Allah Nazar, who the government believed it had killed in a raid in August, was alive and leading the insurgency.

The violent campaign in Balochistan poses a threat to China's planned $46 billion Pakistani economic corridor (CPEC), which culminates in the province's Gwadar port.

The date of the video released by the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) could not be independently verified, but BLF spokesman Miran Baloch said it was shot in Balochistan in November.

Nazar who appeared in the video was seated next to an automatic rifle and wearing an ammunition belt.

Two independent sources who have had contact with Nazar, who has been in hiding for years, confirmed it was him in the video, although they did not know when it was filmed.

The BLF is one of several separatist groups that have been fighting against government forces in mineral-rich Balochistan province for almost a decade.

"We have not seen the video so we cannot comment on it," said Balochistan Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti.

In September, Bugti said the government believed Nazar had been killed in a military operation in Awaran district in August.

Nazar, a doctor from the provincial capital of Quetta, is the most prominent Baloch separatist leader still fighting in the country. Others remain in exile, including Brahmdagh Bugti, who in August said he was ready to negotiate with the government.

Balochistan is the poorest and least developed province in the country, and separatists have been demanding an end to what they say is the exploitation of its gas and mineral resources by other parts of Pakistan.

Separatist militants have carried out frequent kidnappings and bombings against government and security targets, including gas pipelines and other infrastructure. Meanwhile, human rights groups allege the state has carried out a campaign of kidnapping, torture and extrajudicial killings of suspected separatists.

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BLF chief killed in operation as per unconfirmed reports: Bugti

2015-09-09

[DAWN] Chief of the proscribed Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) Dr Allah Nazar Baloch has been killed in an operation by security forces, according to unverified reports, Balochistan

...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
Home Minister Safraz Bugti disclosed on Tuesday.

Addressing a presser at Civil Secretariat Quetta, Bugti said, "According to unverified reports Dr Allah Nazar has been killed ... I say unverified because we have not yet received any evidence of his being alive ever since the Frontier Corps
...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and anti-smuggling operations....
conducted a series of operations. There has been no human intelligence, no sign of life."

The separatist leader's killing has been rumored since July 18 this year, when security forces conducted an operation in Balochistan's Awaran district, however, the reports were denied by a BLF front man at the time.

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India-Pakistan

13 suspected militants killed

2015-07-02

[DAWN] QUETTA: Thirteen forces of Evil were killed and several others injured in a clash with security forces in the Mashkey area of Awaran district on Tuesday.

One solider of Frontier Corps
...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and anti-smuggling operations....
was also killed and two other troops were maimed in the exchange of fire.

Official sources claimed that 'Commander' Safar Khan, a brother of chief of the banned Baloch Liberation Front Dr Allah Nazar, his nephew Shehik and Commander Khan were among the dead, while Shahjahan and Balaach Khan were maimed.

Spokesman of the Frontier Corps, Balochistan

...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
, Khan Wasey, said in a statement the FC had launched an operation in search of forces of Evil involved in killing seven people in Kapur area and kidnapping 17 women and 30 children in Mahi area.

The exchange of fire took place when forces of Evil opened fire and the troops counter-attacked.

"The heavy gunbattle continued for several hours, resulting in the death of 13 forces of Evil and injuries to several others," the FC front man said.

An FC soldier was killed and two others were maimed in the clash, he added.

The FC troops freed the kidnapped women and kiddies and killed a suspected Lion of Islam identified as Abdus Salam.

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Rupture in the Baloch insurgency

2015-07-02

[DAWN] THE decade-old insurgency in Balochistan

...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
is no longer the monolith that it had so far appeared to be. Twenty people were killed and several injured in the early hours of Tuesday during a clash between two Lion of Islam groups belonging to the banned Balochistan Liberation Army and the United Baloch Army that took place near the border of Kohlu and Dera Bugti districts. With both sides using heavy weapons, the skirmish lasted several hours. Elsewhere in the province on the same day, in the Mashkay area of Awaran district, 13 faceless myrmidons were killed in an encounter with security forces. Reportedly, among the dead are a brother and nephew of Dr Allah Nazar who heads the Baloch Liberation Front, another banned separatist group.

For several years, the unity between the various Lion of Islam groups has been a distinguishing feature of the Baloch insurgency; areas of their operations even overlapped in many places without reports of friction. That seems to have effectively come to an end with the death of veteran Baloch nationalist Khair Bux Marri in June last year when a rift between his sons Mehran and Hyrbyair -- who heads the BLA from self-exile in London -- led to the creation of the UBA with other groups also aligning themselves with one side or the other. Such a rupture was perhaps inevitable at some point: prolonged Lion of Islam movements become susceptible to internal crises stemming from differences over ideology and/or finances, which can then lead to disagreements about operational strategies. Where the security forces are concerned, the fracturing of the insurgency offers a tactical advantage for them to comprehensively crush the movement. In 2013, nature afforded them a similar opportunity when a devastating earthquake struck Awaran, a stronghold of the BLF. In its aftermath, the security forces -- under the umbrella of providing relief to earthquake victims -- managed to access parts of the very volatile district that were hitherto 'no-go areas' due to risk of bully boy attacks. However,
corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds...
in the process they also employed highly questionable tactics such as allowing unfettered leeway to the ultra right's 'charity' wings to establish a presence in the area's secular and multi-sectarian -- if deprived -- society. Extremist forces are part of the problem that bedevils Balochistan, a fact highlighted by Dr Abdul Malik on Tuesday. They can never, in any viable sense, be part of the solution.

Recent events indicate there is, at last, perhaps some realisation that a new approach is needed. There was the announcement of an amnesty for Baloch faceless myrmidons turning their backs on violence, and an initiative to hold talks with the Khan of Kalat in London is in the works as a means of reaching out to hardline separatist leaders. However,
corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds...
unless the state discards its old proxies and prejudices, and takes the long view that actually addresses legitimate Baloch grievances, the province will remain a powder keg.

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India-Pakistan

BLF chief booked for Turbat killings

2015-04-14

[DAWN] Police on Sunday started the paperwork but haven't done much else against the chief of the banned Baloch Liberation Front (BLF), Dr Allah Nazar, and its front man Gohram Baloch for Saturday's massacre of 20 construction workers near Turbat.

Police said the FIR had been registered against the BLF leaders on an application of a labourer, Allah Dina, who was injured in the gun attack on the construction company's camp in Gogdan area, some 15km from Turbat town.

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