Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
US had earlier designated BLA as Specially Designated Global Terrorist group & has now upgraded it to Foreign Terrorist Organisation, adding its militant wing Majeed Brigade to SDGT separately.
Jaish ul-Adl, active in southeastern Iran, primarily in the Sistan and Balochistan provinces, called on the Baloch population from Pakistan to join in their fight against the Iranian regime.
ISKP sees Baloch separatists as secular, nationalists & pro-democracy—traits it calls ‘un-Islamic’. One analyst says Pakistan can ‘technically use IS against BLA’.
Munir Friday talked about apparent need for peaceful resolution of 'Kashmir issue' & condemned India for what he claimed was ‘hydro-terrorism’, a reference to New Delhi putting Indus treaty in abeyance.
Latest of 3 attacks claimed by Baloch Liberation Army targeted a military vehicle in the Geshtri area of Bolan, Balochistan. Besides the 6 fatalities, 5 soldiers were injured, too.
Forced abductions of Balochis from across the country, unequitable distribution of resources, and unjust treatment have deepened the rift between the establishment and Balochistan.
ThePrint Explorer looks at how the real message separatists have sent with the attack is that they can weaken Pakistan’s hold on border with Afghanistan. There are learnings for India, too.
In Episode 1621, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explores the roots of the Balochistan insurgency and the key factors that enabled the Jaffar Express hijacking.
Before the Pakistan Army's announcement, BLA claimed it had killed 50 passengers Wednesday evening. It had earlier said it was holding 214 people, mostly security personnel.
Deterrence cannot mean institutional licence for an endlessly extensible raid. A search that extends across days, followed by seals and freezes that linger for weeks, begins to resemble a siege.
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NSE CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan was speaking at Off The Cuff event hosted by ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta. He said that NSE, on average, sees 20 crore cyberattacks each day.
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.
I feel it is wrong to refer the Members of BLA as terrorists as done in this article. They may be having there own reasons for this act committed by them. Of course, killing of innocent lives is always condemnable. But the people protesting/fighting in Balochistan are being decimated by an oppressive regime which needs to be condemned by every peaceful living indians and people like us all over the world.
Anything can be a geopolitical critical if terrorism of any form exists. That’s why the most important step in a democracy is to find political solution acceptable to majority.
Very nice article
I feel it is wrong to refer the Members of BLA as terrorists as done in this article. They may be having there own reasons for this act committed by them. Of course, killing of innocent lives is always condemnable. But the people protesting/fighting in Balochistan are being decimated by an oppressive regime which needs to be condemned by every peaceful living indians and people like us all over the world.
The railway network an abiding contribution of the British to the subcontinent.
What an excellent article. Indebted to the author.
Anything can be a geopolitical critical if terrorism of any form exists. That’s why the most important step in a democracy is to find political solution acceptable to majority.