Balochistan Liberation Army

{{Short description|Baloch separatist militant group}} {{pp-semi-indef|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{AI-generated|reason=from the merge from Fateh Squad, since v1 in that article with AI-generated source|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox militant organization | name = Balochistan Liberation Army | native_name = بلۏچستان آجوییء لشکر | native_name_lang = bal | caption = Flag of the Balochistan Liberation Army | image = 200px|border | clans = {{Collapsible list| * Majeed Brigade * Fateh Squad * STOS (Special Tactical Operations Squad) * ZIRAB (Zephyr Intelligence, Research, and Analysis Bureau) * Hakkal Media * QAHR (Qazi Aero Hive Rangers) * HMDF (Hammal Maritime Defence Force) }} | founder = Balach Marri | leader = * Bashir Zaib (2018–present)<ref>{{cite web |title=WHO IS 'BASHIR ZEB'? SUSPECTED MASTERMIND BEHIND PSX ATTACK |url=https://whenwherehow.pk/2020/07/01/who-is-bashir-zeb-suspected-mastermind-behind-psx-attack/ |website=whenwherehow.pk |date=July 2020 |access-date=5 May 2022 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127113445/https://whenwherehow.pk/2020/07/01/who-is-bashir-zeb-suspected-mastermind-behind-psx-attack/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Balochistan Liberation Army Commander In Chief Basheer Zeb's Message To The Baloch Nation Asking For A general Mobilization Against Occupying Pakistan |url=https://newscomworld.com/2022/02/13/balochistan-liberation-army-commander-in-chief-basheer-zebs-message-to-the-baloch-nation-asking-for-a-general-mobilization-against-occupying-pakistan/ |website=Newscom |date=13 February 2022 |access-date=5 May 2022 |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523141614/https://newscomworld.com/2022/02/13/balochistan-liberation-army-commander-in-chief-basheer-zebs-message-to-the-baloch-nation-asking-for-a-general-mobilization-against-occupying-pakistan/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * Aslam Baloch{{KIA}} (2006–2018)<ref name="tolonews.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.tolonews.com/index.php/afghanistan/baloch-separatist-leader-killed-kandahar-attack-reports|title=Baloch Separatist Leader Killed In Kandahar Attack: Reports|website=TOLOnews|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-date=13 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413043316/https://www.tolonews.com/index.php/afghanistan/baloch-separatist-leader-killed-kandahar-attack-reports|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="tribune.com.pk">{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1875211/1-mastermind-chinese-consulate-attack-killed-kandahar-bbc/|title='Mastermind' of Chinese consulate attack killed in Kandahar: BBC|work=The Express Tribune|date=26 December 2018|access-date=8 February 2019|archive-date=27 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227190103/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1875211/1-mastermind-chinese-consulate-attack-killed-kandahar-bbc/|url-status=live}}</ref> * Razzaq Mandali, alias Engineer{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Top BLA commander killed in Afghanistan over 'financial dispute' |date=22 January 2022 |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2022/01/22/top-bla-commander-killed-in-afghanistan-over-financial-dispute/ |work=Pakistan Today |access-date=5 May 2022 |archive-date=5 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505125227/https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2022/01/22/top-bla-commander-killed-in-afghanistan-over-financial-dispute/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BLA commander Razzaq Mandali alias Engineer was killed in Afghanistan |url=https://proiqra.com/bla-commander-razzaq-mandali-alias-engineer-was-killed-in-afghanistan/ |website=Proiqra |date=22 January 2022 |access-date=22 January 2022 |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122090419/https://proiqra.com/bla-commander-razzaq-mandali-alias-engineer-was-killed-in-afghanistan/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * Balach Marri{{KIA}} * Hyrbyair Marri<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-11-12 |title=Pakistan: BLA Blowback In Baluchistan ? Analysis |url=https://www.eurasiareview.com/12112024-pakistan-bla-blowback-in-baluchistan-analysis/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250524211104/https://www.eurasiareview.com/12112024-pakistan-bla-blowback-in-baluchistan-analysis/ |archive-date=24 May 2025 |access-date=2025-09-10 |work=Eurasia Review |language=en-US |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/pakistan-hails-us-decision-to-declare-balochistan-liberation-army-as-a-global-terrorist-group-1.64999805|author-last=Ahmed|author-first=Ashfaq|title=Pakistan hails US decision to declare Balochistan liberation army as a global terrorist group|work=Gulf News|date=3 July 2019|access-date=3 July 2019|archive-date=3 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703175330/https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/pakistan-hails-us-decision-to-declare-balochistan-liberation-army-as-a-global-terrorist-group-1.64999805|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1447419|title=Baloch separatist leader Harbiyar Marri among 13 booked for Chinese consulate attack|date=24 November 2018|work=Dawn News|quote=Police officials suspected Harbiyar Marri, the exiled leader of the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), of being the mastermind of the deadly assault that left two policemen and as many civilians dead.|access-date=28 November 2018|archive-date=28 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128075357/https://www.dawn.com/news/1447419|url-status=live}}</ref> | spokesman = Jeeyand Baloch | dates = {{Start date and age|2000}} – present | predecessor = Balochistan Liberation Front (founded 1964)<ref name="explained">{{Cite news|last=Bhattacherjee|first=Kallol|date=3 July 2019|title=Explained: The Baloch Liberation Army|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/explained-the-baloch-liberation-army/article28273960.ece|access-date=26 September 2021|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=14 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914201047/https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/explained-the-baloch-liberation-army/article28273960.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> Baloch Students Organization - Azad<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Baloch |first=Kiyya |date=5 October 2022 |title=A Profile of Bashir Zaib: The Radical Leader of the Baluch Liberation Army in Pakistan |url=https://jamestown.org/a-profile-of-bashir-zaib-the-radical-leader-of-the-baluch-liberation-army-in-pakistan/ |journal=Militant Leadership Monitor |volume=13 |issue=9}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Basit |first=Abdul |date=22 October 2025 |title=The BLA Becomes South Asia’s Most Effective Insurgent Group |url=https://jamestown.org/the-bla-becomes-south-asias-most-effective-insurgent-group/ |journal=Terrorism Monitor |volume=23 |issue=7 |via=Jamestown}}</ref> Bugti militia | motives = Secession of Balochistan from Pakistan<ref name="explained"/> | area = {{PAK}} * {{flagicon|Balochistan, Pakistan}} Balochistan * {{flagicon|Sindh}} Sindh<ref>{{cite web |title=Pakistan: Fragile Sindh Order – Analysis |url=https://www.eurasiareview.com/01022022-pakistan-fragile-sindh-order-analysis/ |website=Eurasia Review |date=February 2022 |access-date=5 May 2022 |archive-date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517084952/https://www.eurasiareview.com/01022022-pakistan-fragile-sindh-order-analysis/ |url-status=live }}</ref> {{IRN}} * Sistan and Baluchestan<ref>{{cite web |title=Can Iran and Pakistan forge a new strategy to quell Balochistan unrest? |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/world-affairs/iran-pakistan-balochistan-militancy-crisis/article67768917.ece |author-first=Iftikar|author-last=Gilani|website=Frontline |date=23 January 2024 |access-date=23 January 2024}}</ref> {{AFG}}<ref name="Wright-Neville2">{{cite book |author=David Wright-Neville |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZgmXxoLHv8MC&pg=PA48 |title=Dictionary of Terrorism |date=11 May 2010 |publisher=Polity |isbn=978-0-7456-4302-1 |edition=1st |pages=48–49}}</ref><ref name="RAW in Afghan">{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?231032|title='RAW Is Training 600 Balochis In Afghanistan' – Mariana Baabar – Apr 24, 2006|work=outlookindia.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206133821/http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?231032|archive-date=2010-12-06}}</ref> * Nimruz<ref name="RAW in Afghan"/> * Helmand<ref name="RAW in Afghan"/> * Kandahar<ref name="RAW in Afghan"/> | headquarters = Kandahar, Afghanistan<ref name="tolonews.com"/><ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/27/world/asia/pakistan-baluch-afghanistan-bombing.html|title=Suicide Bombing Kills Pakistani Insurgent Wanted for Attack on Chinese|first1=Taimoor|last1=Shah|first2=Mujib|last2=Mashal|first3=Zia|last3=ur-Rehman|author3-link=Zia Ur Rehman|newspaper=The New York Times|date=27 December 2018|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-date=28 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228010514/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/27/world/asia/pakistan-baluch-afghanistan-bombing.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sirat|first1=Siyar|title=12 reported killed in Kandahar airstrike targeting Pakistani militants, Taliban deny attack|url=https://amu.tv/168011/|work=Amu TV|date=10 April 2025}}</ref> | ideology = Baloch nationalism<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/world/asia/balochistan-liberation-army-pakistan.html | title=The Balochistan Separatist Movement in Pakistan: What to Know | work=The New York Times | date=12 March 2025 }}</ref> Separatism<ref>{{cite web |author-last=KC |author-first=Ashik |url=https://acleddata.com/2020/09/04/rising-organized-political-violence-in-balochistan-a-resurgence-of-baloch-separatism/ | title=Rising Organized Political Violence in Balochistan: A Resurgence of Baloch Separatism? | date=4 September 2020 | access-date=7 September 2022 | archive-date=29 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729201421/https://acleddata.com/2020/09/04/rising-organized-political-violence-in-balochistan-a-resurgence-of-baloch-separatism/ | url-status=live |work=Armed Conflict Location and Event Data}}</ref> Ethnonationalism Secularism<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bhattacherjee |first=Kallol |date=2019-07-03 |title=Inclusion in U.S. terror list unjustified: Baloch Liberation Army |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/inclusion-in-us-terror-list-unjustified-baloch-liberation-army/article28270090.ece |access-date=2024-05-01 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Anti-Punjabi sentiment<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1854830|title=23 travellers offloaded, shot dead in Balochistan's Musakhail after identity check: official|work=Dawn|date=26 August 2024}}</ref> Anti-Chinese sentiment<ref>{{cite web|url=https://asiatimes.com/2018/11/baloch-separatists-claim-attack-on-chinese-consulate-in-karachi/|title=Baloch separatists claim attack on Chinese Consulate in Karachi|website=Asia Times|date=2018-11-23|access-date=2024-10-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61225678|title=Pakistan attack: China condemns killing of tutors in Pakistan blast|website=BBC|date=2024-10-07|access-date=2024-10-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/who-are-pakistans-ethnic-militants-fighting-secession-2024-08-26/|title=Who are Pakistan's Baloch militants behind attack near Karachi airport?|website=Reuters|date=2024-10-07|access-date=2024-10-07}}</ref> | crimes = Assassination, suicide bombing,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/bla-claims-responsibility-for-balochistan-suicide-bombing/|title=BLA claims responsibility for Balochistan suicide bombing|website=Daily Pakistan Global|date=11 August 2018|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-date=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328115859/https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/bla-claims-responsibility-for-balochistan-suicide-bombing/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="indianexpress1">{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/pakistan-stock-exchange-attack-karachi-balochistan-liberation-army-6481916/|title=Why Balochistan Liberation Army, which targets Chinese interests in Pak, may have attacked Karachi stock exchange|date=29 June 2020|work=The Indian Express|access-date=29 June 2020|archive-date=29 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629165121/https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/pakistan-stock-exchange-attack-karachi-balochistan-liberation-army-6481916/|url-status=live}}</ref> attacks against civilians and paramilitary forces,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.khaleejtimes.com/international/pakistan/us-declares-balochistan-liberation-army-as-terrorist-group|title=US declares Balochistan Liberation Army as terrorist group|work=Khaleej Times|date=3 July 2019|access-date=24 October 2019|archive-date=3 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803084704/https://www.khaleejtimes.com/international/pakistan/us-declares-balochistan-liberation-army-as-terrorist-group|url-status=live}}</ref> kidnapping and ethnic cleansing<ref name="ec2"/><ref name="citizen">{{cite web|url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/4/17232/Afghanistan-Keeps-US-Pakistan-In-Interdependency-Alive|title=Afghanistan Keeps US-Pakistan In Interdependency Alive|quote=The BLA is based in Afghanistan and has been waging a violent armed struggle against Pakistan for the past decade and a half upholding the right of self-determination of the Baloch people and demanding the separation of Balochistan province from Pakistan, apart from being involved in ethnic-cleansing of non-Baloch minorities in Balochistan|work=The Citizen|date=5 July 2019|access-date=6 July 2019|archive-date=6 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706015440/https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/4/17232/Afghanistan-Keeps-US-Pakistan-In-Interdependency-Alive|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="newsclick">{{cite web|url=https://www.newsclick.in/trump-finished-afghan-war|title=Trump is Finished with the Afghan War|work=NewsClick|date=5 July 2019|author=M. K. Bhadrakumar|access-date=6 July 2019|archive-date=6 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706015444/https://www.newsclick.in/trump-finished-afghan-war|url-status=live}}</ref> | attacks = {{Collapsible list| * Quaid-e-Azam Residency attack * Attack on the Online International News Network * 2017 Harnai bombing * Karachi Chinese consulate attack * Pakistan Stock Exchange attack * 2021 Chaman bombings * August 2021 Quetta bombing * 2021 Gwadar bombing * 2022 Panjgur and Naushki raids * University of Karachi bombing * Attack on PNS Siddique * August 2024 Balochistan attacks * 2024 Quetta railway station bombing * 2025 Jaffar Express hijacking * 2025 Khuzdar school bus bombing * 2026 Balochistan attacks }} | status = Active | size = 600 (2020)<ref name=S>{{cite web |author1-last=Crenshaw |author1-first=Martha |author1-link=Martha Crenshaw |title=MMP: Balochistan Liberation Army |url=https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/mappingmilitants/profiles/balochistan-liberation-army |website=Mapping Militants Project |publisher=Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford |access-date=7 February 2021 |language=en |archive-date=5 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205101812/https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/mappingmilitants/profiles/balochistan-liberation-army |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=intelligence>{{cite web |title=The Balochistan Liberation Army and insurgency in Pakistan's Balochistan Province |url=https://www.intelligencefusion.co.uk/insights/resources/intelligence-reports/balochistan-liberation-army-and-insurgency-in-pakistan/ |publisher=Intelligence Fusion |access-date=10 January 2024|quote=The numerical strength of the BLA is not clear, with estimates claiming that in the early 2000s after the group formed, there were approximately 6,000 fighters in the BLA. More recent estimates have suggested the total number of fighters is closer to 600.}}</ref> 5000 (2021 - present) | designated_as_terror_group_by = {{PAK}} {{IRN}} {{CHN}} {{UK}} {{US}} {{AUS}}<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2026-05-08 |title=Australia sanctions BLA, three senior leaders for 'engagement in and support of terrorist attacks' |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1998704 |access-date=2026-05-10 |website=Dawn |language=en}}</ref> {{UN}} {{EU}} | flag = | partof = Baloch Raaji Aajoi Sangar | allies = '''State allies:''' {{IND}} (alleged by Pakistan, but denied by India){{efn|<ref name="thehindu"/><ref name="RAW in Afghan"/><ref>{{cite news |author=Mateen Haider |date=2015-05-14 |title=RAW involved in terrorist activities across Pakistan: foreign secretary |work=Dawn |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1181908 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812203508/http://www.dawn.com/news/1181908 |archive-date=2015-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dagia |first=Niha |date=24 September 2017 |title=India is the mother of terrorism in South Asia, Pakistan tells world leaders |work=The Express Tribune |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1514928/india-mother-terrorism-south-asia-pakistan-tells-world-leaders/ |url-status=live |access-date=24 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924143844/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1514928/india-mother-terrorism-south-asia-pakistan-tells-world-leaders/ |archive-date=24 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Masood |first1=Salman |last2=Kumar |first2=Hari |title=Pakistan Sentences Indian Spy to Death for Operating Terrorism Ring |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/10/world/asia/pakistan-india-death-sentence-spy-kulbhushan-yadav.html |work=The New York Times |date=10 April 2017 |access-date=20 October 2023 |archive-date=9 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409020139/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/10/world/asia/pakistan-india-death-sentence-spy-kulbhushan-yadav.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Transcript of RAW agent Kulbhushan's confessional statement |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1248786 |work=DAWN.COM |date=30 March 2016 |language=en |access-date=20 October 2023 |archive-date=31 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231024932/https://www.dawn.com/news/1248786 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=November 14, 2020 |title='Irrefutable evidence': Dossier on India's sponsorship of state terrorism in Pakistan presented |work=Dawn |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1590333 |access-date=December 11, 2021 |archive-date=June 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613144014/https://www.dawn.com/news/1590333 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=November 15, 2020 |title=Specific proof of Indian terrorism in Pakistan unveiled |work=Dawn |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1590441 |access-date=December 11, 2021 |archive-date=June 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612003621/https://www.dawn.com/news/1590441 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=25 November 2020 |title=Pakistan gives UN a dossier on India, New Delhi dubs it 'lies' |work=Al Jazeera English |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/25/pakistan-gives-un-a-dossier-on-india-new-delhi-dubs-it-lies |access-date=11 December 2021 |archive-date=18 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118163326/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/25/pakistan-gives-un-a-dossier-on-india-new-delhi-dubs-it-lies |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=13 September 2021 |title=Pakistan's 131-page dossier accuses India of hosting ISIS camps |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistans-131-page-dossier-accuses-india-of-hosting-isis-camps/articleshow/86150959.cms |access-date=11 December 2021 |archive-date=15 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115122915/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistans-131-page-dossier-accuses-india-of-hosting-isis-camps/articleshow/86150959.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan shares dossier on India's 'terror campaign' with UN secretary general |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1592313 |work=Dawn |date=25 November 2020 |access-date=20 October 2023 |archive-date=9 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209115124/https://www.dawn.com/news/1592313 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/84902/wikileaks-india-russia-supporting-baloch-insurgency/|title=MPs told Russia, India and UAE involved in Baloch insurgency|work=The Express Tribune|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222162916/http://tribune.com.pk/story/84902/wikileaks-india-russia-supporting-baloch-insurgency/|archive-date=2014-12-22|date=2010-12-03}}</ref><ref name="talks">{{cite web |last=Butt |first=Qaiser |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/225958/balochistan-conflict-pms-talks-with-leaders-unlikely-to-succeed/ |title=Balochistan conflict: 'PM's talks with leaders unlikely to succeed' |work=The Express Tribune |access-date=17 December 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015000006/http://tribune.com.pk/story/225958/balochistan-conflict-pms-talks-with-leaders-unlikely-to-succeed/ |archive-date=15 October 2013 |date=2011-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Terrorism|publisher=Polity|isbn=978-0745643021|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZgmXxoLHv8MC&pg=PA48|author=David Wright-Neville|edition=1st|access-date=3 June 2012|pages=48–49|year=2010|archive-date=4 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104231257/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZgmXxoLHv8MC&pg=PA48#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/01/wikileaks-cables-india-mumbai-attacks|title=WikiLeaks cables: Britain 'over-reacted' in wake of Mumbai attacks|author=Declan Walsh|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=6 August 2015|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626193408/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/01/wikileaks-cables-india-mumbai-attacks|archive-date=26 June 2015|date=December 2010}}</ref>}} {{Flag|Islamic Republic of Afghanistan|name=Afghanistan}} (2002–2021)<ref name="auto"/> '''Non-state allies:''' {{flagicon image|Flag of Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg}} Pakistani Taliban<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bantirani |first1=Patro |title=An Emerging Nexus between the TTP and Baloch militants |url=https://www.icwa.in/show_content.php?lang=1&level=1&ls_id=10076&lid=6427 |website=Indian Council of World Affairs |location=New Delhi|access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> {{flagicon image|Flag of Balochistan nationalism.svg}} Balochistan Liberation Front | opponents = {{PAK}} {{CHN}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Oxford |first1=Analytica |title=China-Pakistan corridor security risks will increase |journal=Expert Briefings |series=Emerald Expert Briefings |date=2017 |volume=oxan-db |issue=oxan-db|publisher=Emerald Publishing |doi=10.1108/OXAN-DB227440 |url=https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/OXAN-DB227440/full/html |issn=2633-304X|url-access=subscription }}</ref> | battles = {{tree list}} * Insurgency in Balochistan ** Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad ** Operation Azm-e-Istehkam ** Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency * Insurgency in Sindh {{tree list/end}} | war = Insurgency in Balochistan Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency }}

The '''Balochistan Liberation Army''' ('''BLA'''){{Efn|{{langx|bal|بلۏچستان آجوییء لشکر|translit=Balochistan Ajooyi Lashkar}}}} is a Baloch ethnonationalist militant organization based in the Balochistan region of Afghanistan.<ref name="ec2">{{cite web |title=Balochistan Liberation Army – Mapping Militant Organizations |url=https://web.stanford.edu/group/mappingmilitants/cgi-bin/groups/view/297 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319065647/https://web.stanford.edu/group/mappingmilitants/cgi-bin/groups/view/297 |archive-date=19 March 2018 |access-date=19 December 2016 |work=web.stanford.edu |quote=Some human rights organizations accuse the BLA of ethnic cleansing because on 15 April 2009 during an interview on AAJ TV, alleged leader Brahamdagh Khan Bugti urged separatist to kill any non-native Balochi residing in Balochistan which allegedly led to the deaths of 500 Non-Baloch in Balochistan.}}</ref><ref name="global">{{cite web |author1-last=Siddiqui |author1-first=Naveed |date=2 July 2019 |title=US brands BLA as global terrorist group |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1491688/us-brands-bla-in-pakistan-as-global-terrorist-group |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702183427/https://www.dawn.com/news/1491688/us-brands-bla-in-pakistan-as-global-terrorist-group |archive-date=2 July 2019 |access-date=2 July 2019 |work=Dawn News}}</ref> Operating primarily from regions across southern Afghanistan and southeastern Iran, the BLA perpetrates attacks in neighbouring Pakistan's Balochistan province, which it seeks to remove from Pakistani sovereignty.<ref name="Wright-Neville2" /> It frequently targets civilians, foreign nationals, Pakistani soldiers and policemen, and has carried out multiple massacres targeting non-Baloch civilians, including ethnic Punjabis, Sindhis and Pashtuns.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name="nation.com.pk" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gunmen attack hotel in Pakistan's Gwadar, kill five people |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/gunmen-attack-hotel-pakistan-port-city-gwadar-190511134034253.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527071325/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/gunmen-attack-hotel-pakistan-port-city-gwadar-190511134034253.html |archive-date=27 May 2020 |access-date=3 July 2019 |publisher=Al Jazeera English }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=12 May 2019 |title=Pakistan hotel attack gunmen shot dead |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48238759 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512084750/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48238759 |archive-date=12 May 2019 |access-date=3 July 2019 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hussain |first=Abid |date=28 August 2024 |title=In Pakistan’s Balochistan, deadly attacks rip uneasy migrant-local equation |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/28/in-pakistans-balochistan-deadly-attacks-rip-uneasy-migrant-local-equation |access-date=2026-02-13 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Javed |first=Farhat |last2=Wright |first2=George |date=2024-08-26 |title=Pakistan: At least 22 killed after having IDs checked in Balochistan |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3w671eng9go |access-date=2026-02-13 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> It also regularly attacks schools, hospitals, and infrastructure projects in the province as well.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Lukiv |first=Jaroslav |date=2026-02-01 |title=Deadly gun and bomb attacks hit Pakistan's Balochistan province |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn42nedxqyqo |access-date=2026-02-24 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

The BLA's first recorded activity was in mid-2000, when it claimed credit for a series of bombings against Pakistani authorities.<ref name="ec2" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Butt |first=Qaiser |date=14 August 1947 |title=Heritage under attack: PkMAP says it views Ziarat Residency as a 'symbol of slavery' – The Express Tribune |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/564257/heritage-under-attack-pkmap-says-it-views-ziarat-residency-as-a-symbol-of-slavery/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111221500/https://tribune.com.pk/story/564257/heritage-under-attack-pkmap-says-it-views-ziarat-residency-as-a-symbol-of-slavery |archive-date=11 November 2020 |access-date=17 June 2013 |work=The Express Tribune}}</ref> The BLA is designated as a terrorist organization by Pakistan,<ref>{{cite web |date=24 October 2012 |title=List of banned organisations in Pakistan |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/456294/list-of-banned-organisations-in-pakistan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026232240/http://tribune.com.pk/story/456294/list-of-banned-organisations-in-pakistan/ |archive-date=26 October 2012 |access-date=14 October 2014 |work=The Express Tribune}}</ref> China,<ref name="t2">{{cite web |title=Joint Statement Third Quadrilateral Meeting of Foreign Ministers of China, Iran, Pakistan, and Russia |url=https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/wjbzhd/202409/t20240930_11501285.html |access-date=27 September 2024 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China}}</ref> Iran,<ref name="t2" /> the United Kingdom,<ref name="Home Office2">{{cite book |last1=Office |first1=Home |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/538297/20160715-Proscription-website-update.pdf |title=PROSCRIBED TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS |date=15 July 2016 |publisher=Home Office |page=9 |access-date=16 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026110457/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/538297/20160715-Proscription-website-update.pdf |archive-date=26 October 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> the United States,<ref name="USA3">{{cite web |date=2 July 2019 |title=Terrorist Designations of Balochistan Liberation Army and Husain Ali Hazzima and Amendments to the Terrorist Designations of Jundallah |url=https://2017-2021.state.gov/terrorist-designations-of-balochistan-liberation-army-and-husain-ali-hazzima-and-amendments-to-the-terrorist-designations-of-jundallah/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602003017/https://2017-2021.state.gov/terrorist-designations-of-balochistan-liberation-army-and-husain-ali-hazzima-and-amendments-to-the-terrorist-designations-of-jundallah/index.html |archive-date=2 June 2021 |access-date=2 June 2021 |work=U.S. Department of State}}</ref><ref name="USA22">{{cite web |date=2 July 2019 |title=US declares BLA as terrorist outfit |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2004785/1-us-declares-bla-terrorist-outfit/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708035209/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2004785/1-us-declares-bla-terrorist-outfit/ |archive-date=8 July 2019 |access-date=2 July 2019 |work=The Express Tribune}}</ref> and the European Union.<ref name="EU2">{{cite magazine |author-link=Thomas E. Ricks (journalist) |date=31 March 2016 |title=Balochistan is seething, and that can't make China happy about investing |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/31/balochistan-is-seething-and-that-cant-make-china-happy-about-investing/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520085058/https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/31/balochistan-is-seething-and-that-cant-make-china-happy-about-investing/ |archive-date=20 May 2019 |access-date=12 May 2019 |magazine=Foreign Policy |author-last=Ricks |author-first=Thomas E.}}</ref>

== History == The BLA was founded in 2000, although some media and analysts speculate that the group is a resurgence of prior Baloch insurgencies, specifically the Independent Balochistan Movement of 1973 to 1977.<ref>{{cite web |title=Balochistan Liberation Army – Mapping Militant Organization |url=https://web.stanford.edu/group/mappingmilitants/cgi-bin/groups/view/297 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319065647/https://web.stanford.edu/group/mappingmilitants/cgi-bin/groups/view/297 |archive-date=19 March 2018 |access-date=2 July 2019 |work=web.stanford.edu}}</ref> According to some sources, two former KGB agents code-named "Misha" and "Sasha" were among the BLA's chief architects. According to them, the BLA was built around the Baloch Student Organization (BSO). The BLA disappeared following the withdrawal of the Soviet Union from Afghanistan as the USSR withdrew funding.<ref>{{cite web |date=18 July 2011 |title=Pakistan: Unveiling the Mystery of Balochistan Insurgency — Part One |url=http://www.newscentralasia.net/2011/07/18/archive-material-pakistan-unveiling-the-mystery-of-balochistan-insurgency-part-one/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703183349/http://www.newscentralasia.net/2011/07/18/archive-material-pakistan-unveiling-the-mystery-of-balochistan-insurgency-part-one/ |archive-date=3 July 2019 |access-date=3 July 2019 |work=News Central Asia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=[Archive Material] Pakistan: Unveiling the Mystery of Balochistan Insurgency — Part Two |date=18 July 2011 |url=http://www.newscentralasia.net/2011/07/18/archive-material-pakistan-unveiling-the-mystery-of-balochistan-insurgency-part-two/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924042332/http://www.newscentralasia.net/2011/07/18/archive-material-pakistan-unveiling-the-mystery-of-balochistan-insurgency-part-two/ |archive-date=24 September 2014 |access-date=14 October 2014 |publisher=Newscentralasia.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Williams |first=Kristen P. |title=Despite Nationalist Conflicts: Theory and Practice of Maintaining World Peace |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=2001 |isbn=0-275-96934-7}}</ref>

On 10 February 1973, Pakistani police and paramilitary raided the Iraqi embassy in Islamabad without the permission of the Iraqi government. During the raid, they found a large cache of small arms, ammunition, grenades, and other supplies in crates marked "Foreign Ministry, Baghdad"; they believed these were meant for Baloch rebels. Pakistan responded by expelling and declaring ''persona non grata'' the Iraqi Ambassador, Hikmat Sulaiman, and other consular staff. In a letter to U.S. President Richard Nixon on February 14, Pakistani president Zulfikar Ali Bhutto blamed India and Afghanistan, besides Iraq and the Soviet Union, for involvement in a: "conspiracy [...] [with] subversive and irredentist elements which seek to disrupt Pakistan's integrity".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefridaytimes.com/04032011/page26.shtml|title=Caught! (But what?)|author-first=Shahid |author-last=Saeed|publisher=The Friday Times|date=4 March 2011|access-date=14 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112055239/http://www.thefridaytimes.com/04032011/page26.shtml|archive-date=12 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Baluch|first= Ahmad K.|title=Inside Baluchistan, a Political Autobiography by Mir Ahmad Khan Baluch}}</ref>

In 2004, the BLA began a violent struggle against Pakistan for the separation of Balochistan from Pakistan, conducting terror attacks against the Pakistani military as well as non-Balochi minorities within Balochistan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Iaccino |first1=Ludovica |date=29 June 2015 |title=Balochistan: Baloch leader calls citizens 'most oppressed in world', urges halt to aid to Pakistan |work=International Business Times UK |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/balochistan-baloch-leader-calls-citizens-most-oppressed-world-urges-halt-aid-pakistan-1508447 |url-status=live |access-date=19 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702093347/https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/balochistan-baloch-leader-calls-citizens-most-oppressed-world-urges-halt-aid-pakistan-1508447 |archive-date=2 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author-last=Akbar |author-first=Malik Siraj |author-link=Malik Siraj Akbar|date=3 November 2014 |title=The End of Pakistan's Baloch Insurgency? |work=The Huffington Post |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/malik-siraj-akbar/the-end-of-pakistans-balo_b_6090920.html |url-status=live |access-date=19 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225041933/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/malik-siraj-akbar/the-end-of-pakistans-balo_b_6090920.html?ec_carp=4140162500812800942 |archive-date=25 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="ec2"/>

Pakistan designated the Balochistan Liberation Army as a terrorist organization on 7 April 2006 after the group repeatedly attacked security personnel.<ref>{{cite news |date=18 December 2015 |title=Names of 61 banned outfits in Pakistan, JuD under observation |publisher=Dispatch News Desk |url=http://www.dnd.com.pk/names-of-61-banned-outfits-in-pakistan-jud-under-observation/102863 |url-status=live |access-date=23 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007042203/http://www.dnd.com.pk/names-of-61-banned-outfits-in-pakistan-jud-under-observation/102863 |archive-date=7 October 2016}}</ref> On 17 July 2006, the British government followed suit, listing the BLA as a "proscribed group" based on the Terrorism Act 2000.<ref>{{cite web |author-first=Richard |last=Ford |date=18 July 2006 |title=Militant Islamist groups banned under terror law |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article689084.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517033219/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article689084.ece |archive-date=17 May 2009 |access-date=9 January 2008 |work=The Times}}</ref> However, the U.K. harboured Hyrbyair Marri, the suspected leader of BLA, as a refugee, despite Pakistan's protest.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 January 2015 |title=Army chief in London: UK urged to act against HuT, Baloch separatists |url=http://www.tribune.com.pk/story/822083/army-chief-in-london-uk-urged-to-act-against-hut-baloch-separatists/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617131038/http://tribune.com.pk/story/822083/army-chief-in-london-uk-urged-to-act-against-hut-baloch-separatists/ |archive-date=17 June 2016 |access-date=30 May 2016 |work=The Express Tribune}}</ref> The group's actions were described as terrorism by the United States Department of State.<ref>{{cite web |date=30 April 2007 |title=Chapter 2 – Country Reports: South and Central Asia Overview |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2006/82734.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307150231/https://2001-2009.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2006/82734.htm |archive-date=7 March 2021 |access-date=23 May 2019 |publisher=Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism}}</ref>

On 15 April 2009, Baloch activist Brahamdagh Khan Bugti (accused by the Pakistani government of being a BLA leader), called for Baloch to kill non-Baloch residing in Balochistan, including civilians. Targeted attacks against Punjabi residents began soon after, causing about 500 deaths. The BLA leaders later claimed responsibility for inciting the attacks.<ref name="ec2"/> The BLA's factions have targeted non-Baloch from various ethnic backgrounds, including Pashtuns, Sindhis, Saraikis and Punjabis, whom the BLA consider "outsiders".<ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=Gunmen kill six labourers in Balochistan: police – Samaa Digital |url=http://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/05/gunmen-kill-six-labourers-in-balochistan-police/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413065445/https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/05/gunmen-kill-six-labourers-in-balochistan-police/ |archive-date=13 April 2019 |access-date=12 May 2019 |publisher=Samaa TV}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web |last=Shah |first=Syed Ali |date=5 April 2017 |title=Four Sindhi labourers gunned down in Balochistan |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1325031 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512203124/https://www.dawn.com/news/1325031 |archive-date=12 May 2019 |access-date=12 May 2019 |website=Dawn |location=Pakistan}}</ref><ref name="nation.com.pk">{{cite web |date=14 May 2017 |title=BLA kills 10 Sindhi labourers in Gwadar |url=https://nation.com.pk/14-May-2017/bla-kills-10-sindhi-labourers-in-gwadar |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413065446/https://nation.com.pk/14-May-2017/bla-kills-10-sindhi-labourers-in-gwadar |archive-date=13 April 2019 |access-date=12 May 2019 |website=The Nation}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite web |author-first=Karlos |author-last=Zurutuza|title=Understanding Pakistan's Baloch Insurgency |url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/06/cracking-pakistans-baloch-insurgency/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012031308/https://thediplomat.com/2015/06/cracking-pakistans-baloch-insurgency/ |archive-date=12 October 2018 |access-date=12 May 2019 |website=The Diplomat}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{cite web |date=12 July 2012 |title=Abductors kill seven coal miners in Balochistan |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/733754 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429044111/https://www.dawn.com/news/733754 |archive-date=29 April 2019 |access-date=12 May 2019 |website=Dawn |location=Pakistan}}</ref><ref name=":9" />

The United States designated the group as a global terrorist organization on 2 July 2019 and froze BLA assets.<ref name="USA3"/><ref name="USA22"/><ref>{{cite news |date=2 July 2019 |title=USA designates Baloch Liberation Army as terror group |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/usa-designates-baloch-liberation-army-as-terror-group/articleshow/70047236.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030210433/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/usa-designates-baloch-liberation-army-as-terror-group/articleshow/70047236.cms |archive-date=30 October 2020 |access-date=2 July 2019 |work=The Economic Times |last1=Chaudhury |first1=Dipanjan Roy }}</ref><ref name="global"/><ref>{{cite web |date=2 July 2019 |title=US designates BLA as terror outfit |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/07/02/us-adds-bla-to-specially-designated-global-terrorists-list/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702190434/https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/07/02/us-adds-bla-to-specially-designated-global-terrorists-list/ |archive-date=2 July 2019 |access-date=2 July 2019 |work=Pakistan Today}}</ref> The European Union also designated the BLA as a terrorist organization.<ref name="EU">{{cite magazine |author-last=Ricks |author-first=Thomas E. |author-link=Thomas E. Ricks (journalist) |title=Balochistan is seething, and that can't make China happy about investing |date=31 March 2016 |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/31/balochistan-is-seething-and-that-cant-make-china-happy-about-investing/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520085058/https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/31/balochistan-is-seething-and-that-cant-make-china-happy-about-investing/ |archive-date=20 May 2019 |access-date=12 May 2019|magazine=Foreign Policy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=3 July 2019 |title=Pakistan hails US decision to declare Balochistan Liberation Army as a global terrorist group |url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/pakistan-hails-us-decision-to-declare-balochistan-liberation-army-as-a-global-terrorist-group-1.64999805 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703175330/https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/pakistan-hails-us-decision-to-declare-balochistan-liberation-army-as-a-global-terrorist-group-1.64999805 |archive-date=3 July 2019 |access-date=3 July 2019 |work=Gulf Times}}</ref>

On 16 January 2024, Iran carried out missile strikes on Pakistan's Balochistan province, specifically in Koh-e-Sabz in Panjgur District, targeting Jaysh al-Adl fighters' hideouts in Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hallam |first1=Jonny |last2=Khan |first2=Asim |last3=Regan |first3=Helen |date=17 January 2024 |title=Pakistan condemns deadly Iranian missile strike on its territory as an 'unprovoked violation' |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/17/middleeast/iran-missile-attack-pakistan-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117221130/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/17/middleeast/iran-missile-attack-pakistan-intl-hnk/index.html |archive-date=17 January 2024 |access-date=17 January 2024 |publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Shahid |first=Saleem |date=17 January 2024 |title=Iran 'attacks militant bases in Panjgur' |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1806404 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117024344/https://www.dawn.com/news/1806404 |archive-date=17 January 2024 |access-date=17 January 2024 |work=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref><ref name="ap2">{{cite news |last1=Ahmed |first1=Munir |last2=Gambrell |first2=Jon |date=17 January 2024 |title=Pakistan condemns Iran over bombing allegedly targeting militants that killed 2 people |url=https://apnews.com/article/iran-pakistan-baluchistan-strike-tensions-israel-hamas-3eb1bf5c7fd2de54aeec9fadecbc78b6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117125518/https://apnews.com/article/iran-pakistan-baluchistan-strike-tensions-israel-hamas-3eb1bf5c7fd2de54aeec9fadecbc78b6 |archive-date=17 January 2024 |access-date=17 January 2024 |publisher=Associated Press}}</ref> According to Jaish ul-Adl, the strikes had killed 2 and injured 4 family members of its fighters.<ref name="ap2"/><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Shahid |first=Saleem |date=2024-01-17 |title=Iran 'attacks militant bases in Panjgur' |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1806404 |access-date=2025-08-24 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref> These strikes ignited the 2024 Iran–Pakistan conflict.<ref name=":6" /> On 18 January 2024, Pakistan carried out strikes on Baloch separatist targets in Sarvan in Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province in retaliation. The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs said hideouts used by the BLA and the BLF were successfully struck and destroyed in the operation.<ref>{{cite web |date=18 January 2024 |title=China says it's willing to de-escalate situation between Pakistan, Iran |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/18-Jan-2024/china-says-it-s-willing-to-de-escalate-situation-between-pakistan-iran |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128100919/https://www.nation.com.pk/18-Jan-2024/china-says-it-s-willing-to-de-escalate-situation-between-pakistan-iran |archive-date=28 January 2024 |access-date=28 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=18 January 2024 |title=Pakistani military: air strikes were applied inside Iran about 20 km from border |url=https://www.silkway.news/pakistani-military-air-strikes-were-130797/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128171315/https://www.silkway.news/pakistani-military-air-strikes-were-130797/ |archive-date=28 January 2024 |access-date=28 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=18 January 2024 |title=China says it's willing to de-escalate situation between Pakistan, Iran |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/china-says-it-s-willing-to-de-escalate-situation-between-pakistan-iran/3112336 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119092345/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/china-says-it-s-willing-to-de-escalate-situation-between-pakistan-iran/3112336 |archive-date=19 January 2024 |access-date=28 January 2024}}</ref> Such Pakistani strikes were the first known instances of attacks on Iranian soil since the end of the Iran–Iraq War.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cordall |first=Simon Speakman |title='Credibility at stake': Why did Iran strike inside Pakistan amid Gaza war? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/19/credibility-at-stake-why-did-iran-bomb-pakistan-amid-gaza-war |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=Al Jazeera English |language=en}}</ref> Iran confirmed this by stating that the attacks killed and injured at least 9 foreign nationals living on its soil.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Siddiqui |first=Usaid |title=Pakistan-Iran attacks updates: 9 killed near Iran's southeast border |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/18/pakistan-iran-attacks-live-at-least-7-killed-near-irans-southeast-border |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Al Jazeera English |language=en}}</ref> Both the BLA and BLF also confirmed this by claiming that family members of their fighters were killed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pakistan carries out military strikes on separatist targets in Iran following deadly attack on its own soil by Tehran |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/18/middleeast/pakistan-targets-locations-iran-intl-hnk/index.html |website=CNN |date=18 January 2024 |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref><ref name=":7" />

The Baloch Liberation Army and Baloch Liberation Front acknowledged the deaths of family members their fighters in the Iran–Pakistan clashes in 2024 and "vowed revenge" against the Pakistani state.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=18 January 2024 |title='We announce war on Pakistan': Who are the Baloch separatists, targeted in Iran |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/pakistan-strikes-iran-balochistan-liberation-separatists-militant-human-rights-abuses-chine-cpec-2490370-2024-01-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123050534/https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/pakistan-strikes-iran-balochistan-liberation-separatists-militant-human-rights-abuses-chine-cpec-2490370-2024-01-18 |archive-date=23 January 2024 |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

In 2025 one of BLA's groups, the Majeed Brigade, was designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) by the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US designates BLA separatists in Pakistan a terror group – DW – 08/12/2025 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/us-designates-bla-separatists-in-pakistan-a-foreign-terrorist-group/a-73613466 |access-date=2025-08-13 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Split == In 2017, BLA expelled its commanders, Aslam Baloch and Bashir Zaib, over disciplinary issues, particularly Aslam's unauthorized visit to India for medical treatment.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Hummel |first=Kristina |date=2025-04-30 |title=The Baloch Insurgency in Pakistan: Evolution, Tactics, and Regional Security Implications |url=https://ctc.westpoint.edu/the-baloch-insurgency-in-pakistan-evolution-tactics-and-regional-security-implications/ |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=Combating Terrorism Center at West Point |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="thehindu" /><ref name=":1" /> This internal rift escalated into a major split, with BLA spokesman Azad Baloch publicly disowning both leaders.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Suspended commanders have no right to use organisation's name: BLA |url=https://balochwarna.com/2018/08/17/suspended-commanders-have-no-right-to-used-organisations-name-bla/ |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=Balochwarna/> |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nabeel |first=Fahad |date=2018-01-19 |title=Internal divisions within Baloch Liberation Army |url=https://cscr.pk/explore/themes/defense-security/internal-divisions-within-baloch-liberation-army/ |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=Centre for Strategic and Contemporary Research |language=en-US}}</ref> Subsequently, the group appointed Jeeyand Baloch as its new spokesman, while Bashir Zaib went on to lead a separate BLA faction. The split resulted in two factions: BLA–Azad and BLA–Jeeyand.<ref name=":0" />

==Special Forces==

=== Majeed Brigade === {{Main|Majeed Brigade}} Majeed Brigade (also spelt Majid Brigade), is a specialized unit of the Balochistan Liberation Army which was founded by Aslam Baloch. The group received its name from the two (now deceased) Baloch separatist brothers, namely Majeed Langau Senior and Majeed Langau Junior. It is tasked with carrying out high-stakes and high-profile unconventional attacks, such as suicide bombings, suicide missions, IED attacks/bombings, ''fedayeen'' attacks, and car bombings, against Pakistani security forces.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-08-11|title=Pakistan Adds 2 More Militant Groups To Its 'Terror' List|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-terrorism-attacks-hafiz-gul-bahadur-majid-brigade/33060113.html|access-date=2024-11-04|work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Iqbal|first=Jehanzeb|date=2024|title=Decoding Bots of Terrorism in Balochistan|url=https://margallapapers.ndu.edu.pk/site/article/view/277/183|website=Margalla Papers|agency=National Defence University}}</ref>

=== Fateh Squad === Fateh squad is the specialized unit of the BLA. The unit was established in May 2021 and named after Fateh Qambrani, a BLA leader who was killed by the Pakistan Armed Forces in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.abplive.com/photo-gallery/news/world-pakistan-train-hijack-news-pakistan-bla-majeed-brigade-fateh-squad-and-stos-hijacked-jaffar-express-in-bolan-district-2902367?utm_source=chatgpt.com|title=BLA की मजीद ब्रिगेड, फतेह स्क्वॉड और STOS ने मिलकर बलूचिस्तान में ट्रेन पर किया कब्जा, जानिए तीनों के बारे में|access-date=13 Jun 2025 }}</ref> The Fateh squad is involved in terrorist attacks, primarily targeting Pakistans's Armed Forces, Civilians and Foreign Nationals.<ref name=":1a" /><ref name=":2a" />

It is known for participating in high-profile terrorism incidents, including the August 2024 Balochistan Attacks, which lead to the death of 74 people most of which were unarmed civilians, and wounding many more,<ref name=":1a">{{Cite news |date=27 August 2024 |title=More than 70 dead after militant attacks in Pakistan's Balochistan |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/twenty-three-people-killed-pakistan-militant-attack-interior-minister-says-2024-08-26/}}</ref> and the 2025 hijacking of the Jaffar Express train where 380 passengers were taken hostage abroad the Jaffar Express, out of which 38 were killed by BLA terrorists. <ref name=":2a">{{Cite news |date=11 March 2025 |title=Deadly Pakistan train hijack: What happened, who was rescued, what’s next? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/11/deadly-pakistan-train-hijack-what-happened-and-whats-next}}</ref>

Unlike the BLA's Majeed Brigade, which is known for suicide attacks, the Fateh squad specializes in high-intensity urban warfare, complex assaults, and follow-up operations. Their tactics often involve direct combat, storming military bases, convoys, and security posts following initial explosions or ambushes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Noshki Bus Attack: The Baloch Liberation Army's Evolving Suicide Attack Strategy |url=https://thediplomat.com/2025/03/noshki-bus-attack-the-baloch-liberation-armys-evolving-suicide-attack-strategy/?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=thediplomat.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Recruitment== The BLA has used social media to recruit members from the Baloch youth, developing an intelligentsia supportive of Baloch separatism, particularly in major urban centers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-24 |title=BLA brainwashes, incites people to terrorism: ex-member |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1887386 |access-date=2025-07-12 |website=DAWN |language=en}}</ref>

==Funding== David Wright-Neville wrote that besides Pakistan, some Western observers claimed that India funds the BLA.<ref>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Terrorism|publisher=Polity|isbn=978-0745643021|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZgmXxoLHv8MC&pg=PA48|author-first=David |author-last=Wright-Neville|author-link=David Wright-Neville|edition=1st|access-date=3 June 2012|pages=48–49|date=11 May 2010|archive-date=24 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324052112/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZgmXxoLHv8MC&pg=PA48|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2013, U.S. Special Representative James Dobbins said:<blockquote>"The dominant infiltration of militants is from Pakistan into Afghanistan, but we recognize that there is some infiltration of hostile militants from the other direction [India]. So Pakistan's concerns aren't groundless. They are simply, in our judgment, somewhat exaggerated."<ref>{{cite news|last=Upadhyay|first=Brajesh|title=Pakistani fears over India Afghan role 'not groundless'|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-23598521|work=BBC|date=7 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1034778|title=US acknowledges Pakistan's fears of Indian presence in Afghanistan|author=APP|work=Dawn|date=7 August 2013 |location=Pakistan|access-date=14 October 2014|archive-date=13 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413043321/https://www.dawn.com/news/1034778/us-acknowledges-pakistans-fears-of-indian-presence-in-afghanistan|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote>Following arrest of an alleged BLA terrorist namely Brohi, according to CTD Karachi officials, Brohi confessed to collecting millions of rupees through extortion and ransom after joining the BLA.<ref name="CTD arrests alleged BLA terrorist">{{Cite web |date=2021-04-21 |title=CTD arrests alleged BLA terrorist |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2295900/ctd-arrests-alleged-bla-terrorist |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref>

Yunas Samad reported that Hyrbyair Marri<ref name="Samad">{{cite book|author1-last=Samad|author1-first=Yunas|author-link=Yunas Samad|title=State and Nation-Building in Pakistan: Beyond Islam and Security|date=2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1138903470|page=124}}</ref> has been the group's leader since 2007. However, in an interview in 2015, Marri denied having any contact with the group.<ref name="Marri">{{cite news|last1=Marri|first1=Hyrbyair|title=Will never seek help from India: Hyrbyair Marri|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1212164|access-date=16 July 2016|work=Dawn|year=2015|archive-date=23 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023201801/http://www.dawn.com/news/1212164|url-status=live}}</ref> Hyrbyair's brother, Balach, led the group from 2000 until he was killed in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|author-first=Karlos|author-last=Zurutuza|date=24 June 2015|title=Understanding Pakistan's Baloch Insurgency|publisher=The Diplomat|url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/06/cracking-pakistans-baloch-insurgency/|access-date=12 February 2019|archive-date=12 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012031308/https://thediplomat.com/2015/06/cracking-pakistans-baloch-insurgency/|url-status=live}}</ref>

It is also reported that BLA was actively involved in kidnapping for ransom activities.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-18 |title=Understanding The Baloch Liberation Army By Abdullah Khan |url=https://narratives.com.pk/horizons/understanding-the-baloch-liberation-army/ |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=Narratives Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

According to the Ministry of Petroleum, the BLA and BLF were directly involved in smuggling Iranian oil. By 2024, 2.8 billion liters of smuggled oil—worth 227 billion rupees in government revenue—entered Pakistan; smuggling was temporarily depressed during Anwaar ul Haq Kakar's caretaker government from 2023 to 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-17 |title=Iranian oil smuggling into Pakistan exposes official terrorist-ties |url=https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/iranian-oil-smuggling-into-pakistan-exposes-official-terrorist-ties-801531 |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en}}</ref>

==Foreign involvement==

===India=== ''The Hindu'' reported that BLA commanders had sought medical treatment in India's hospitals using disguises and fake identities.<ref name="thehindu" /> One militant commander in charge of Khuzdar lived in Delhi for at least six months in 2017 while he underwent treatment for kidney ailments.<ref name="thehindu">{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/explained-the-baloch-liberation-army/article28273960.ece|title=Explained: The Baloch Liberation Army|work=The Hindu|date=3 July 2019 |access-date=3 July 2019|archive-date=14 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914201047/https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/explained-the-baloch-liberation-army/article28273960.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Express Tribune'' reported another commander, Aslam Baloch, received treatment at a New Delhi hospital.<ref name="thehindu" /><ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1853189/1-chinese-consulate-attack-mastermind-treated-new-delhi-hospital/|title=Chinese consulate attack 'mastermind' being treated at New Delhi hospital|date=23 November 2018|work=The Express Tribune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329013609/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1853189/1-chinese-consulate-attack-mastermind-treated-new-delhi-hospital/|archive-date=29 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017, Kulbhushan Jadhav, an Indian naval officer arrested in March 2016 in Balochistan and charged with espionage and sabotage was sentenced to death. He was accused of operating a covert terror network within Balochistan.<ref name="Spy">{{cite news |last1=Masood|first1=Salman|last2=Kumar|first2=Hari|title=Pakistan Sentences Indian Spy to Death for Operating Terrorism Ring|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/10/world/asia/pakistan-india-death-sentence-spy-kulbhushan-yadav.html|work=The New York Times|date=10 April 2017|access-date=20 October 2023|archive-date=9 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409020139/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/10/world/asia/pakistan-india-death-sentence-spy-kulbhushan-yadav.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Jadhav had confessed that he was tasked by India’s intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), “to plan and organize espionage and sabotage activities” in Balochistan and Karachi.<ref>{{cite news |title=Transcript of RAW agent Kulbhushan's confessional statement|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1248786|work=DAWN.COM|date=30 March 2016|language=en|access-date=20 October 2023|archive-date=31 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231024932/https://www.dawn.com/news/1248786|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Spy" />

In November 2020, the Foreign Office of Pakistan made public a dossier containing 'irrefutable proofs' of the alleged Indian sponsorship of terrorism in Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 14, 2020|title='Irrefutable evidence': Dossier on India's sponsorship of state terrorism in Pakistan presented|work=Dawn|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1590333|access-date=December 11, 2021|archive-date=June 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613144014/https://www.dawn.com/news/1590333|url-status=live}}</ref> It contained proof of India's alleged financial and material sponsorship of multiple terrorist organizations, including the Balochistan Liberation Army.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 15, 2020|title=Specific proof of Indian terrorism in Pakistan unveiled|work=Dawn|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1590441|access-date=December 11, 2021|archive-date=June 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612003621/https://www.dawn.com/news/1590441|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=25 November 2020|title=Pakistan gives UN a dossier on India, New Delhi dubs it 'lies'|work=Al Jazeera|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/25/pakistan-gives-un-a-dossier-on-india-new-delhi-dubs-it-lies|access-date=11 December 2021|archive-date=18 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118163326/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/25/pakistan-gives-un-a-dossier-on-india-new-delhi-dubs-it-lies|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=13 September 2021|title=Pakistan's 131-page dossier accuses India of hosting ISIS camps|work=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistans-131-page-dossier-accuses-india-of-hosting-isis-camps/articleshow/86150959.cms|access-date=11 December 2021|archive-date=15 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115122915/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistans-131-page-dossier-accuses-india-of-hosting-isis-camps/articleshow/86150959.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> The dossier was shared with the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan shares dossier on India's 'terror campaign' with UN secretary general|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1592313|work=Dawn|date=25 November 2020|access-date=20 October 2023|archive-date=9 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209115124/https://www.dawn.com/news/1592313|url-status=live}}</ref>

Pakistan has also accused Indian consulates in Kandahar and Jalalabad, Afghanistan, of providing arms, training and financial aid to the BLA in an attempt to destabilize Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/84902/wikileaks-india-russia-supporting-baloch-insurgency/|title=MPs told Russia, India and UAE involved in Baloch insurgency|work=The Express Tribune|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222162916/http://tribune.com.pk/story/84902/wikileaks-india-russia-supporting-baloch-insurgency/|archive-date=2014-12-22|date=2010-12-03}}</ref><ref name="outlook">{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?231032|title='RAW Is Training 600 Balochis In Afghanistan' – Mariana Baabar – Apr 24, 2006|work=outlookindia.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206133821/http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?231032|archive-date=2010-12-06}}</ref> Pakistan has often accused the BLA of acting as an Indian proxy, alleging that Indian consulates in Kandahar and Jalalabad, Afghanistan, provided arms, training, and financial aid.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/raw-is-training-600-balochis-in-afghanistan/231032|title=RAW Is Training 600 Balochis In Afghanistan|author-last=Baabar|author-first=Mariana|work=Outlook India|date=24 April 2006|access-date=15 August 2018|archive-date=13 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913062358/https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/raw-is-training-600-balochis-in-afghanistan/231032|url-status=live}}</ref>

Brahamdagh Bugti stated in a 2008 interview that he would accept help from India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.oneindia.in/2008/07/24/bugtis-grandson-ready-to-accept-help-from-india-1216875825.html|title=Bugti's grandson ready to accept help from India|publisher=Oneindia|date=24 July 2008|access-date=19 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510202229/http://news.oneindia.in/2008/07/24/bugtis-grandson-ready-to-accept-help-from-india-1216875825.html|archive-date=10 May 2013}}</ref> Pakistan has repeatedly accused India of supporting Baloch rebels,<ref name="talks" /> and David Wright-Neville writes that outside Pakistan, some Western observers also believe that India secretly funds the BLA.<ref name="Wright-Neville">{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Terrorism|publisher=Polity|isbn=978-0745643021|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZgmXxoLHv8MC&pg=PA48|author=David Wright-Neville|edition=1st|access-date=3 June 2012|pages=48–49|year=2010|archive-date=4 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104231257/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZgmXxoLHv8MC&pg=PA48#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2013, US Special Representative James Dobbins said Pakistan's fears over India's role in Afghanistan were “not groundless".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1034778|title=US acknowledges Pakistan's fears of Indian presence in Afghanistan|work=Dawn|location=Pakistan|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803210717/http://www.dawn.com/news/1034778/us-acknowledges-pakistans-fears-of-indian-presence-in-afghanistan|archive-date=2014-08-03|date=2013-08-07}}</ref>

Since 2025, Pakistan uses the umbrella term "Fitna al-Hindustan" {{Literal translation|The Curse of Hindustan}} (often shortened as '''FAH''') to refer to the Balochistan Liberation Army and its associated factions operating in Balochistan which it accuses of being sponsored by India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 May 2025 |title=Govt designates all terrorist organizations operating in Balochistan as "Fitna al-Hindustan” |url=https://radio.gov.pk/31-05-2025/govt-officially-designates-all-terrorist-organizations-operating-in-balochistan-as-fitna-al-hindustan |website=Radio Pakistan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistani forces kill 145 fighters in Balochistan after deadly attacks |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/2/pakistani-forces-kill-145-fighters-in-balochistan-after-deadly-attacks |date=2 February 2026 |access-date=26 February 2026 |website=Al Jazeera}}</ref>

A leaked diplomatic cable sent on December 31, 2009, from the U.S. consulate in Karachi said it was "plausible" that Indian intelligence was helping the Baloch insurgents. An earlier 2008 cable, discussing the Mumbai attacks, reported fears by British officials that "intense domestic pressure would force Delhi to respond, at the minimum, by ramping up covert support to nationalist insurgents fighting the Pakistani Army in Balochistan."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/01/wikileaks-cables-india-mumbai-attacks |title=WikiLeaks cables: Britain 'over-reacted' in wake of Mumbai attacks |date=December 2010 |access-date=6 August 2015 |archive-date=26 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626193408/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/01/wikileaks-cables-india-mumbai-attacks |url-status=live |author=Declan Walsh|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>

Baloch separatist Hyrbyair Marri had denied that BLA had links with India,<ref name="Marri" /> and India officially denies helping BLA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/459591/india-denies-helping-bla|title=India denies helping BLA|date=24 April 2009|work=Dawn News|access-date=3 July 2019|archive-date=3 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703175330/https://www.dawn.com/news/459591/india-denies-helping-bla|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Afghanistan=== The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan acknowledged its covert support for BLA. 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.<ref name="auto"/> ''Tolonews'' reported that Aslam Baloch had resided in Afghanistan since 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tolonews.com/afghanistan/baloch-separatist-leader-killed-kandahar-attack-reports|title=Baloch Separatist Leader Killed In Kandahar Attack: Reports|website=TOLOnews|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226190149/https://www.tolonews.com/afghanistan/baloch-separatist-leader-killed-kandahar-attack-reports|url-status=live}}</ref> BLA leader Balach Marri was killed in Afghanistan in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/urdu/pakistan-46834089|title=افغانستان میں پناہ گزین بلوچ مہاجرین کا کیا بنے گا؟|first=ملک سراج|last=اکبر|date=12 January 2019|access-date=12 May 2019|publisher=BBC|language=ur|archive-date=9 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209135359/https://www.bbc.com/urdu/pakistan-46834089|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/eight-soldiers-killed-in-pakistans-restive-balochistan-province-628828|title=Eight soldiers killed in Pakistan's restive Balochistan Province|date=21 May 2020|work=The Jerusalem Post|access-date=17 June 2020|archive-date=12 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012043056/https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/eight-soldiers-killed-in-pakistans-restive-balochistan-province-628828|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== China === {{see also|Anti-China terrorism in Pakistan}} The BLA has strongly opposed the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which constitutes part of China's Belt and Road Initiative. Due to its opposition to CPEC projects such as the Gwadar Port City,<ref>{{cite web |date=1 May 2022 |author-last=Mehmood|author-first=Arshad|title=Pakistan: Beijing demands stern action after terrorist slays Chinese academics in Karachi |url=https://m.jpost.com/international/article-705626 |website=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=5 May 2022 |archive-date=12 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012043056/https://m.jpost.com/international/article-705626 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Call for China to launch airstrikes on Baloch militants after Karachi attack |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2022/04/27/call-for-china-to-launch-airstrikes-on-baloch-militants-after-karachi-attack.html |work=The Week |access-date=5 May 2022 |archive-date=5 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505131117/https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2022/04/27/call-for-china-to-launch-airstrikes-on-baloch-militants-after-karachi-attack.html |url-status=live }}</ref> the BLA has recently focused on targeted terror attacks on Chinese nationals even outside Balochistan, including a 2019 attack on the Pearl-Continental Hotel in Islamabad<ref name=":Curtis&Klaus">{{Cite book |last1=Curtis |first1=Simon |title=The Belt and Road City: Geopolitics, Urbanization, and China's Search for a New International Order |last2=Klaus |first2=Ian |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=9780300266900 |location=New Haven and London |publication-date=2024}}</ref>{{Rp|page=60}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/06/asia/blast-karachi-pakistan-airport-intl-hnk/index.html | title=Chinese workers targeted in deadly Pakistan airport suicide blast | website=CNN | date=7 October 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/asia/chinese-workers-killed-pakistan-attack-dasu-dam-intl-hnk/index.html | title=Chinese workers killed in suicide bomb blast as Pakistan grapples with attacks on Beijing's interests | website=CNN | date=27 March 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/19/china/china-pakistan-bus-explosion-mic-intl-hnk/index.html | title=China's already spending billions on overseas investments. Does it need to fund security, too? | website=CNN | date=19 July 2021 }}</ref> and an attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi.

==Activity and attacks== === 2000–2010 === On 14 December 2006, BLA militants launched six rockets at a paramilitary camp in Balochistan's Kohlu District that then President Pervez Musharraf was visiting. Though Musharraf's life was not endangered, the Pakistani government labelled the attack an attempt on his life and initiated a sweeping army operation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamestown.org/programs/gta/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=709&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=239&no_cache=1|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140622000413/http://www.jamestown.org/programs/gta/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=709&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=239&no_cache=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 June 2014|title=The Baloch Insurgency and its Threat to Pakistan's Energy Sector|publisher=The Jamestown Foundation|date=21 March 2006}}</ref>

On 14 June 2009, masked gunmen shot dead Anwar Baig, a school teacher in Kalat. Baig had opposed recitation of the Baloch anthem in schools. The killing was part of a larger campaign against educators who were seen to be sympathetic to the Pakistani state.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/02/08/testimony-ali-dayan-hasan-us-house-committee-foreign-affairs-regarding-human-rights- |title=Testimony of Ali Dayan Hasan before the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs regarding Human Rights in Balochistan |date=8 February 2012 |publisher=Human Rights Watch |access-date=4 December 2016 |archive-date=21 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021184113/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/02/08/testimony-ali-dayan-hasan-us-house-committee-foreign-affairs-regarding-human-rights- |url-status=live}}</ref> On 30 July, BLA militants kidnapped 19 Pakistani police in Sui, killed one and injured 16. Over the course of three weeks all but one of the kidnapped officers were killed by their captors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200907300006|title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200907300006|publisher=National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism|access-date=21 June 2014|archive-date=24 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524200327/http://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200907300006|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2010, Nazima Talib, a female assistant professor at the University of Balochistan in Quetta was murdered, for which BLA later claimed responsibility. The reason for the murder, according to BLA, was due the deaths of two Baloch women in Quetta and Pasni and for the arrest of several Baloch women by Pakistan's police.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 July 2010 |title=All Baloch shouldn't be tarred with same brush |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/856655/all-baloch-shouldn-t-be-tarred-with-same-brush |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=Dawn |location=Pakistan |language=en |archive-date=5 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105142848/https://www.dawn.com/news/856655/all-baloch-shouldn-t-be-tarred-with-same-brush |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yusufzai |first=Rahimullah |title=Assassination of professor brings focus on Baloch rebels |url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/assassination-of-professor-brings-focus-on-baloch-rebels-1.627332 |website=Gulf News |date=15 September 2018 |language=en }}</ref>

In 2010, BLA attacked schools, teachers, and students in the province.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheppard |first=Bede |date=13 December 2010 |editor-last=Coursen-Neff |editor-first=Zama |editor2-last=Dayan Hasan |editor2-first=Ali |editor3-last=Ross |editor3-first=James |editor4-last=Haas |editor4-first=Danielle |title="Their Future is at Stake" – Attacks on Teachers and Schools in Pakistan's Balochistan Province |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2010/12/13/their-future-stake/attacks-teachers-and-schools-pakistans-balochistan-province |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003200104/https://www.hrw.org/report/2010/12/13/their-future-stake/attacks-teachers-and-schools-pakistans-balochistan-province |archive-date=3 October 2015 |access-date=12 May 2019 |publisher=Human Rights Watch}}</ref>

On 14 August 2010, BLA militants killed six laborers and wounded three others on their way home from work in the Khilji area of Quetta.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=201008140001|title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 201008140001|publisher=National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism|access-date=14 October 2014|archive-date=23 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131223040232/http://start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=201008140001|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2011–2020 === On 21 November 2011, BLA terrorists attacked government security personnel who were guarding a mine in the northern Musakhel district, killing 14 and wounding 10. The BLA claimed to have killed 40.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pakistan troops killed in ambush in Balochistan|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-15815853|date=21 November 2011|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=13 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213015830/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-15815853|url-status=live}}</ref> On 31 December, the BLA claimed responsibility for the suicide bomb targeting a Baloch politician, Naseer Mengal, at his home in Quetta. The suicide attack killed 13 people and injured 30.<ref name="indianexpress1" /><ref>{{cite news|title=BLA claims responsibility of the blast in Quetta: 13 killed|work=Dawn|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/684475/bla-claims-responsibility-of-the-blast-in-quetta-13-killed|date=31 December 2011|access-date=23 December 2015|archive-date=10 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910233209/http://www.dawn.com/news/684475/bla-claims-responsibility-of-the-blast-in-quetta-13-killed|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 26 May 2012, BLA took responsibility for the assassination of Muzafar Hussain Jamali, principal of a private school in Kharan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/721643|title=School principal, nephew shot dead|date=26 May 2012|work=Dawn News|access-date=17 June 2020|archive-date=17 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617102126/https://www.dawn.com/news/721643|url-status=live}}</ref> Jamali was travelling with his family when they were attacked. Jamali and his eight year old nephew died immediately, while his two daughters were injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/384563/kharan-school-principal-12-year-old-nephew-killed-in-targeted-attack/|title=Kharan school principal, 12-year old nephew killed in targeted attack|date=26 May 2012|work=The Express Tribune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221233705/https://tribune.com.pk/story/384563/kharan-school-principal-12-year-old-nephew-killed-in-targeted-attack/|archive-date=21 February 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> On 12 July, BLA took responsibility for abducting and killing 7 miners and 1 doctor. The miners were abducted in Soorang area on 7 July. The miners were later killed and their bullet ridden bodies were found.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/07/12/world/asia/pakistan-violence/index.html|title=Gunmen kill 9 Pakistani prison guards in attack on building|author=Nasir Habib|date=12 July 2012 |publisher=CNN|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512174019/https://www.cnn.com/2012/07/12/world/asia/pakistan-violence/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/407271/abductors-kill-seven-coal-miners-near-quetta/|title=Abductors kill seven coal miners near Quetta|date=12 July 2012|work=The Express Tribune|access-date=12 February 2019|archive-date=13 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213065615/https://tribune.com.pk/story/407271/abductors-kill-seven-coal-miners-near-quetta/|url-status=live}}</ref> The victims were Pashtuns. Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) and miner labour union staged protest outside Balochistan High Court (BHC).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/623714-bodies-of-seven-abducted-miners-found-in-quetta|title=Bodies of seven abducted miners found in Quetta|date=12 July 2012|website=The News International|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512174015/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/623714-bodies-of-seven-abducted-miners-found-in-quetta|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 6 August 2013, BLA took responsibility for abducting and killing 11 passengers from a bus near Machh Town. The militants were disguised as security personnel.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1036233|title=Attack on Jaffar Express near Machh|date=16 August 2013|website=Dawn|location=Pakistan|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429044046/https://www.dawn.com/news/1036233|url-status=live}}</ref> On 16 August, BLA claimed responsibility for attacking Jaffar Express near Machh. The attack claimed lives of two people and wounded ten.<ref name="auto1" /> The Quaid-e-Azam Residency, a historical residence in Balochistan where Muhammad Ali Jinnah spent the last days of his life, was attacked by rockets on 15 June. The building was nearly demolished. BLA militants claimed responsibility. The militants removed the flag of Pakistan from the monument site, replacing it with a BLA flag.<ref>{{cite news|title=BLA destroys Jinnah's Residency in Ziarat|work=The Express Tribune|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/563877/bla-destroys-jinnahs-residency-in-ziarat/|date=16 June 2013|access-date=23 December 2015|archive-date=24 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224104239/http://tribune.com.pk/story/563877/bla-destroys-jinnahs-residency-in-ziarat/|url-status=live}}</ref> Reconstruction work was completed and the rehabilitated Ziarat Residency opened on 14 August 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1106091/rehabilitated-ziarat-residency-to-be-inaugurated-on-august-14th|title=Rehabilitated Ziarat Residency to be inaugurated on August 14th|date=14 May 2014 |access-date=23 December 2014|archive-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806073758/https://www.dawn.com/news/1106091/rehabilitated-ziarat-residency-to-be-inaugurated-on-august-14th|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 3 November 2014, BLA attacked United Baloch Army (UBA). Commander Ali Sher of UBA was killed in the attack. Four other UBA members were captured by BLA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-end-of-pakistans-balo_b_6090920|title=The End of Pakistan's Baloch Insurgency?|first1=Malik Siraj|last1=Akbar|date=3 November 2014|website=HuffPost|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-date=12 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012040326/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/malik-siraj-akbar/the-end-of-pakistans-balo_b_6090920.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 30 June 2015, BLA clashed with UBA in Dera Bugti. The attack resulted in death of 20 militants on both sides.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/912110/up-to-20-killed-in-clashes-between-separatist-groups-in-dera-bugti/|title=Up to 20 killed in clashes between separatist groups in Dera Bugti|date=30 June 2015|work=The Express Tribune|access-date=12 February 2019|archive-date=13 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213012618/https://tribune.com.pk/story/912110/up-to-20-killed-in-clashes-between-separatist-groups-in-dera-bugti/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 7 October 2016, BLA claimed responsibility for two blasts targeting Jaffar Express. The attack claimed lives of six people and wounded eighteen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1288604|title=Six dead as two blasts target Jaffar Express in Balochistan|first=Syed Ali|last=Shah|date=7 October 2016|website=Dawn|location=Pakistan|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-date=28 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428232117/https://www.dawn.com/news/1288604|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/155824-Jaffer-Express-hit-by-twin-blasts-in-Mach|title=Jaffer Express hit by twin blasts in Mach|date=7 October 2016|website=The News International|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-date=28 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428210535/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/155824-Jaffer-Express-hit-by-twin-blasts-in-Mach|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017 ten Sindhi laborers were killed by two gunmen on motorbikes. BLA claimed the attack as a response to the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/gunmen-kill-10-labourers-balochistan-gwadar-170513111330168.html|title=Gunmen kill 10 labourers in Balochistan's Gwadar|date=13 May 2017|publisher=Al Jazeera English |access-date=21 May 2017|archive-date=21 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521182729/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/gunmen-kill-10-labourers-balochistan-gwadar-170513111330168.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Victims were native of Sindh province.<ref name="nation.com.pk"/> On 14 August, BLA claimed responsibility for a roadside bomb blast that killed 8 FC troops in Harnai.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1482509/harnai-blast-death-toll-rises-eight/|title=Harnai blast: Death toll rises to eight|last=Muhammad|first=Zaffar|work=The Express Tribune|date=16 August 2017|access-date=17 August 2017|archive-date=16 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816192208/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1482509/harnai-blast-death-toll-rises-eight/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 23 November 2018, BLA claimed responsibility for killing four at the Chinese Consulate in Karachi.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/11/23/world/asia/23reuters-pakistan-china-casualties.html |title=Two Pakistani Policemen Killed, Guard Wounded in Attack on China Consulate in Karachi: Doctor |work=The New York Times |access-date=28 November 2018 |archive-date=23 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123201121/https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/11/23/world/asia/23reuters-pakistan-china-casualties.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Chinese consulate attack: Four killed in thwarted raid in Karachi |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/23/asia/karachi-chinese-consulate-attack-intl/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=23 November 2018 |access-date=28 November 2018 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107021615/https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/23/asia/karachi-chinese-consulate-attack-intl/index.html%20 |url-status=live }}</ref> The attackers were killed by police during the attack.<ref>{{cite news |title=Baloch separatist leader Harbiyar Marri among 13 booked for Chinese consulate attack |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1447419/ |work=Dawn |date=24 November 2018 |access-date=28 November 2018 |archive-date=28 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128075357/https://www.dawn.com/news/1447419 |url-status=live }}</ref> Later on, the mastermind of the attack, Aslam Baloch Achu, was killed along with five other commanders in Kandahar, Afghanistan.<ref name="tribune.com.pk" />

Chinese nationals were targeted during a 2019 attack on the Pearl-Continental Hotel.<ref name=":Curtis&Klaus" />{{Rp|page=60}} On 11 May 2019, BLA claimed responsibility for an attack on the Zaver Pearl-Continental Hotel in the port city of Gwadar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48238759|title=Pakistan hotel attack gunmen shot dead|date=12 May 2019|access-date=12 May 2019|publisher=BBC|archive-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511212723/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48238759|url-status=live}}</ref> Opposition to the construction of the Gwadar Port was claimed to be the main reason of the attack by BLA.<ref name=":Curtis&Klaus" />{{Rp|page=60}}

On 29 June 2020, four BLA militants attempted to attack and hold the Pakistan Stock Exchange attack in Karachi as hostage but were killed by security forces.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/6/29/pakistan-4-killed-in-attack-on-karachi-stock-exchange |title=Pakistan: 4 killed in attack on Karachi stock exchange |access-date=29 June 2020 |archive-date=29 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629172825/https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2020/06/gunmen-attack-pakistan-stock-exchange-building-karachi-200629060634288.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 15 October, at least fourteen security personnel were killed after a convoy of state-run Oil & Gas Development Company (OGDCL) was attacked.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idINKBN271092|title=Paramilitary convoy attacked in southwestern Pakistan, killing 14|work=Gul Yousafzai|date=16 October 2020 |access-date=28 December 2020|archive-date=23 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023112103/https://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idINKBN271092|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/15/convoy-attack-kills-14-in-southwestern-pakistan|title=Convoy attack kills 14 in southwestern Pakistan|work=Asad Hashim, Saadullah Akhtar|access-date=28 December 2020|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115212411/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/15/convoy-attack-kills-14-in-southwestern-pakistan|url-status=live}}</ref> On 27 December, seven soldiers were killed in an attack on a Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan post in Harnai district of Balochistan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1598158|title=7 soldiers martyred in terrorist 'fire raid' on FC post in Balochistan's Harnai: ISPR|work=DAWN|date=27 December 2020 |access-date=28 December 2020|archive-date=28 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228073858/https://www.dawn.com/news/1598158|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2021–present ===

==== 2021 ==== On 7 March 2021, two navy personnel were killed in an attack, while en route to Ganz from Jiwani, Balochistan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=808517|title=Pak Navy suffers casualties in targeted attack|work=DaijiWorld|access-date=8 March 2021|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310052008/https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=808517|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 24 March, a bomb blast left at least three dead and another 13 injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1614191/three-killed-13-injured-in-chaman-bomb-blast|title=Three killed, 13 injured in Chaman bomb blast|work=Dawn|date=24 March 2021|access-date=24 March 2021|archive-date=24 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324030147/https://www.dawn.com/news/1614191/three-killed-13-injured-in-chaman-bomb-blast|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/pakistan-blast-int-idUSKBN2BF2IL|title=Three killed, 13 injured in blast at Pakistani-Afghan border|work=Reuters|date=23 March 2021|access-date=23 March 2021|archive-date=23 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323220614/https://www.reuters.com/article/pakistan-blast-int-idUSKBN2BF2IL|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 28 May BLA accepted the responsibility of targeting a water supply vehicle of the Pakistan Army near a post at Nisau Dao Shah area of Kohlu with a landmine attack, which destroyed the vehicle and 4 personnel.

On 31 May 10 Frontier Corps soldiers were killed and 12 injured in two attacks, an IED attack in Turbat and an attack on a checkpoint near Quetta. The attack was claimed by BLA.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/1/several-killed-in-two-attacks-in-pakistans-southwest |title=Several killed in two attacks in Pakistan's southwest |access-date=1 June 2021 |archive-date=1 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601144121/https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2021/6/1/several-killed-in-two-attacks-in-pakistans-southwest |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2021/06/four-soldiers-martyred-eight-injured-in-quetta-turbat-attacks-ispr/|title=Four soldiers martyred, eight injured in Quetta, Turbat attacks: ISPR|work=SAMMA|date=7 October 2011 |access-date=1 June 2021|archive-date=1 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601045202/https://www.samaa.tv/news/2021/06/four-soldiers-martyred-eight-injured-in-quetta-turbat-attacks-ispr/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 9 June, BLA accepted responsibility for an attack on the Pakistani army camp in the Karakdan area of Bolan Pass, in which two were killed and two others were critically wounded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibgnews.com/2021/06/09/bla-accepts-responsibility-for-the-attack-on-the-occupying-pakistani-army-camp-in-karakhan-area-of-%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Bbolan/|title=BLA accepts responsibility for the attack on the occupying Pakistani army camp in Karakhan area of Bolan|work=IBG News|access-date=15 June 2021|archive-date=16 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616091632/http://ibgnews.com/2021/06/09/bla-accepts-responsibility-for-the-attack-on-the-occupying-pakistani-army-camp-in-karakhan-area-of-%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Bbolan/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 14 June, 4 Pakistani soldiers were killed in an IED attack at Marget Mines.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/pakistan-military-bomb-kills-4-soldiers-guarding-coal-mine/2021/06/14/6a4c9c3a-cd26-11eb-a224-bd59bd22197c_story.html|title=Pakistan military: Bomb kills 4 soldiers guarding coal mine|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=15 June 2021|archive-date=3 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803084727/https://www.washingtonpost.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 17 June, a Pakistan Army soldier was killed near Turbat airport, according to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1629908|title=Pakistan Army soldier martyred in terrorist attack near Turbat airport|work=DAWN|date=17 June 2021 |access-date=18 June 2021|archive-date=18 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618063930/https://www.dawn.com/news/1629908|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 25 June, five soldiers from Frontier Corps, Balochistan, were killed after terrorists targeted a patrolling party in Sibi district's Sangan area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1631390|title=5 FC men martyred in Sibi terrorist attack: ISPR|work=DAWN|date=25 June 2021 |access-date=25 June 2021|archive-date=25 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625104106/https://www.dawn.com/news/1631390|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 1 July, an explosion took place near a moving Frontier Corps (FC) vehicle, At least six people were injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/40104375|title=Blast in Quetta injures at least six|work=Business Recorder|date=July 2021 |access-date=15 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182820/https://www.brecorder.com/news/40104375|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 15 July, two soldiers were killed in an IED blast during an operation in Pasni.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thenamal.com/national/captain-affan-masood-khan-pak-army-officer-martyred-in-balochistan/|title=Captain Affan Masood Khan: Pak Army officer martyred in Balochistan|work=The Namal|date=14 July 2021 |access-date=15 July 2021|archive-date=15 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715064748/https://thenamal.com/national/captain-affan-masood-khan-pak-army-officer-martyred-in-balochistan/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1635205|title=Pak Army officer, soldier martyred in terrorist attack near Pasni: ISPR|work=DAWN|date=15 July 2021 |access-date=15 July 2021|archive-date=15 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715090057/https://www.dawn.com/news/1635205|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 20 August, two children were killed and three wounded in an attack targeting Chinese nationals in Gwadar, Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/two-killed-suicide-bombing-targeting-chinese-nationals-southwest-pakistan-2021-08-20/|title=Two killed in suicide bombing targeting Chinese nationals in Pakistan|first=Gul|last=Yousafzai|work=Reuters|date=20 August 2021|access-date=27 August 2021|archive-date=27 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827123836/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/two-killed-suicide-bombing-targeting-chinese-nationals-southwest-pakistan-2021-08-20/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 26 September a statue of Pakistan's founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah was destroyed by Baloch militants in the coastal city of Gwadar.

On 11 October, Shahid Zehri, a 35-year-old Pakistani journalist was killed in an attack claimed by BLA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/media/pakistan-tv-reporter-killed-in-bomb-attack-in-balochistan|title=Pakistan: TV Reporter Killed in Bomb Attack in Balochistan|work=THE WIRE|access-date=12 December 2021|archive-date=3 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103203856/https://thewire.in/media/pakistan-tv-reporter-killed-in-bomb-attack-in-balochistan|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== 2022 ==== On 25–26 January 2022, an attack on a security checkpoint in Kech Province led to the death of 10 Pakistani soldiers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theprint.in/world/10-soldiers-killed-in-terror-attack-in-pakistans-balochistan-province/814791/ |title=10 soldiers killed in terror attack in Pakistan's Balochistan province |work=The Print |date=27 January 2022 |access-date=5 February 2022 |archive-date=5 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205155843/https://theprint.in/world/10-soldiers-killed-in-terror-attack-in-pakistans-balochistan-province/814791/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 2 February, nine militants and 12 soldiers were killed at Panjgur and Nushki districts. The BLA claimed to have killed more than 100 soldiers at two military camps, a claim rejected by Pakistani government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/killed-more-100-soldiers-military-camps-pakistan-baloch-liberation-army-1908300-2022-02-03|title=Killed more than 100 soldiers at military camps in Pakistan, claims Baloch Liberation Army|work=India Today|date=3 February 2022 |access-date=5 February 2022|archive-date=5 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205015841/https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/killed-more-100-soldiers-military-camps-pakistan-baloch-liberation-army-1908300-2022-02-03|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/04/pakistan-army-clashes-with-separatist-militants-for-third-day|title=At least 21 dead after Pakistan army clashes with militants for third day|work=The Guardian|date=4 February 2022|access-date=5 February 2022|archive-date=5 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205075001/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/04/pakistan-army-clashes-with-separatist-militants-for-third-day|url-status=live}}</ref> On 2 March, three people including a senior police officer in Quetta were killed by a roadside bomb. The BLA claimed responsibility.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/deadly-bomb-hits-pakistan-police-convoy-/6467110.html|date=2 March 2022|publisher=VOA News|title=Deadly Bomb Hits Pakistan Police Convoy|access-date=30 March 2022|archive-date=22 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322221857/https://www.voanews.com/a/deadly-bomb-hits-pakistan-police-convoy-/6467110.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 26 April, the BLA claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in which four people, including three teachers of Chinese origin at Karachi University, were killed. It further said that this was the first such bombing by a female member of the group (specifically Shari Baloch, a 30-year old science teacher and mother of two).<ref>{{cite web|title=Balochistan Liberation Army claims Karachi attack and '1st woman suicide bomber'|date=26 April 2022|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/karachi-university-blast-balochistan-liberation-army-claims-attack-101650972680484.html|access-date=26 April 2022|archive-date=1 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501160325/https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/karachi-university-blast-balochistan-liberation-army-claims-attack-101650972680484.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Female graduate student behind Pakistan university attack: Report |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/27/female-graduate-student-behind-pakistan-university-attack-report |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427082936/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/27/female-graduate-student-behind-pakistan-university-attack-report |archive-date=27 April 2022 |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-04-26 |title=Pakistan attack: Chinese killed in blast in Karachi |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61229589 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426174420/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61229589 |archive-date=26 April 2022 |access-date=2022-04-26 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==== 2023 ==== On 13 August 2023, two BLA militants attacked a convoy of Chinese engineers in Gwadar. A spokesman for the BLA claimed 4 Chinese nationals and 9 Pakistani soldiers were killed with numerous others injured in the attack while the two BLA militants committed suicide. However, these claims went unconfirmed and officials claimed that no Pakistani or Chinese casualties were reported but that the BLA ambush was repulsed with two militants killed. After the attack, security restrictions were placed in Gwadar by Pakistani security forces.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-08-13 |title=Convoy of Chinese engineers attacked near Pakistan's Gwadar, 1 terrorist killed |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/convoy-of-chinese-engineers-attacked-near-pakistans-gwadar-militants/articleshow/102695146.cms |access-date=2023-08-13 |issn=0971-8257 |archive-date=13 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813175831/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/convoy-of-chinese-engineers-attacked-near-pakistans-gwadar-militants/articleshow/102695146.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Iftikhar Shirazi |date=2023-08-13 |title=2 terrorists killed in retaliatory action after attack on military convoy in Gwadar: ISPR |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1769928 |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=DAWN.com |language=en |archive-date=13 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813175829/https://www.dawn.com/news/1769928 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan: Balochistan Liberation Army claims responsibility for ongoing attack targeting vehicles of Chinese company in Gwadar, Balochistan, Aug. 13 /update 1 |url=https://crisis24.garda.com/alerts/2023/08/pakistan-balochistan-liberation-army-claims-responsibility-for-ongoing-attack-targeting-vehicles-of-chinese-company-in-gwadar-balochistan-aug-13-update-1 |access-date=2023-08-13 |website= Crisis24 |language=en |archive-date=13 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813175833/https://crisis24.garda.com/alerts/2023/08/pakistan-balochistan-liberation-army-claims-responsibility-for-ongoing-attack-targeting-vehicles-of-chinese-company-in-gwadar-balochistan-aug-13-update-1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== 2024 ==== On 30 January 2024, at least six BLA fighters and four security officials were killed in an overnight attack in the city of Mach, south of Balochistan's capital, Quetta.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Abid |first1=Hussain |title=At least 10 killed in overnight attack by Baloch rebels in Pakistan |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/30/at-least-10-killed-in-overnight-attack-by-baloch-rebels-in-pakistan |access-date=30 January 2024 |publisher=Al Jazeera English}}</ref>

On 26 August 2024, at least 74 people, including 14 soldiers were killed in a series of attacks in Balochistan. The Liberation Army claimed responsibility.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/26/pakistan-baluchistan-violence-explainer/602d0eac-6390-11ef-a399-4245aabdb0ed_story.html|title=What's behind the bloodiest recent attacks in Pakistan's Baluchistan province?|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pakistan-baluchistan-gunmen-1.7304790|title=Dozens killed by gunmen in multiple attacks in Pakistan |publisher=CBC |date=2024-08-26 |access-date=2025-03-12}}</ref> The Fateh squad was involved.<ref name=":1a" />

The BLA claimed responsibility for an attack on the airport motorway at Jinnah International Airport on October 6, 2024, in which at least ten people were injured and two Chinese nationals were killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0r84p0dp1jo |title=Blast kills two Chinese near Pakistan's Karachi airport |publisher=BBC news |date=7 October 2024 |access-date=2025-03-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/06/people-killed-and-injured-in-explosion-near-karachi-airport |title=Two killed in explosion near Karachi airport targeting Chinese nationals|work=The Guardian |date=6 October 2024 |access-date=2025-03-12}}</ref>

On 9 November 2024, at least 31 people were killed along with the perpetrator and 2 others were injured in a suicide bombing at the Quetta railway station in Quetta,<ref>{{Cite web |author-last1=ur-Rehman |author-first1=Zia |date=9 November 2024 |title=Train Station Suicide Bombing Leaves Dozens Dead or Wounded in Pakistan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/09/world/asia/pakistan-suicide-bombing.html |website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author-last1=Sattar |author-first1=Abdul |date=9 November 2024 |title=A powerful suicide bombing at a rail station in southwestern Pakistan kills at least 26 |url=https://apnews.com/article/quetta-railway-bombing-pakistan-30457309ca4b4c29bd3a5149509acb2e |access-date=9 November 2024 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> for which the BLA claimed responsibility.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 10, 2024 |title=Inside the Deadly Quetta Railway Station Attack and Its Aftermath – TBP Report |url=https://thebalochistanpost.net/2024/11/inside-the-deadly-quetta-railway-station-attack-and-its-aftermath-tbp-report/ |access-date=November 11, 2024 |publisher=The Balochistan Post |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 9, 2024 |first=Saleem |last=Shahid |title=26 martyred in Quetta railway station explosion |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1871371 |access-date=November 9, 2024 |publisher=Dawn |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=CNN|date=9 November 2024|title=At least 25 killed in Pakistan train station blast, Balochistan militants claim responsibility|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/09/asia/pakistan-train-station-bomb-blast-intl-hnk/index.html|first1=Sophia|last2=Khan|last1=Saifi|first2=Asim}}</ref>

On November 20, the Apex Committee announced military operation against BLA.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1873490 |title=Apex Committee approves comprehensive military operation against terrorist outfits in Balochistan |publisher=Dawn |date=2024-11-19 |access-date=2025-03-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistan-to-launch-comprehensive-operation-against-militants-in-balochistan/article68888753.ece |title=Pakistan to launch comprehensive operation against militants in Balochistan |work=The Hindu |date=2024-11-20 |access-date=2025-03-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2510726/civil-military-huddle-approves-terror-purge-in-balochistan |title=Civil-military huddle approves terror purge in Balochistan|publisher=Tribune |date=2024-11-20 |access-date=2025-03-12}}</ref>

==== 2025 ====

On 11 March 2025, the BLA militants hijacked a Jaffar Express passenger train carrying hundreds of people from Quetta to Peshawar.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y2q5v9249o|title=Pakistan militants attack train carrying hundreds of passengers|date=11 March 2025|access-date=11 March 2025|publisher=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Abdullah |first1=Zehri |last2=Ali |first2=Imtiaz |title=Firing on Peshawar-bound train prompts Balochistan govt to take 'emergency measures' |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1897237/firing-on-peshawar-bound-train-prompts-balochistan-govt-to-take-emergency-measures |website=DAWN.com |language=en |date=11 March 2025 |access-date=2025-03-12}}</ref> After a 30-hour operation by the Pakistani army, it announced that the forces had successfully freed passengers held hostage by the rebel group. Pakistani officials said that 21 civilians and four security personnel lost their lives during the operation, and additionally a total of 33 militants of Balochistan Liberation Army, including suicide bombers, were killed by the security forces.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Hostages Used As Human Shields": Pakistan Train Siege Ends After 30 Hours |url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/pakistan-jaffar-express-train-siege-ends-army-explains-why-rescue-ops-took-30-hours-baloch-liberation-army-7912560 |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=NDTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Baloch |first=Shah Meer |date=2025-03-12 |title=Pakistan operation to free hostages after train hijacking ends with dozens killed |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/12/up-to-200-still-held-hostage-amid-train-hijack-standoff-in-pakistan |access-date=2025-03-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> There were 380 hostages, with 33 killed, and Fateh squad involvement.<ref name=":2a" />

In April 2025, the BLA carried out multiple attacks across Balochistan, Pakistan, beginning with a roadside bomb attack that killed three security personnel and injured 18 others in Mastung District on April 15,<ref>{{cite news |title=Roadside bomb kills 3 in southwest Pakistan as 2 polio workers are abducted in the northwest |url=https://apnews.com/article/a0d14391db0f2a2fe5e56b1472a926a7 |work=AP News |date=15 April 2025 |access-date=26 April 2025}}</ref> an IED attack targeting a bomb disposal squad in Kech District on April 17 that killed one soldier and injured two others,<ref name="AP News">{{cite news |title=Roadside bomb kills 3 in southwest Pakistan as 2 polio workers are abducted in the northwest |url=https://apnews.com/article/a0d14391db0f2a2fe5e56b1472a926a7 |work=AP News |date=17 April 2025 |access-date=26 April 2025}}</ref> a grenade attack on security personnel near a checkpoint in Turbat, Kech District, on April 17,<ref name="AP News"/> the capture of the Gwandh Saren Levies post in the Hoshab area of Kech District on April 20,<ref>{{cite web |title=Multiple attacks by BLA and BLF reported across Balochistan |url=https://www.satp.org/terrorism-update/multiple-attacks-by-bla-and-blf-reported-across-balochistan |website=SATP |date=20 April 2025 |access-date=26 April 2025}}</ref> and a major IED attack against a military convoy in the Margat area of Quetta on April 25 that resulted in the deaths of 10 soldiers, including senior officers.<ref>{{cite news |title=10 Pakistan army personnel killed in Baloch IED attack in Quetta |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/10-pakistan-army-personnel-killed-in-baloch-ied-attack-in-quetta/articleshow/120633982.cms |work=Times of India |date=25 April 2025 |access-date=26 April 2025}}</ref>

On 10 April 2025, an explosion in Kandahar’s Aino Mina neighbourhood reportedly killed 12 members of Pakistani militant groups, including the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and wounded five others, according to local sources. The blast occurred as militants were leaving a gathering, but Taliban officials denied any airstrike, attributing the explosion to old or decaying munitions stored near the anti-narcotics department. Residents reported hearing a powerful blast followed by gunfire, and Taliban emergency crews responded to contain the incident. While casualties among Taliban guards were acknowledged, the exact number was not disclosed, and Taliban spokespeople maintained that no foreign attack had taken place.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sirat|first1=Siyar|title=12 reported killed in Kandahar airstrike targeting Pakistani militants, Taliban deny attack|url=https://amu.tv/168011/|work=Amu TV|date=10 April 2025}}</ref>

On 1 February 2025, a major incident took place in which the BLA fighters attacked military posts and government buildings and captured the village of Mangochar in Kalat district, Balochistan. The group was alleged to have installed checkpoints and allegedly killed a dozen of Pakistan Soldiers.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Baloch rebellion brewing into civil war? Rebels take control of Pakistan's Mangocher city: Reports|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2025/05/03/baloch-rebellion-brewing-into-civil-war-rebels-take-control-of-pakistan-s-mangocher-city-reports.html|access-date=2025-05-04|website=The Week}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Baloch Liberation Army Captures Town In Balochistan, Clashes With Pakistani Forces|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/video/baloch-liberation-army-captures-town-in-balochistan-clashes-with-pakistani-forces-ytvd-2718933-2025-05-03|access-date=2025-05-04|website=India Today}}</ref> The attackers left the area before the arrival of security forces. In response, law enforcement agencies launched a search operation to apprehend those involved, and traffic on the highway was restored later that night.<ref name="Dawn News 3 May 2025">{{cite news |last1=Shahwani |first1=Abdul Wahid |last2=Shahid |first2=Saleem |date=3 May 2025 |title=Armed men torch several govt buildings in Kalat |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1908061 |access-date=4 May 2025 |publisher=Dawn News}}</ref><ref name="Daily Urdu 3 May 2025">{{cite news |date=3 May 2025 |title=قلات: منگوچرمیں بلوچ عسکریت پسندوں کا حملہ: سرکاری عمارتوں کو آگ لگا دی |url=https://www.dailyurdu.net/hot-news/88001/ |access-date=4 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-03 |title=Baloch Liberation Army Captures Mangocher, Blocks Quetta-Karachi Highway: Report |url=https://www.thedailyjagran.com/world/baloch-liberation-army-captures-mangocher-blocks-quettakarachi-highway-10234735 |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=English Jagran |language=en}}</ref>

A day after the incident, two other attacks occurred in Mangocher against the Baloch levies. In the first incident, unidentified armed assailants on motorcycles opened fire killing Levies personnel Haq Nawaz on the spot. In a separate incident, a powerful explosion damaged the National Highway near Rahimabad.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rizwan |date=2025-05-03 |title=Levies official killed in Mangochar attack |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1307756-levies-official-killed-in-mangochar-attack |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}}</ref>

In April 2025, BLA killed at least 8 Saraiki labourers, resulting in protests by Saraiki nationalists.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=2025-04-15 |title=Demo condemns killing of 8 labourers |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1301521-demo-condemns-killing-of-8-labourers |access-date=2026-05-22 |website=The News International |language=en}}</ref>

In May, a Noshki Bus Attack 5 killed, including 2 civilians, with Fateh qquad involvement.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thediplomat.com/2025/03/noshki-bus-attack-the-baloch-liberation-armys-evolving-suicide-attack-strategy/ |title=Noshki Bus Attack: The Baloch Liberation Army's Evolving Suicide Attack Strategy |access-date=13 Jun 2025}}</ref>

{{anchor|Operation Baam}} On 11 July 2025, BLA militants launched Operation Baam against Pakistan army in which they claimed that 18 Pakistani soldiers were killed by the BLA militants including many kidnapping too (allegedly).<ref>{{Cite web |title=50 Attacks In 24 Hours: Baloch Separatists Launch Operation 'BAAM' Against Pakistan Army |url=https://www.news18.com/world/50-attacks-in-24-hours-baloch-separatists-launch-operation-baam-against-pakistan-army-ws-dl-9434169.html |access-date=2025-07-12 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref> The victims of this BLA terror attack in Zhob, Balochistan, were laid to rest in various cities across Punjab. Militants forcibly removed Punjabi passengers from a bus, verified their identities, and executed them. The bodies were returned to families in cities like Dunyapur, Faisalabad, Lahore, and others, with funerals held under tight security.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-12 |title=Victims of BLA terror attack laid to rest across Punjab |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/12-Jul-2025/nine-punjabi-victims-of-bla-terror-attack-laid-to-rest-across-punjab |access-date=2025-08-13 |website=The Nation |language=en-US}}</ref>

On 15 July 2025, a bus carrying Pakistan Army personnel in the Quetta and Kalak regions was bombed by BLA militants. According to BLA 29 soldiers including a senior officer were allegedly killed in the attack. The explosion was carried out by the help of IEDs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moneycontrol |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/world/bla-claims-responsibility-for-ied-attacks-on-pak-army-bus-killing-29-people-article-13289576.html | access-date=2025-07-17 |website=www.moneycontrol.com}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2025}}

On 29 December 2025, authorities in Pakistan said a girl was stopped during a routine police inspection of buses while traveling southwestern Balochistan to Karachi. Officials said she was detained in connection with a suspected suicide bomb plot and alleged that she had been targeted by the Baloch Liberation Army. Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan said the group allegedly told her an attack would bring her “honor and recognition” within the Baloch community.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-12-29 |title=Pakistan police detain teen girl radicalized online in suspected suicide bombing plot |url=https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-girl-separatists-recruiting-suicide-bombing-balochistan-46b69971c4b86fa823afaa6f701d7ce7 |access-date=2025-12-29 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>

==== 2026 ====

On 31 January, in a series of coordinated attacks across multiple districts in Balochistan, BLA militants engaged in armed assaults and suicide bombings targeting schools, hospitals, banks, markets, security installations, police stations, a high-security prison, and civilian areas.<ref name=":8" /> The BLA claimed that the attacks were in retaliation for security force actions against their members.

The BLA labelled the attacks "Operation Herof 2.0", as a follow up to the August 2024 Balochistan attacks (which it labels Operation Herof), and described the operations as simultaneous strikes on military and administrative targets, with videos released by the group showing female fighters participating. In response to BLA's "Operation Herof 2.0", Pakistani Security Forces launched "Operation Radd ul Fitna-1". Pakistani officials reported that security forces had thwarted most attempts and killed over 216 militants, engaging in clearance operations that lasted until 5 February.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haider |first=Sarah |title=Pakistan army says it killed 216 fighters in weeklong Balochistan campaign |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/5/pakistan-army-says-it-killed-216-fighters-in-weeklong-balochistan-campaign |access-date=2026-05-24 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>

On 23 May, 24 people are killed and over 50 are injured after the explosion of a bomb at a car park near a train station in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. The BLA claims responsibility.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Al Jazeera |title=Suicide car bomb attack on train in Pakistan kills at least 24 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/24/bomb-attack-in-pakistans-balochistan-province-kills-more-than-20-people |access-date=2026-05-24 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pakistan: Blast targeting train kills at least 20 in Balochistan |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2pkd58xldo |website=www.bbc.com |access-date=1 June 2026 |date=24 May 2026}}</ref>

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