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On 30 January 2024, at least six BLA fighters and four security officials have been killed in an overnight attack in the city of Mach, south of Balochistan's capital, Quetta. [127] On 26 August 2024, at least 74 people, including 14 soldiers were killed in a series of attacks in Balochistan, Pakistan.
Allah Nazar Baloch. Dr. Allah Nazar Baloch (Urdu: اللہ نذر بلوچ, Balochi: الله نذر بلۏچ), is the current leader of Baloch Liberation Front (BLF), a militant group operating in Pakistan and Afghanistan. [1] Under his leadership, the group has claimed responsibility for attacks on civilians, journalists, government officials ...
The BLA announced the attacks on the evening of 25 August 2024, calling it Operation Hereof, declaring it an offensive against the Pakistani Army in Balochistan. The BLA attacked several sections of highways , such as the Karachi – Quetta section of National Highway 8, and damaged a train station, connected to Iran , in Mastung District . [ 5 ]
Balach Marri (Urdu: مير بالاچ مری; 17 January 1966 – 20 November 2007) was a Baloch separatist and Nationalist leader, serving as the head the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a Baloch nationalist organisation, listed as a terrorist group by Pakistan, China, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union.
The group is responsible for attacks on civilian, journalist, government officials and military personnel in Balochistan since it re-emerged in 2004. The group along with another terrorist group named Baloch Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for killing 27 Journalists out of the total 38 journalists killed in Balochistan province since ...
[56] [44] The Balochistan Liberation Army, designated as a terrorist organisation by Pakistan, the United Kingdom [57] and the United States, [58] is the most widely known Baloch separatist group. Since 2000 it has conducted numerous deadly attacks on Pakistani military troops, police, journalists, civilians and education institutions.
In 1964, Jumma Khan Marri founded Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) in Damascus, Syria. Marri controlled BLF since its inception and it is unclear when he stepped down as the leader of the outfit. [8] In an interview with Russian news channel, Marri stated that he was the one who designed the 'free Balochistan flag'.
Human Right Organisation have held Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) responsible for ethnic cleansing in the province as Brahamdagh Bugti (alleged leader of BLA), during a TV interview on 15 April 2009, urged separatists to kill non-Baloch residing in Balochistan. His actions allegedly lead to the death of 500 non-Baloch citizens in the province.