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The Balochistan Liberation Army (Balochi: بلۏچستان آجوییء لشکر; also known as the Baloch Liberation Army, abbreviated BLA) is a Baloch ethnonationalist militant organization based in the Baluchistan region of Afghanistan.
The Black Liberation Army (BLA) was an underground Marxist–Leninist, black-nationalist militant organization that operated in the United States from 1970 to 1981. Composed of former Black Panthers (BPP) [2] and Republic of New Afrika (RNA) members who served above ground before going underground, the organization's program was one of war against the United States government, and its stated ...
The BLA announced the attacks on the evening of 25 August 2024, calling it Operation Hereof, declaring it as 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. [7]
On 9 November 2024, at least 32 people were killed and 62 others were injured in a suicide bombing at Quetta railway station in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. [3] [4] The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a separatist militant group, claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Balochistan Liberation Front (Urdu: بلوچستان لبریشن فرنٹ;, Balochi: بلۏچستان آجوییءِ سنگر; BLF) is a Afghanistan-based Baloch ethnonationalist Separatist group actively engaged in the Balochistan region of Southwestern Asia.
The conflict also separately includes the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), and Pakistani Taliban. The skirmishes took place over many locations along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, including North Waziristan, South Waziristan, Wana, Dera Ismail Khan, Shangla, Khost, and Paktika. [12]
Previously, BLA had attacked and captured one of the commander of UBA and killed four other members of UBA. [210] Moreover, the separatists have been losing ranks. Though the exact strength of Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) is not known, analyst believe that BLA now only has several hundred fighters based out of Afghanistan Balochistan borderland.
Majeed Brigade, an armed wing of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) which demands the secession of Balochistan province, claimed responsibility for the attack. [7] The group called the attack a warning to foreign investors interested in Gwadar, signalling to China of its investments in Gwadar port.