In a recent development, the BLA training camp in Kandahar has been attacked by unknown armed man at 3 pm today.
According to the recent reports, at least 7 BLA terrorists were killed and one of their key commander has been abducted during the action. However, attackers managed to escape safely.
The Militant organization BLA has been declared terrorist organization by Pakistan for waging the war against Pakistan and murdering innocent civilians. So far, the organization has carried 7 major attacks on government’s security personnel as well as civilians claiming hundreds of lives. In disguise of fighting for the rights of Baloch, BLA’s sole purpose has been the instability in the country.
Traditionally the target of BLA’s attacks have been the security officers, railroad link, gas pipelines, and CPEC developmental projects pipelines in Baluchistan using typical guerilla tactics
It indicates that the BLA has learned a lot from TTP, ISIS etc, which is indeed dangerous for the state. It also affirms the fact that Pakistan is facing hybrid threats and that the aim of groups likes BLA is not the fight for rights but upheaval.
Ironically, NATO and the US have kept mum on the Kandahar incident just as they did on the Kulbhushan Yadav issue. They have always looked the other way whenever the issue of safe heavens was raised with them. Many US diplomats summarily dismiss these concerns as a routine complaint. The Kandahar safe heaven is in a region where at least seven active training camps across Pakistan-Afghanistan border near Spin Boldak are actively sustaining proxy warfare in Balochistan.
Between USD100 and USD1000 are paid for various activities, ranging from firing rockets to targeting installations and projects. Cash is paid to militants and pro-RAW tribal chieftains via the illegal currency exchangers using Hundi or Hawala system. Militants are provided with fake passports and travel documents for moving into India, UAE and Western destinations from Afghanistan.
The RAW, through its proxies, is terrorizing the citizens of Balochistan, and actively spreading propaganda against the Pakistani government, the army and the ISI. The potential drawdown from Afghanistan of half of the 14,000 US troops by 2020 will likely add to impending strategic void for non-state actors including TTA, TTP, BLA, ISIS and others to capitalize on.
Islamabad needs to project robust counter-terrorism capabilities insofar as Afghanistan is concerned to check the misuse of Afghan territory against peace and stability in Pakistan regardless of the outcome of political reconciliation, a process afoot between Afghan, regional and international stakeholders.
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