Main article: History of Balochistan

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) is an organisation dedicated to fighting for the independence of Balochistan. At the moment, sovereignty over the region is split between Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The indigenous population are known as the Baloch, who typically follow the Hanafi school of Sunni Islam and speak either Balochi or Brahui. The stated goals of the organization include driving the Pakistani and Iranian military personnel currently present in the territory out, and the establishment of a sovereign Baloch government. The name Baloch Liberation Army first became public in summer 2000, after the organisation claimed credit for a series of bomb attacks. In 2006, the BLA was declared to be a terrorist organisation by the Pakistani and British governments.^[1]. Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Kahan is located in Kohlu District of Balochistan, Pakistan. ... Major ethnic groups in Pakistan and surrounding areas, in 1980. ... This article is about the history of the Balochistan province of Pakistan. ... Major ethnic groups in Pakistan and surrounding areas, in 1980. ... The Baloch (Persian: بلوچ alternative transliterations Baluch, Balouch, Balooch, Balush, Balosh, Baloosh, Baloush et al. ... The Hanafi (Arabic حنفي) school is the oldest of the four schools of thought (Madhhabs) or jurisprudence (Fiqh) within Sunni Islam. ... Sunni Muslims are the largest denomination of Islam. ... Balochi (also Baluchi, Baloci or Baluci) is a Northwestern Iranian language. ... Brahui may refer to: The Brahui language The Brahui people This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Critics of the Baloch Liberation Army

Baloch means the Baloch people, the languages of the Baloch and their culture. Some believe that 50% percent of fighters of the Baloch Liberation Army members belong from Marri tribe and the rest is other Balochs from all over Balochistan. Here we must bear in mind that Baloch society consists of tens of tribes and Marri tribe is one of them. Regarding the leadership of the BLA no one knows that who heads this calendestine network of Baloch guerillas. Some believe that Mir Balach Marri, son of Baloch tribal leader Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, is the head of the BLA but Balach said he knows of the BLA but he is not their chief, and he supports them morally and physically. Balach Marri survived an attack by Pakistani special forces(SSG) on 26 August 2006, in which another well-known Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was killed. Balach Marri, and the grandsons of Akbar Khan Bugti, Brahamdagh Khan Bugti and Mir Aley are alive. The Baloch (Persian: بلوچ alternative transliterations Baluch, Balouch, Balooch, Balush, Balosh, Baloosh, Baloush et al. ... г For the Australian tree see Corymbia calophylla. ... Mir Balach Marri (Urdu: مير بالاچ مری ) is a prominent politician from Balochistan, Pakistan. ... Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri (Urdu: نواب خیر بخش مری ) is a politician from Balochistan, Pakistan. ... is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti Sardar Akbar Shahbaz Khan Bugti is the Tumandar (head) a section of the Bugti tribe, and leader armed resistance against the Pakistan Army & Government, operating in the Dera Bugti retion of Balochistan, Pakistan. ... Sardar Brahamdagh Khan Bugti is the son of Nawabzada Rehan Khan Bugti and the grandson of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti. ...

Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was buried at Dera Bugti in a private ceremony.^[2] Dera Bugti is small village type of city, and mostly bugti tribe people live their, and Akbar khan Bugti was the rular of that area, nobody can happened without his permission, he captured the lands of the Bugti people, and there wasnt any Government employ can do without his permission. ...

On 17 July 2006, the British Home Office added the BLA to the list of terrorist organizations banned in the United Kingdom.^[3] is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The modern concept of Small Office and Home Office or SoHo , or Small or Home Office deals with the category of business which can be from 1 to 10 workers. ...

"From December 2005 to June 2006, 4OO hundred Pakistani soldiers have been killed by Baloch freedom fighters.By TIME"

Actions by the Baloch Liberation Army

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD6hZAwUFbM Baloch Liberation Army targets a pakistani army truck.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow0kQp-c-UY BLA training video, in the mountains of Balochistan.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibzowpIZHUc BLA targets a pakistani army pick-up truck in Karmo-Wad area of Balochistan, with remote control bomb.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjIviCWiE6w BLA targets pakistani army truck and ambushs the rescue team.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xpagDaQDWE An "Al Jazaeera English's" short report on the war of independence in eastern(pakistani occupied) Balochistan.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKS9TfBVHyQ BLA camps in eastern Balochistan.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DlKERsayVE Baloch freedom fighters capture Dilband iron mines from pakistani control.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6dC6FcjfiE Baloch freedom fighters attack pakistani-punjabi army post with BM-12 rockets in Nushkay,eastern Balochistan.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLqSrZ6_Iow pakistani Cobra gunship helicopter attacks Baloch villages in Kahan, December 2005.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bohbWIPdBOM American supplied F-16 jets to pakistan are bombing Baloch villages in Balochistan.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMmPEdUG1pk pakistani jets bombing Baloch civilian areas.
• May, 2000: The organisation claimed credit for three bombings of government facilities, including the office of the Home Secretary in Pakistani Balochistan. ^{[citation needed]}
• June, 2000: A number of bombs were detonated by BLA terrorists in the commercial district of Quetta, the provincial capital of Pakistani Balochistan, an area often frequented by the Pakistani military personnel. The explosions resulted in the deaths of 26 soldiers and 5 civilians, and the wounding of many others. ^{[citation needed]}
• July, 2000: Fifteen 82-mm mortar shells were fired from the Koh-i-Murdar mountain range near Quetta, targeting the city's military garrison. No official casualty report was issued by the Pakistani military to the press in Balochistan. Pakistani army garrison at Quetta is blocked by check ponts no civilian can enter it, it is a big area almost 10 Sq miles.
• Numerous deaths of Pakistani soldiers have resulted from landmines planted by BLA.^[4]

• Date 18-8-06.Asaap,http://asaappublications.com , newspaper reported that on Thursday 17 August Pakistani army was conducting a search operation against BLA fighters 12 kilometers away from Karmo Wadh, near Sibi. At the time of operation Pakistani forces came under heavy barrage of rocket fire from Baloch fighters, in which three Pakistani soldiers were killed and seven became wounded. Names of the killed soldiers who died on the spot are NCO Amjad Ali, NCO Tasawer Hussen and NCO Matloob Hussen. Names of the critically wounded soldiers: Major Qaiser, Hawaldar Anser, Corporal Mudser Hussen, NCO Majid Hussen, NCO Ishfaq Ahmed, NCO Janzeb and NCO Ashraf, all the wounded were shifted to CMH (Combined Military Hospital) Hospital Sibi. In another such incident 40 kilometers away from Sangsila at Bambore-Top, Dera Bugti area. When Pakistani soldiers were digging trenches on Bambore-Top suddenly a landmine blasted with a big bang. In which Naib Subedar Kashmir Afridi and NCO Abdul Khaliq Afridi died on the spot, and five soldiers were critically wounded (names of the wounded were not confirmed).

Note: Bambore is a mountain located in the east of Sibi and north of Dera Bugti. Top is an English word used by Pakistani army.
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• News, 25,August,2006. Four tribal militants were killed on Friday as security forces used helicopter gunships to launch another operation in parts of Kohlu district. Two members of the security forces were also killed while an officer was injured. Reports reaching here from Kohlu said the security forces moved in to Karmo Wadh and Tartani areas near Kahan and used helicopter gunships to attack militants? hideouts. The operation was launched two days ago, they added.

Militants have also claimed inflicting big losses on the security forces. Azad Baloch, a spokesman for the banded Balochistan Liberation Army, told newsmen at the Quetta Press Club on telephone from an unknown place that armed militants were resisting the attacks. He claimed that over a dozen security personnel had been killed and many others injured in the area. He also claimed killing FC men in a landmine explosion in Kamo Wadh area. However, official sources did not confirm any casualties to the security forces. News from, http://www.dawn.com/2006/08/26/top9.htm"

• News, 29, May,2007. Over dozens of blasts in the Balochistan which disable the railway links with the rest of the country were climed by BLA, http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20070529090026780C489518".

Balochistan, or Ballsforchinstan, Balochi, Pashto, Urdu: بلوچستان) is a province in Pakistan, the largest in the country by geographical area. ...

External links

• "A report about BLA and Balochistan by TNI,that why, without any reason UK government calls BLA a terrorist movement"
• Chris Zambelis, "Violence and Rebellion in Iranian Balochistan," Jamestown Foundation Terrorism Monitor, Volume 4, Issue 13, June 29, 2006.
• http://www.bso-na.org BALOCH SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA ,Dr. Wahid Baloch's website from USA.
• http://www.balochvoice.com A Baloch website transmitting the news about the actions of Baloch Liberation Army.
• http://www.radiobalochi.org First ever free Baloch radio, broadcasting from Stockholm., Sweden. News in Balochi and Brahui.
• http://www.balochpeople.com Balochistan People's Party's website.
• http://www.balochwarna.org Baloch Warna. Warna means youth in Balochi and Brahui.
• http://www.sarmachar.org Some information about BLF.
• http://www.balochunity.org Dr. Marri's website from Moscow, Russia.
• http://www.thebaluch.com A documentary about Baloch people.
• http://fpc.org.uk/events/117 Foreign Policy Center's(FPC/London) report about Balochistan.
• http://www.balochpeople.org/eng/2007/jan/opinion1.htm#2 Answer to the FPC report about Balochistan.Scroll down this page(link) for the answer.

Reports from BBC
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• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5294522.stm

Clashes at Baloch tribal memorial

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5162662.stm

Pakistan kills '21 Baloch rebels'

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5155364.stm

Baloch rebels reject army claims

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5152212.stm

Pakistan kills '25 Baloch rebels'

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4243129.stm

The world according to the Baloch

• Liberation Times - Baloachistan Liberation

References

1. ^ "Four groups banned under anti-terrorism law", Katherine Baldwin, The Scotsman, 17 July 2006. Last accessed 18 July 2006
2. ^ Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti's Funeral (BBC) 31 December 2003
3. ^ "Four groups banned under anti-terrorism law", Katherine Baldwin, The Scotsman, 17 July 2006. Last accessed 18 July 2006
4. ^ "BLA declared terrorist organisation, banned", Syed Irfan Raza, Dawn, April 10, 2006. Last accessed July 18, 2006.