NO! Our media didn't interview UN listed terrorists on live TV...
India’s support for insurgent groups like BLA (Balochistan Liberation Army) and engaging in Pakistan through back channels is no news anymore.
Since the inception of Pakistan, India has always kept an eye on its neighbours, mainly Pakistan, via spies and espionage. India has always tried to intervene in the domestic affairs of Pakistan, creating instability and giving rise to insurgent groups. In 2016, Pakistan arrested Kulbhushan Yadhav, a national of India in Balochistan.
Yadhav admitted his mission included meeting Baloch insurgents to conduct their shared terrorist operations. After his arrest, in one of his confessional videos, he stated, “
My purpose was to hold meetings with Baloch insurgents and carry out activities with their collaboration. These activities have been of [a] criminal nature, leading to the killing of or maiming of Pakistani citizens.” Over the years, such incidents have deepened the suspicions that India gives both training and backing to Baloch separatist movements so they can destabilise Pakistan.
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In December 2023, a commander of the Baloch National Army (BNA) separatist militant group, who had surrendered himself to the Pakistani government, disclosed that India has been secretly supporting terrorist activities in Balochistan and financing separatist forces in the region.
The Hindu, for instance, published an article in July 2019, stating "It is established that BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) commanders, in the past, had sought medical treatment in India's hospitals, often under disguise or with fake identities." Pakistan designated the BLA as a terrorist organization in 2006.
The Hindu article referred to BLA's militant commander who "was based in Delhi for at least six months in 2017," to receive "extensive treatment for kidney-related ailments." It is known that Baloch sardars "maintained warm personal ties with various Indian political figures," the article said.
Some of the related evidence has been made public. Many other concrete forms of evidence show that India backs terrorism in Pakistan, although they have not yet been released for a variety of reasons, said a source close to the situation in Balochistan.
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Though Lashkar-e-Balochistan also has anti-state agenda but it was formed to counter the growing ambitions of the BLA and the BLF, and to maintain the influence of Mengal Sardars in the area. The BDMO is an anti-separatist organization which does not consider the use of violence by the aforementioned organizations against the state legitimate. A son of Naseer Mengal, chief of a sub-clan of Mengal tribe, founded the BMDO to curtail the influence of Sardar Ataullah Mengal and his sons. Naseer Mengal had developed differences with Ataullah Mengal over electoral politics.79
Strategic and counter-insurgency experts classify the current Baloch insurgency as a low-level guerrilla warfare or low-intensity conflict.80 The intensity of violence fluctuates from low to medium and occasionally high levels.81 Waging of such low-level guerrilla warfare does not require heavy weaponry or huge sums of money. Though traces of foreign involvement are there but so far no heavy weapons have been discovered by the law enforcement agencies.82 However, some analysts believe that Baloch insurgent groups not only receive funds from Baloch Diaspora but some regional countries, particularly India, are also funnelling money to Baloch separatists.
Two discourses prevail regarding the nature and level of the current insurgency in Balochistan. One school of thought considers it violent anarchism instead of classical insurgency. It opines that the present insurgent movement not only lacks a charismatic leadership unlike past insurgencies but it is also divided with frequent infightings, and lacks coordination.
The Baloch insurgency in 1958 was led by Nawab Nauroz Khan, who was highly revered by his followers. Similarly, the second insurgency from 1963-69 was led by Sher Muhammad Marri. The Parari guerilla movement of the 1970s was led by Nawab Khair Bux Marri, who also enjoyed the support of notable Baloch leaders such as Sardar Ataullah Mengal, Sher Muhammad Marri and Nawab Akbar Bugti. The present conflict is hardly a comparison by any standard, as Nawab Akbar Bugti’s grandson Brahamdagh Bugti is hiding in Afghanistan while Baloch nationalist leader Khair Bux Marri’s son Harbiyar Marri is based in London.83
Source: 83 Amir Mateen, “Is it more anarchy, than an insurgency,” The News, July 26, 2010.
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