Understanding Balochistan

Jandullah / Harakat Ansar Iran and Jaish ul-Adl are all one and the same entity. This anti Shia sectarian militant outfit regularly targets Iranian assets.
This terrorist outfit has carried out a number of attacks against Iran and Shia’s:
  • 18 January 2024 - IRGC Colonel Hossein-Ali Javdanfar was killed when armed men opened fire on the car near the Pakistan borde. Jaish al-Adl Sunni militant group has claimed responsibility for his killing, adding that two of his "bodyguards" were also killed by their forces. The incident occurred a day after the IRGC conducted a missile and drone strike in Pakistan against the Sunni militant group.
  • Jaish al-Adl attacked a police station in Rask on December 15, 2023, killing 11 police officers. Iran called the January 16 attack on the Jaish al-Adl group’s headquarters in Pakistan “another decisive step taken by Iran in response to the aggression against the security of our country”.
  • 4 OCTOBER 2022 Sistan-Baluchistan province, Iran - JAA attacks police stations, banks, and stores, killing 19 people and injuring at least 20.
  • In December 2019, ‘Jaish al-Adl’ claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in the port city of Chabahar, which killed two police officers and injured 40 others.
  • 13 FEBRUARY 2019 Sistan-Baluchistan province, Iran - One of the biggest attacks came when JAA detonates a suicide car-bomb against a bus carrying Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel, killing 27 and wounding 18, which drew strong condemnation from the Iranian leadership.
  • In October 2018, the terrorist group kidnapped 12 security personnel and took them to Pakistan, five of whom were released a month later and four others in March 2019.
  • In April 2017, the group claimed responsibility for an ambush that led to the martyrdom of nine border guards who had been patrolling the Pakistan–Iran border at the time of the attack.
  • Jundallah did not publicly claim any attacks in 2016.
  • On 13 May 2015, armed gunmen stopped a bus carrying members of the Ismaili Shia community in the Safoora Goth neighborhood of Karachi and killed 45 people on board. Jundullah also claimed responsibility for this attack. Seven days later, police arrested four individuals accused of planning the attack. Subsequently, two senior government prosecutors resigned from the Safoora Goth case, stating the provincial government was not providing them with adequate security and compensation to continue the prosecution.
  • In April 2015, eight Iranian border guards were martyred in a cross-border attack from the Pakistan-based terrorist group, which was followed by another attack days later that killed two IRGC officers.
  • In January and February 2015 the TTP splinter group Jundullah claimed responsibility for a string of deadly bombings at Shia religious centers in Shikarpur, Peshawar, and Rawalpindi, which killed a total of 86 Shia worshippers.
  • In October 2014, three security personnel were killed in the Sistan and Baluchestan province.
  • In February 2014, five Iranian policemen were abducted by the Pakistan-based terrorist group, which prompted Iranian authorities to issue stern warnings to the group as well as Pakistani authorities.
  • In November 2013, the group attacked a border police patrol, killing 14 and wounding 6 others.
  • In October 2013, the terrorist group claimed responsibility for an attack that led to the martyrdom of 14 Iranian border guards in the city of Saravan in Sistan and Baluchestan province.
  • 15 DECEMBER 2010 Chabahar, Iran - Jundallah detonates a suicide bomb in the Iman Hussein Mosque, killing 40 civilians and wounding nearly 100. In a statement on its website, Jundallah claimed responsibility for the suicide bomb attack.
  • In July 2010, Jundallah attacked the Grand Mosque in Zahedan, killing approximately 30 and injuring an estimated 300.
  • 18 OCTOBER 2009 Pishin, Iran - A Jundallah suicide bomber attacked a marketplace in the city of Pishin in the Sistan va Balochistan province, killing more than 40 people. This was reportedly the deadliest terrorist attack in Iran since the 1980s.
  • 28 MAY 2009 Zahedan, Iran - A Jundallah suicide bomber attacks the crowded Shiite Amir al-Mo’menin Grand Mosque in Zahedan, destroying the mosque and killing 30 worshippers while injuring 300.
  • Jundallah seized 16 Iranian police officers near the border with Pakistan in 2008. When the Iranian government refused to release 200 Jundallah prisoners in exchange for the hostages, Jundallah killed them.
  • In 2007, Jundallah killed 18 border guards on the Iranian-Afghan border.
  • In May 2006, Jundallah barricaded a road in Kerman province and killed 11 civilians and burned four vehicles. The assailants then killed another civilian and wounded a child by firing at a passing vehicle.
  • In March 2006, Jundallah attacked a motorcade in eastern Iran, which included the deputy head of the Iranian Red Crescent Security Department, who was taken hostage. More than 20 people were killed in the attack. The governor of Zahedan, his deputy, and five other officials were wounded, and seven others were kidnapped in the attack.
The Iranians maintain that Jaish is funded by the Israeli intelligence and US intelligence services. They cite the Rumsfeld tour during the Musharraf era as one of the key indicators of this covert support for a destabilising element able to strike inside Iran.
 
RescueRanger said:
The Iranians maintain that Jaish is funded by the Israeli intelligence and US intelligence services. They cite the Rumsfeld tour during the Musharraf era as one of the key indicators of this covert support for a destabilising element able to strike inside Iran.
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And just how would they be able to determine that unless it came from a Pakistani mole, if true?
 
VCheng said:
And just how would they be able to determine that unless it came from a Pakistani mole, if true?
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How do you think most of these smoke and mirror tidbits get brought out into the public domain 😂.
 
Very informative article! greeting from Beijing.
While China and Pakistan share different culture and political systems, the situation of Balochistan has a lot of similarities of Xinjiang Province in China. For example, the area of Xinjiang takes a great precent of China's territory and has a lot of resources like natural gas and oil, but the population size is small. Also, there were groups of people though the center government mistreat Xinjiang then turned to terrorism groups. The situation of Xinjiang has been improved in recent years with strong measures. Given the complexity of Balochistan, it is even harder than the Xinjiang problem China faces in my point of view. And unfortunately, the political system is not very stable in Pakistan, which makes the Balochistan more challenging.
 
zenglanmu said:
Very informative article! greeting from Beijing.
While China and Pakistan share different culture and political systems, the situation of Balochistan has a lot of similarities of Xinjiang Province in China. For example, the area of Xinjiang takes a great precent of China's territory and has a lot of resources like natural gas and oil, but the population size is small. Also, there were groups of people though the center government mistreat Xinjiang then turned to terrorism groups. The situation of Xinjiang has been improved in recent years with strong measures. Given the complexity of Balochistan, it is even harder than the Xinjiang problem China faces in my point of view. And unfortunately, the political system is not very stable in Pakistan, which makes the Balochistan more challenging.
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Thank you for your feedback.
 
The main problem of Balochistan is poverty. If people become educated and have jobs, there is less possibility that they will show interest in terrorism.

Terrorists are upset with the development of Chabahar and Gwadar for this reason.

After that, Taliban in Afghanistan have caused insecurity in Balochistan. The weapons that were taken from terrorists in iran, were from the Afghan army.

It seems that the equipment of the Afghan army has fallen into the hands of terrorists in the region.

Also there is a possibility of state sponsors for terrorists, for example, India or America.
 
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