US Lists Pakistani Group as Foreign Terrorist Organization

The State Department on Monday listed a Pakistan-based group responsible for attacks, including suicide bombings, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

The Balochistan Liberation Army is the strongest of a number of insurgent groups operating along an area bordering Afghanistan and Iran and has been engaged in a decadeslong fight against Pakistan’s government, seeking independence for its mineral-rich region.

The BLA, which was named a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group in 2019 in President Donald Trump’s first term, was designated an FTO on Monday by the State Department. Its military wing, the Majeed Brigade, was added as an SDGT organization.

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