Gwadar attack and Pakistan Army’s failures: Beyond the ‘foreign hand’ excuse

Apart from serious domestic troubles on security, Pakistan does not enjoy good relations with most of its neighbours at the moment. The growing infrastructure for violence in the country does not augur well for the region.

Baloch armed groups, including the BLA, BLF, Baloch Nationalist Army (BNA), and the Baloch Republican Guard (BRG) created an operational umbrella alliance under the banner of Baloch Raaji Aajoi Sangar (BRAS) in 2018 to coordinate their actions on the ground. The BRAS have claimed over 612 attacks and over 600 casualties of armed forces in 2023, while the BLA alone has claimed over 247 attacks, including on 23 military installations and big attacks in Turbat and Gwadar. The BLA even briefly captured a facility in Quetta in 2023 and arrested and released troops after giving them a “warning”.

Gwadar attack and Pakistan Army’s failures: Beyond the ‘foreign hand’ excuse

Apart from serious domestic troubles on security, Pakistan does not enjoy good relations with most of its neighbours at the moment. The growing infrastructure for violence in the country does not augur well for the region

Brahag Baloch on Twitter: “East Balochistan: A video has gone viral showing bodies of Pakistani soldiers being loaded into trucks from Gwadar and sent to Punjab and yesterday the Baloch Liberation Army announced that it had killed 25 foreign terrorists. pic.twitter.com/m6sqiVna1q / Twitter”

East Balochistan: A video has gone viral showing bodies of Pakistani soldiers being loaded into trucks from Gwadar and sent to Punjab and yesterday the Baloch Liberation Army announced that it had killed 25 foreign terrorists. pic.twitter.com/m6sqiVna1q