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also allegedly helped BLF to regroup, allowing it rejoin the 1973 to 1977 insurgency. The insurgency came to an end in
November 1977 with the government of Pakistan emerging victorious. From 1977 to 2004, the status of the BLF was unknown. However, according to reports, the group didn't disband. The
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Balochistan. The officers stated that "we gave Baloch everything, too from money to guns, during the 1970s, everything". On 10 February 1973, the Pakistani government raided the Iraqi embassy in Islamabad and uncovered crates of small arms and ammunition that
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government publicly supported the BLF, providing them with weapons and operational support. However, after five years of fighting, the BLF and other Baloch militant groups were decimated by Iran. The militant groups negotiated an end to fighting with the government of Iran, and Iraq stopped openly
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4 million placed on his head by law enforcement agencies of
Pakistan. He had joined the ranks of the BLF in 2010 and quickly rose to become one of its leader. He was responsible for attacks on workers involved in development projects, Iranian containers and law enforcement agencies of Pakistan.
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province were gunned down in Turbat by armed gunmen, which the BLF later claimed responsibility for. After the attack, the Home
Minister of Balochistan, Sarfraz Bugti claimed that Indian intelligence agencies were involved in supporting the BLF in carrying out such attacks. BLF claimed that the
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On 16 November 2017, the bullet-riddled bodies of 15 migrants were discovered in the city of Turbat. Security officials state that while attempting to cross the border, the migrants were kidnapped by armed men who later killed them. The BLF later claimed responsibility for the murder of the 15
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Pakistan from 1973 to 1977. Initially the Iraqi government covertly provided the BLF and other militant groups with arms and ammunition. The
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On 6 May 2023, Mohammad Asa alias Mullah
Ibrahim was killed in a clash between different factions of BLF over division of extorted money. Mohammad Asa alias Mullah Ibrahim was a top member of BLF and carried a bounty of
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was a sanctuary for all anti-Pakistani militant groups and from 1975 to 1980, it was estimated that it provided BLF members based in
Afghanistan with $ 875,000 annually. While in exile in Afghanistan, the
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migrants. The mastermind of the attack, Younas
Taukali, was killed by Pakistani security forces in November 2017. Younas Taukali was one of the top eight commanders of Baluch Liberation Front.
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492:. Pakistan Today. 14 May 2019.
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35:Balochistan Liberation Front
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989:Balochistan Liberation Army
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1272:Kech District attack
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1109:Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo
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897:National Awami Party
615:4 March 2016 at the
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170:بلوچستان لبریشن فرنٹ
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1252:Human rights abuses
1164:Sher Mohammad Marri
704:. 15 November 2017.
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60:Sher Mohammad Marri
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1004:United Baloch Army
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