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US designates Baloch Liberation Army a foreign terrorist organization

By Thomson Reuters Aug 11, 2025 | 12:29 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is designating separatist militant group the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) as a foreign terrorist organization, the U.S. Department of State said on Monday.

The BLA, also known as the Majeed Brigade, is fighting for an independent Balochistan, a southwest province in Pakistan bordering Afghanistan to the north and Iran to the west.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward and Maiya Keidan; editing by Susan Heavey)