Balochistan Home Minister Ziaullah Langau on Wednesday stated that Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) have been working together to carry out terrorist attacks in Pakistan with Indian support.
Security forces have recently apprehended two key militant commanders – TTP’s Nasrullah alias Maulvi Mansoor and Idrees alias Irshad.
“Confession footage” was also recorded in which Nasrullah alias Maulvi Mansoor in which he went into details about a January 2024 plan according to which BLA would help him cross the Pak-Afghan border via Spin Boldak town.
“Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud and Mufti Muzahim said we and our friends [RAW] have three objectives in establishing a foothold in Balochistan,” he said.
The three objectives were, “Sabotaging CPEC projects, including targeting Chinese citizens; carrying out kidnapping for ransom to play up the matter of enforced disappearances so that intelligence agencies can be defamed; and spreading anarchy and frustration among the people by fomenting terrorist activities in Balochistan.”
