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As the #Taliban continue to claim moving #TTP fighters to western #Afghanistan, TTP fighters have been confirmed in northern AFG, today the head of district intelligence of the Taliban’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GID) can under attack in #Badakhshah province.
For those unfamiliar with #Badakhshah provincial borders… 
Another important factor to keep in mind is the #geological value of #Badakhshah province.
This is of key importance to #China’s investment into minerals in #Afghanistan.
This is of key importance to #China’s investment into minerals in #Afghanistan.
Some interesting reports coming out of #Afghanistan over the past few days:
- roughly 2,000 #Taliban suicide bombers have been moved to the #Iran|ian border since the end of May.
- roughly 2,000 #Taliban suicide bombers have been moved to the #Iran|ian border since the end of May.
- #ISKP has also started moving their fighters to northern #Afghanistan, according to sources within an anti-#Taliban group. They are being moved to #Badakhshan, #Takhar and some others.
Apparently, there are both @CIA and #ISI fingerprints on this.
Apparently, there are both @CIA and #ISI fingerprints on this.
- #Taliban are moving its fighters closer to the #Tajikistan border. Fighters are also moving to the #Badakhshan province, bordering #Tajikistan.
- #TTP have become so emboldened to expand their operations around #Pakistan, including new waliyats in #Balochistan & #Punjab.
- #TTP have become so emboldened to expand their operations around #Pakistan, including new waliyats in #Balochistan & #Punjab.
TTP's New Chapter: Thread
1/15
Last year, two smaller groups formerly aligned with the Afghan #Taliban joined #TTP. Led by Mullah Aslam Baloch from Noshki and Mazar #Baloch from #Makran. in 2023, two more smaller groups joined TTP. Today it announced new chapter in #Balochistan
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Last year, two smaller groups formerly aligned with the Afghan #Taliban joined #TTP. Led by Mullah Aslam Baloch from Noshki and Mazar #Baloch from #Makran. in 2023, two more smaller groups joined TTP. Today it announced new chapter in #Balochistan
2/15
This new 'Wilayah' will encompass the Kalat and Makran divisions of #Balochistan. It signifies the establishment of a proper organizational structure, becoming the second administrative unit of #TTP in Balochistan after Wilayah Zhob
This new 'Wilayah' will encompass the Kalat and Makran divisions of #Balochistan. It signifies the establishment of a proper organizational structure, becoming the second administrative unit of #TTP in Balochistan after Wilayah Zhob
3/15
Wilayah Zhob, operating in the Pashtun districts of #Balochistan, has been functioning under the command of Sirbakaf Momand. The @PICSSIsb Annual Security Assessment Report 2022 predicted #TTP's expansion plans into non-Pashtun areas of Balochistan.
Wilayah Zhob, operating in the Pashtun districts of #Balochistan, has been functioning under the command of Sirbakaf Momand. The @PICSSIsb Annual Security Assessment Report 2022 predicted #TTP's expansion plans into non-Pashtun areas of Balochistan.
The #TTP occupation in #Swat is significantly more than is being reported in the domestic media.
Many villages are under TTP control, and search operations have been on-going for more than 5 months.
It is no surprise that the TTP has returned to Swat for us @commandeleven.
Many villages are under TTP control, and search operations have been on-going for more than 5 months.
It is no surprise that the TTP has returned to Swat for us @commandeleven.
For the past 3 years, we have repeatedly informed and warned that the TTP presence was growing and their influence was increasing.
Deaf ears.
We have repeatedly argued against the negotiating table, because it is a sign of weakness.
Why should we negotiate?
Deaf ears.
We have repeatedly argued against the negotiating table, because it is a sign of weakness.
Why should we negotiate?
The news of Gen. #FaizHameed's deal to hand over parts of #KPK to #TTP, in return for peace for the country - that is accepting defeat and emboldening the enemy.
Is it any surprise that there was a significant uptick in violence from December onwards, when TTP walked away again?
Is it any surprise that there was a significant uptick in violence from December onwards, when TTP walked away again?
What is #BRAS? A Thread
1- The #Baloch Rajji Ajoi Sangar or the Baloch Nation Liberation Coalition is the umbrella organization of four ethnic Baloch separatist groups in #Balochistan and Sindh.
#HelicopterCrash
1- The #Baloch Rajji Ajoi Sangar or the Baloch Nation Liberation Coalition is the umbrella organization of four ethnic Baloch separatist groups in #Balochistan and Sindh.
#HelicopterCrash
2- The primary members’ organizations included Balochistan Liberation Front, Baloch Liberation Army, Baloch Republication Guard, and Baloch Republican Army.
BRA and BRG later merged and formed Baloch Nationalist Army (BNA) in January 2022.
BRA and BRG later merged and formed Baloch Nationalist Army (BNA) in January 2022.
3- However, BRAS itself was created on 10th November 2018. In the summer of 2020, a group of Sindhi nationalists, Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA), joined the BRAS alliance. The primary reason for forming BRAS was to erase the differences among Baloch militant groups and
Our latest: In this essay, @Akbar_notezai & I study d recent attacks on #Chinese installments inside & outside #Balochistan & a dramatic shift in #BLA’s operational tactics with a brief profile of #ShariBaloch. Thanks, @iAdnanAamir, 4 ur insights. #CPEC
jamestown.org/program/the-fe…
jamestown.org/program/the-fe…
@Akbar_notezai @iAdnanAamir "The use of women suicide bombers may lead to divided opinions. Whether it proves to be a sign of BLA desperation or strength and whether the Majeed Brigade will keep employing new tactics combined with old ones to cause maximum fatalities remains to be seen."
- @Akbar_notezai's brilliant analysis! "With Pakistan’s greater economic dependence on #China as its economy is on a ventilator, a stronger military crackdown inside & outside #Balochistan could be the first move Islamabad takes 2 protect its all-weather friendship with Beijing."
A very personal thread!
I am truly overwhelmed by your messages, phone calls, and DMS. I don’t share personal life events, but today's trolling is nothing compared to what I have gone through. Faced detention and suffered harassment in Gwadar and Qta in Dec 2015.
I am truly overwhelmed by your messages, phone calls, and DMS. I don’t share personal life events, but today's trolling is nothing compared to what I have gone through. Faced detention and suffered harassment in Gwadar and Qta in Dec 2015.
My house was ransacked in ISB in 2016. Thanks to the @guardian guy, who rescued me at 2:00 am. My telephone calls were traced, and I was pressurized to share the details of the people the former Guardian guy, and I interviewed. But I didn't. theguardian.com/world/2016/feb…
2016 was a year full of harassment and day-to-day meeting with ISI, MI, and ISPR in Islamabad. When I refused to toe their line, my name was recommended for the 4th scheduled anti-terror watch list in Jan 2017 to restrict my movement and block my bank accounts.
Spoke to Hayat Baloch, #ShariBaloch's father, via a local journalist in Kech. Here is a thread.
“My daughter was a very cheerful and kind woman. The family is still in shock. It was and is beyond our comprehension that Shari could take anyone’s life.
“My daughter was a very cheerful and kind woman. The family is still in shock. It was and is beyond our comprehension that Shari could take anyone’s life.
None of us were aware of her affiliation with #BLA. She was a happy girl, and we don’t know what forced her to do this. Neither she had any suicidal tendencies nor radical thoughts. There is a lot of propaganda about her in the Pakistani press.
Reports of her having mental problems or having differences with my family are untrue and baseless. Last we met was around three weeks ago in Karachi. Days before she committed this act, she had spoken to her siblings but didn’t mention anything like this. She looked happy.
Since many friends have been asking about the #Baloch lady, who carried out #karachiuniversity suicide attack. Here is little detail I can offer at this moment.
Shari, aka Baramsh, was a primary school teacher in her native #Kech district. She completed her B.Ed in 2014 and M.Ed in 2018. She did her Master's in zoology from the University of Balochistan and Mphil at Allama Iqbal Open University, Turbat campus.
Shari has two kids, each as old as five. Her husband is a dentist doctor, and her father served as a Director in a government agency. Later her father was a member of the District Council for three years.
Some thoughts on the BLA attack in #Karachi University [Thread]
No doubt, the #Baloch insurgency has been redefining itself since 2011. What is surprising is how Baloch separatists, many of whom define themselves as secular nationalists, have now started following the same
No doubt, the #Baloch insurgency has been redefining itself since 2011. What is surprising is how Baloch separatists, many of whom define themselves as secular nationalists, have now started following the same
strategy that has been used by hardcore Islamists such as #Bokoharam in Nigeria, Islamic State (#ISIS) in Iraq and Syria, Al Qaeda, and #Taliban in #Afghanistan. Use of women as suicide bombers.
This is the fifth rebellion in #Balochistan, and the current one is the longest, which broke out in early 2000. Still, it’s the first time the separatist GROUP #BLA has used a female suicide bomber to attack #Chinese nationals in #Karachi. There are many reasons.
Fight against terrorism is a dirty job but someone has to do it!
Terrorists don’t follow any rules of engagement, respect no laws, spare no lives, thrive on violence & death.
Let me explain how baloch sub-nationalist terrorist orgs recruit in an ingenious way.
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Terrorists don’t follow any rules of engagement, respect no laws, spare no lives, thrive on violence & death.
Let me explain how baloch sub-nationalist terrorist orgs recruit in an ingenious way.
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Anti terrorism operations in Balochistan tend to be complicated affairs due to the duplicitous nature of anti state terrorism that; on the one hand takes a openly violent, evil & criminal shape, while portraying a benign, human rights & political activism face to the public.
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Here, I’ll explain how both these efforts of violent terrorism & human rights activism are being used by one & same anti-state campaign network to promote Baloch separatism in Pakistan & misguide innocent baloch youth towards anti state terrorism benefiting foreign powers.
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#Pakistan Security Report -2021:
The incidence of #terrorism in Pakistan has increased by 42% in 2021 as compared to 2020, including five suicide bombings. A total of 335 people were killed and 555 injured in the attacks. That's 52 percent more than in 2020.
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The incidence of #terrorism in Pakistan has increased by 42% in 2021 as compared to 2020, including five suicide bombings. A total of 335 people were killed and 555 injured in the attacks. That's 52 percent more than in 2020.
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The massacre of 11 miners in #Balochistan is more of a 'strategic act' than sectarianism. Terrorism in Balochistan cannot be completely controlled without addressing the wider roles of #India & #Iran in #Afghanistan. /1
#thread
#thread
Many analysts see #hazaragenocide & #Shiagenocide in #Balochistan as part of a local sectarianism problem inside #Pakistan or regionally linked to #Iran & #KSA tussle. But it could have more to do with #Afghanistan than Pakistan or the #Gulf. /2
To understand why #Balochistan incident (incl #Hazara/#Shia attacks) may not necessarily be sectarianism and more an offshoot of a bigger strategic problem, consider this #Ashura attack in #Karachi, which was not sectarian: /3
shiitenews.org/shiitenews/pak… & jasarat.com/en/2016/03/07/…
shiitenews.org/shiitenews/pak… & jasarat.com/en/2016/03/07/…
After #COAS #Bajwa again talking about #5GW and the threat #Pakistan faces, the #PTI government has still been unable to restrict the access or approach of any of these groups.
#Warfare, especially in today’s connected, camera friendly world, is much easier to wage.
#Warfare, especially in today’s connected, camera friendly world, is much easier to wage.
Nations can steal elections with the right strategy. They can change narratives with hostile actions. They can create hate and distrust.
We have all of these happening in today’s #Pakistan.
And the govt is sleeping...
We have all of these happening in today’s #Pakistan.
And the govt is sleeping...
#niet_in_journaal #nieuwsuur #1V #OP1 #bbvpro #NPORadio1 #global_jihad #Daesh Inside the secret plan to reboot #Isis from a huge digital backup wired.co.uk/article/isis-d…
Van @MariekeNOS hebben we nog niet gehoord dat niet Joe Biden zelf maar John Kasich zal spreken op de DNC. #US #politics #niet_in_journaal #nieuwsuur #1V #Op1 #bbvpro #NPORadio1
A #Germany based #Baloch separatist has uploaded pictures of multiple civilians in order to identify them for kidnapping and killing.
(Note: Faces have been blurred by us).
They are alleged to have informed #Pakistani security forces about the whereabouts of #BLA terrorists [1]
(Note: Faces have been blurred by us).
They are alleged to have informed #Pakistani security forces about the whereabouts of #BLA terrorists [1]
The caption left by the separatist is explicit about getting the faces identified and reported to separatists (likely BLA).
Given the account's other posts celebrating deaths of pro-government forces, it is clear that these civilians will be hunted. [2]
instagram.com/33baloch33,
Given the account's other posts celebrating deaths of pro-government forces, it is clear that these civilians will be hunted. [2]
instagram.com/33baloch33,
The rest of the caption also implies their goal.
The account is affiliated with the #balochliberationarmy (BLA) since it posts their activities and in support of them. (Example attached)
The Telegram channel and group mentioned in the previous caption shares BLA & UBA videos.[3]
The account is affiliated with the #balochliberationarmy (BLA) since it posts their activities and in support of them. (Example attached)
The Telegram channel and group mentioned in the previous caption shares BLA & UBA videos.[3]
Thread on #BLA & it's leadership. How @BashirZebBaloch , Jeeyand Baloch #AslamAchoo were sacked by #BLACentralCommand over links with #RAW & Hijacking the war in Balochistan. All information is based on official statements from #BLA spokesperson #AzadBaloch & pro BLA media
Dec 2017: Statement issued by #BLA's #AzadBaloch read that @BashirZebBaloch & #AslamAchoo are sacked from the group effective immediately for trying to create anarchy within the organisation. Spokesperson #Jeeyandbaloch was also kicked out from group
#AzadBaloch added that on 13th June 2017 #AslamAchoo visited #India without seeking prior approval from #BLA HighCommand. It was his personal choice to visit india & High Command was not onboard with this. #Aslam was found guilty of conspiring against #BLA highcommand
Could someone explain the logic to us?
I should be allowed to speak against the State. I should be allowed to abuse institutions at my pleasure. I shouldn’t be held responsible for my words or actions, even if they incite violence, purposely.
What dreamworld is this, #Pakistan?
I should be allowed to speak against the State. I should be allowed to abuse institutions at my pleasure. I shouldn’t be held responsible for my words or actions, even if they incite violence, purposely.
What dreamworld is this, #Pakistan?
Anti-State behavior, whether in speech or in actions, is against the law. Whether you are #BRAS, #BLA, #TTP or #PTM, it didn’t change the rules.
You don’t get privilege because you call yourself a human rights activist, or any kind of activist for that matter.
You don’t get privilege because you call yourself a human rights activist, or any kind of activist for that matter.
#Activism, just like #lobbying, works within a set of rules and procedures. Stepping outside them means legal problems, including criminal issues.
When you make that choice - to work for another country’s interests, you lose sympathy. Doesn’t matter who it is.
#PakistanFirst
When you make that choice - to work for another country’s interests, you lose sympathy. Doesn’t matter who it is.
#PakistanFirst
Sadly, @MichaelKugelman, you are wrong again. #Pakistan followed #US policy in the 80s - defending #Afghanistan and defeating #Communism. We got sanctions as a #ThankYou.
#Pakistan has the most to lose with an unstable #Afghanistan. We have always worked for #Afghan peace, as a partner with the #US, #China, & #Russia.
But you fail to point out #Afghanistan’s support of #terrorism and #insurgencies in #Pakistan through #PTM, #TTP & #Baluch insurgents like #BLA.
