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In the space of 10 days in late April 2026, insurgents in Pakistan purportedly carried out 27 attacks in the country\u2019s southwest province of Balochistan, killing at least 42 military personal. Then, on May 11, authorities announced that a suicide bombing plot on the capital, Islamabad, had been foiled. Authorities arrested a girl over the incident \u2013 a nod to militants\u2019 increasing use of young Baloch women to carry out attacks.<\/em><\/p>\n

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These incidents represent the latest flaring up of a long-running insurgency in Pakistan\u2019s largest province and home to around 15 million people.<\/em><\/p>\n

For a rundown of what you need to know about the Baloch insurgency and groups involved, The Conversation turned to Amira Jadoon and Saif Tahir, experts on militant and terrorist organizations currently researching such groups\u2019 operational activities and strategic messaging in Afghanistan and Pakistan.<\/em><\/p>\n

What is the Baloch insurgency about?<\/h2>\n

Pakistan\u2019s southwestern province of Balochistan has long been the site of resistance and armed movements involving Baloch, an ethnic group of an estimated 8 million to 10 million people that straddles parts of Pakistan and Iran. <\/p>\n

Their insurgency is rooted in both contemporary and historical grievances. Its origins trace back to the contested annexation of the princely state of Kalat in 1948, months after the partition of British India into India and Pakistan, and the resulting confrontations between Baloch tribal leaders and the newly formed Pakistani state.<\/p>\n

While the insurgency long remained a low-level struggle framed around Baloch marginalization and economic exploitation, it turned violent in the early 2000s with the rise of militant factions, including the , or BLA, in 2000 and the Balochistan Liberation Front, or BLF, which was revived in 2004 under current leader Allah Nazar Baloch decades after its 1964 founding. The insurgents\u2019 goals vary, from greater autonomy and control over the province\u2019s natural resources to full independence.<\/p>\n