[25][26][27][32] Operating primarily from safe havens scattered across southern Afghanistan, BLA perpetrates attacks in neighboring Pakistan's Balochistan province, which it seeks to remove from Pakistani sovereignty.

[41] BLA was founded in 2000, although some media and analysts speculate that the group is a resurgence of prior Baloch insurgencies, specifically the Independent Balochistan Movement of 1973 to 1977.

During the raid, they found a large cache of small arms, ammunition, grenades, and other supplies in crates marked 'Foreign Ministry, Baghdad'; they believed these were meant for Baloch rebels.

Pakistan responded by expelling and declaring persona non grata the Iraqi Ambassador, Hikmat Sulaiman, and other consular staff.

[48][49][25] Pakistan designated the Balochistan Liberation Army as a terrorist organization on 7 April 2006 after the group repeatedly attacked security personnel.

[50] On 17 July 2006, the British government followed suit, listing BLA as a "proscribed group" based on the Terrorism Act 2000.

[53] On 15 April 2009, Baloch activist Brahamdagh Khan Bugti (accused by the Pakistani government of being a BLA leader), called for Balochis to kill non-Balochis residing in Balochistan, including civilians.

[59] Due to its opposition to the Gwadar Port City, the group targeted Chinese nationals in a 2019 attack on the Pearl-Continental Hotel.

[60]: 60 The United States designated the group as a global terrorist organization on 2 July 2019 and froze BLA assets.

[66] On 9 November 2024, BLA claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at the railway station in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan.

[73] The Hindu reported that BLA commanders had sought medical treatment in India's hospitals using disguises and fake identities.

[29] One militant commander in charge of Khuzdar lived in Delhi for at least six months in 2017 while he underwent treatment for kidney ailments.

[29] The Express Tribune reported another commander, Aslam Baloch, received treatment at a New Delhi hospital.

[80][81] On 14 December 2006, BLA militants launched six rockets at a paramilitary camp in Balochistan's Kohlu District that then-President Pervez Musharraf was visiting.

[85] On 14 August, BLA militants killed 6 laborers and wounded 3 others on their way home from work in the Khilji area of Quetta.

[86] On 21 November 2011, BLA terrorists attacked government security personnel who were guarding a mine in the northern Musakhel district, killing 14 and wounding 10.

[87] On 31 December, BLA claimed responsibility for the suicide bomb targeting a Baloch politician, Naseer Mengal, at his home in Quetta.

Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) and miner labour union staged protest outside Balochistan High Court (BHC).

[56] On 14 August, BLA claimed responsibility for a roadside bomb blast that killed 8 FC troops in Harnai.

[107] On 15 October, at least 14 security personnel were killed after a convoy of state-run Oil & Gas Development Company (OGDCL) was attacked.

[114][115] On 9 June , BLA accepted responsibility for an attack on the Pakistani army camp in the Karakdan area of Bolan Pass, in which two were killed and two others were critically wounded.

[117] On 17 June, a Pakistan Army soldier was killed near Turbat airport, according to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

[118] On 25 June, five soldiers from Frontier Corps, Balochistan, were killed after terrorists targeted a patrolling party in Sibi district's Sangan area.

[123] On 26 September a statue of Pakistan's founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah was destroyed by Baloch militants in the coastal city of Gwadar.

[128] On 26 April, BLA claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in which four people, including three of Chinese origin at Karachi University, were killed.

[130][131][132] On 30 January 2024, at least six BLA fighters and four security officials have been killed in an overnight attack in the city of Mach, south of Balochistan's capital, Quetta.