Mahal Baloch

Mahal Baloch (Balochi: ماهل بلوچ; 2001-2024), also known by her nom de guerre Zilan Kurd (Balochi: زیلان کرد), was a Pakistani Baloch suicide bomber of the Balochistan Liberation Army who detonated a car bomb at a Pakistani Army base during the August 2024 Balochistan attacks.

She graduated from the Faculty of Arts at Degree College Gwadar, and then enrolled in a Bachelor of Laws program at Turbat University in 2021.

Her father was a member of the National Awami Party and was a student of Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo.

[2] The BLA published a video showing Mahal Baloch giving her final message before the attack.

[4] On September 3, 2024, armed Kurdish militants belonging to the Tekin Goyi Militias, a pro-PKK group of the HBDH, entered Şişli Plaza and destroyed, burned, and ransacked Turkish government properties.