Another Baloch Attack 90 Pak Army Killed

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Just six days after the train hijack in Balochistan the Baloch Liberation Army has carried out a bombing attack against a convoy of eight buses filled with soldiers of the Pakistani Army inside Balochistan. The Baloch claim that 90 Pakistani military personnel were killed. The Pakistani Army has denied the claims and say only 10 were killed. Here is a brief video.

Reports say that the weapons used in these attacks include American made implying that they have come from across the border from Afghanistan. When the US hastily left Afghanistan in 2021 they left behind about US$70 billion worth of weaponry. 
The Afghan Taliban are kissing cousins with the Pakistan Taliban who are now working very closely with the Baloch Liberation Army against a common enemy the Pakistani Army. The Pakistani Army really have their hands full dealing with the Afghans, the Pakistani Taliban and now the Baloch. 
Their eastern frontier with Hindu India seems to be the most peaceful border for Pakistan. Serious trouble is brewing on their western side.
Making things really worse for Pakistan is the new Trump administration in Washington which has cut off all aid to almost all the former American lackey countries around the world (except Egypt and Israel). The Americans used to pour hundreds of millions of US Dollars into Pakistan  every year. That has now disappeared. 
Pakistan now has no money to do much. There is no way they are going to find the money to fund a hot war against the Pakistani Taliban in Khyber Pakhtunhwa, against the Afghan Taliban and the Baloch Liberation Army - all at the same time.
The Baloch in particular seem to be aware of the almost bankrupt status of the Pakistani government. Hence they are stepping up their attacks. The Baloch want independence and this seems to be the time to press for it.
Among the complaints of the Baloch is that despite 77 years of independence too many of their homes in Balochistan have no tap water or electricity, something unheard of in other parts of Pakistan.  This sounds like a serious attitude problem, too common from Myanmar to Morocco.


The Pakistani Rupee is now at almost 280 to the US Dollar. As you can see in the five year chart above the currency is simply crashing.
All the education, the schooling can come to nought when the attitude is very poor.  Religion is too often the cancer instead of the cure.  
Lets see where this goes. It does not look good.
The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.
By Syed Akbar Ali 

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