US designates Balochistan Liberation Army as terrorist group

The United States has designated the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) as a terrorist organisation, blaming it for carrying out several attacks in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan."The Department of State has designated the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Hizballah operative Husain Ali Hazzima as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) under Executive Order (E.O.) 13224. Additionally, the Department of State has amended the terrorist designations of Jundallah to reflect the group's new primary name Jaysh al-Adl and associated aliases," a release by US Department of State on Tuesday read."These aliases have been added to the group's designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), and as an SDGT under E.O. 13224. The Department has also reviewed and maintained the FTO designation of Jundallah. Today's actions seek to deny Hazzima, BLA, and Jaysh al-Adl the resources to plan and carry out ..