Hundreds of Baloch fugitives belonging to the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a terrorist organisation, had been living in Afghanistan for the last many years, and they are now asking the international community to ensure their safety amid the continuously changing situation in the country.
India was amongst the prime supporters and sponsors of the Tehreek E Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other anti-Pakistan terrorist organisations including BLA, and had been providing weapons and funds to them. The terrorist groups used Indian aid to carry out terrorist attacks in Pakistan, killing innocent civilians and attacking LEAs, with the full backing of the previous Afghan government that saw the neighbouring Pakistan as an enemy and was actively involved in trying to destabilise the country.
However, after the overthrow of Ashraf Ghani’s government in Afghanistan and the subsequent takeover by the Afghan Taliban, the Indian aid to the terrorist groups including, BLA and TTP, was terminated, the reason being the neoteric upsurge of the Afghan Taliban, which got India worried about the aftermath of their support to the terrorist groups.
India has closed down its embassy and consulates in Afghanistan and pulled back its diplomats and agents from Afghanistan. The proceeding has thus left the BLA militants vulnerable under the new Afghan regime.
BLA groups, abandoned and left unsupported, have appealed to the foreign communities to assure their safety in the attack-prone area.