‘Colonial Narrative': BLA Denounces US Terrorist Designation, Vows To Continue Fight
In a statement issued on Friday, BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said the organisation had anticipated such a move and received it without any surprise or sense of added pressure.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has formally rejected the United States' decision to designate the group and its special unit, the Majeed Brigade, as a foreign terrorist organisation. The separatist outfit described the move as a 'deviation from ground realities" and an implicit endorsement of what it termed a 'colonial narrative" used against the Baloch struggle.
In a statement issued on Friday, BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said the organisation had anticipated such a move and received it without any surprise or sense of added pressure. He maintained that the BLA is a resistance force operating solely against 'the military domination of the occupying state" and remains committed to the liberation of what it calls its 'occupied motherland."
The spokesperson claimed that Pakistan had occupied Balochistan in 1948 through the use of force, and that the BLA represents a continuation of the resistance that began on that day. According to the statement, the group is 'the armed embodiment of Baloch national pride" and does not require 'external validation or any international certification" to justify its existence or its mission.
The BLA reiterated that all of its operations are directed against the Pakistan Army, Frontier Corps, intelligence networks, so-called death squads, and their collaborator gangs operating within Balochistan. 'We are not opposed to the people of Pakistan, nor to any world power — our arms are raised solely against the occupier Pakistan Armed Forces until the occupation ends," the spokesperson said, underscoring that their fight is targeted exclusively at military and security institutions they consider to be instruments of occupation.
The statement further stressed that the BLA would never retreat from its 'ideological, military or revolutionary responsibilities" and would not allow what it described as state propaganda, international labels, or global decisions to deter it from its chosen path. The group vowed to continue its armed struggle until, in its words, 'Baloch national liberation and sovereignty are achieved," framing the US designation as just another obstacle in a decades-long campaign it insists will not end until its objectives are met.
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