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BLF Deploys Female Combat Unit in Balochistan Insurgency
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Moneycontrol•06-10-2026, 14:36
BLF Deploys Female Combat Unit in Balochistan Insurgency
- •The Balochistan Liberation Front has introduced a dedicated female combat unit named the Karima Armed Assault Division.
- •The newly formed unit is named after late Baloch activist Karima Baloch and handles combat, intelligence, and logistics.
- •The BLF claimed responsibility for an ambush on a military convoy along the CPEC highway near Turbat involving the new unit.
- •Armed fighters, including women, blocked the Quetta-Taftan highway and attacked a database office in Yakmach.
- •These developments highlight a new escalation in separatist violence targeting security forces and key economic corridors in Balochistan.
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The Balochistan Liberation Front introduced a dedicated female combat unit called the Karima Armed Assault Division, named after late Baloch activist Karima Baloch.
The unit's first armed operation involved ambushing a Pakistani military Quick Reaction Force convoy on the CPEC highway in the Jusak area near Turbat.
Armed fighters blocked the Quetta-Taftan highway and attacked and set fire to a National Database and Registration Authority office in Yakmach.
