India has been sponsoring proxy wars in various parts of Pakistan for decades.
Indian proxies have been more active in former FATA areas, now parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and southern parts of Balochistan Province.
In KP Province, TTP has been the main terrorist outfit, being used by Indian notorious spying network (RAW) whereas, Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) and Baloch Republican Army (BRA) were the main terrorist outfits, Indian RAW has been using for terrorism in Balochistan.
Since last few months, Indian proxies have stepped-up their terrorist attacks in Balochistan Province as well as all along the western borders, adja-cent to Afghanistan.
During recent weeks, India coordinated their attacks on Pakistan along its own offensives acts, following the Pah-lamgam false flag operation.
On night 6/7 May 2025, India launched missile attacks in six cities of Pakistan and AJK.
Alongside Indian attacks, the BLA terrorists attacked on Pakistani troops at a number of locations.
Apart from this, in collaboration with Afghan Taliban Government a major attack was planned in KP.
In just three days, over 75 TTP terrorists were killed by the vigilant troops of Pakistan.
On April 27, 2025, security forces killed 54 TTP terrorist who were entering Pakistan from Afghan soil.
Remaining “Khwarijs” were killed in next two days.
Indeed, this was a major attack planned by this terrorist group on the directive of RAW.
It was a diversionary move of India to dissipate Pakistani troops before it launching of its offensive against Pakistan.
Similarly, in Balochistan Province, a series of BLA terrorist attacks were planned on the same night once India hit Pakistani mosques and civilian population.
This too aimed to create a wider chaos in the Province, giving an impression that, Pakistan is under attack from all sides, as Indian media and its leadership have been misleading the world ever since April 22, 2025.
On night 6/7 May, 2025, seven soldiers were martyred in a blast from an improvised explosive device planted by “Indian proxy” terrorists in Balochistan’s Kacchi district.
Besides “On May 6, 2025, terrorists belonging to Indian proxy, so-called ‘Baloch Liberation Army’, targeted security forces’ vehicle with an improvised explosive device in general area Mach.
” Coastal areas like Jiwani, Gwadar and Pasni were also attacked by Indian proxies alongside its own direct offensives.
The vigilant security forces of Pakistan foiled most of these terrorist attacks in various parts of Balochistan Province.
India activated all its “assets” to intensify terrorist attacks in Pakistan.
ISPR also disclosed that; “Post- Pahalgam, because of the designs of terrorism that they have, they tasked all their assets, the terrorists operating in Balochistan, and we have credible intelligence for that, the Fitna- al-Khawarij and the independent terrorist cells … to increase their activity.
” Indeed, hijacking of the Jaffar Express on March 11, 2025 was the worst form of terrorism committed by BLA which was also preceded by a series of terrorist attacks in various parts of the Balochistan province.
These terrorist attacks include; a) victimization and killing of hundreds of security forces personnel and hundreds of innocent civilians on ethnic bases, b) ambushing the buses and traffic conveys and killing non Balochi people after identification parades, c) organized attacks on military conveys and d) targeting police and Levis at will.
The sequential rise of these terrorist attacks with consistency has two dimensions.
One, domestically, BLA is projecting itself as a strong militant organization which can terrorize civilians and military personnel alike wherever and wherever it de-sires.
At the social level BLA is constantly engaging with the Baloch masses and coercing them to support its anti-state agenda at social level.
The rural Baloch masses are being force not to cooperate with security forces at any level.
Anti-Pakistan narratives are being made and projected among the Baloch youth for creating unrest in the province.
At a time once BLA, BLF and BRA are being used by India as its proxies against Pakistan, the Baloch Yakjehti Commit-tee (BYC) should have denounced their terrorist activities.
BYC as a political forum could have boycotted with these terrorist organizations through condemnation and counter narratives.
In no case BYC should follow the narratives of terrorist organizations to provide them a political cover.
Whereas, BYC has been consistently blaming security forces and LEAs, it has never condemned the terrorism of BLA and other terrorist outfit against personnel of security forces and innocent civilians from various parts of Pakistan.
Indeed, such conduct of BYC support the terrorism of BLA and other Indian proxies in the province.
The entire development taking place in Balochistan Province needs a retrospective evaluation and critical assessment for a course correction sooner than the later.
The elected representatives and successive provincial governments remained less concerned about deteriorating socioeconomic conditions of the province, which caused distrust between state and society of the province.
This mistrust further caused social vulnerabilities in the province which is being exploited by India, Afghanistan and other hostile spying networks through BLA and other terrorist organizations.
BLA is rapidly exploring and exploiting its international linkages by making use of Indian RAW and some western and Israeli spying networks.
Pakistan must expose the Indian Proxy network, operating against it.
India and Afghan Taliban Government have already joined hands against Pakistan as witnessed during recent Indian military aggression against Pakistan.
Moreover, Af-ghan soil is rapidly transforming into a hub of global terrorist network.
If not controlled now, this hub of terrorism may transmit terrorism in all states, adjoining Afghanistan.
—The writer is Professor of Politics and IR at International Islamic University, Islamabad.([email protected])
