Baloch Insurgency

Insurgency in Balochistan

Map with the Balochistan region in pink.

Date	1948 – present (69 years) Main incidents: 1948, 1958–59, 1963–69, 1973–77, 2004–2012, 2012–present (low-level insurgency)
Location	Balochistan
Status	Low level insurgency, political violence largely subdued, talks underway (May 2012) Ongoing

Belligerents

Pakistan

Iran

Imperial Army (until 1979)
IRGC (since 1980)
Border Guard (since 2000)

Baloch separatist groups

Supported by:
Iraq (1970s)
India (alleged)
Soviet Union (until 1988, alleged)
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (until 1992)

Sectarian groups
Jundallah
Jaish ul-Adl
Jundallah
al-Qaeda
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Sipah-e-Sahaba

Supported by:

Commanders and leaders

Liaquat Ali Khan (1949–1951)

Ayub Khan (1958–1969)

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1971–1973)

Tikka Khan (1988–1990)

Rahimuddin Khan (1979–1988)

Pervez Musharraf (2001–2008)

Ashfaq Parvez Kayani (2007–2013)

Raheel Shareef (2013–present)

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1948–1979)

Ruhollah Khomeini (1979–1989)

Ali Khamenei (1989–present)

Karim Khan (POW)
Nowroz Khan (POW)
Khair Bakhsh Marri †
Balach Marri †
Brahamdagh Bugti
Allah Nazar Baloch
Javed Mengal

Dad Shah †

Abdolmalek Rigi †

Abdolhamid Rigi †

Muhammad Dhahir Baluch

Strength

Pakistan

Pakistan Army: 50,000
Frontier Corps: 50,000

BLA: 10,000

Jundallah: 700 −2,000

Casualties and losses

Pakistani security forces
1973–1977:
3,000–3,300 killed
2006–2009:
303+ killed

Iran
154 killed (security forces and civilians)

Baloch fighters
1973–1977
5,300 killed
2006–2009:
380+ killed ----

~6,000 civilians killed in Pakistan (1973–1977)
1,628+ civilians killed in Pakistan (2004–2009)
~4,500 arrested (2004–2005)
~140,000 displaced (2004–2005)

3 Chinese engineers killed
4 kidnapped
5 oil tankers damaged

Pakistan

Iran

Baloch separatist groups

Supported by:
Iraq (1970s)
India (alleged)
Soviet Union (until 1988, alleged)
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (until 1992)

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