Snakes in the backyards !! As one sows .... Pakistan rattled as Baloch women turn suicide bombers

 Pakistan rattled as Baloch women turn suicide bombers

It was a woman suicide bomber of the BLA's elite Majeed Brigade who blew herself in Kalat recently, causing death and destruction to the Pakistani army. Once silent victims, Baloch women from diverse backgrounds are now at the forefront of a growing resistance against the joint exploitation of Balochistan by Pakistan and China. 

Here's what's driving this trend.

The BLA has released a photograph of Mahikan Baloch, the female suicide bomber who attacked a military convoy in Kalat, Balochistan, earlier this month. (Image: Social Media/India Today) 

Pakistan's Balochistan problem is no longer a slow burn. The flames of the Baloch movement are leaping high and far. There have been spectacular attacks one after another. 

The hijacking of the Jaffar Express by Baloch militants came immediately after a suicide attack on an army convoy in Balochistan's Kalat district. 

'The suicide bomber was a woman and reveals a rare pattern emerging in Pakistan's mineral-rich, restive Balochistan province. Women from the Baloch ethnic minority are increasingly turning into suicide bombers and shaking Pakistan's security interests and apparatus," says an article in 'India Today'. 

The attack by a Baloch female suicide bomber first came to light in the 2022 Karachi University bombing. 

As the attacks escalate, Pakistan's military seems to be running around like a headless chicken.And Baloch resistance is no longer the age-old male-dominated tribal resistance.

The BLA revealed this week that it was a woman who blew herself up to inflict damage on the Pakistani military. The woman, Banuk Mahikan Baloch, was a science graduate and member of its elite Majeed Brigade. The BLA shared her last audio message too.