Geopolitics & Diplomacy
Counterterrorism to Counternarrative?: BLA Designation and the Return of Re-hyphenation in South Asia
Editor's Note: This is the second article in a two-part series on the U.S. designation of the BLA as an FTO. Read the first article here. On August 11, as a part of its “commitment to countering terrorism,” the U.S.…
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
U.S. Designation of BLA as Terror Outfit: A Win for Pakistan, but Not a Panacea
Editor’s Note: This is the first article in a two-part series on the U.S. designation of the BLA as an FTO. Read the second article here. On August 11, the U.S. Department of State designated the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and its…
Defense & Security
The Politics of Labeling Terror Groups
On 26 July 2024, in an official notification by the Ministry of Interior, the Pakistani government encouraged all government entities to use the term "Fitna al-Khawarij" to refer to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Pakistan’s Armed Forces adopted the same strategy.…