ISLAMABAD: The US Department of State has designated The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its alias, The Majeed Brigade, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), and adding the Majeed Brigade as an alias to BLA’s previous Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) designation.

The Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced here in a statement on Monday. BLA was designated as an SDGT in 2019 following several terrorist attacks, he added.

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