Pakistan's Baloch and Jihadist Insurgency Intensifies

The Baloch Liberation Front claimed 11 operations across Balochistan from September 12-17, while an alleged Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan SVBIED and assault near a police compound in Kohat added to militant pressure in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Attribution, casualties, and operational effects remain incompletely verified, and newly reviewed BLA material adds no clear escalation indicator.