How to Use Baloch in a Sentence

Baloch

noun
  • What is the Baloch insurgency about?
    — Amira Jadoon, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
  • Bugti said militants stormed the home of a Baloch laborer in Gwadar and killed five women and three children.
    — Abdul Sattar, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Now, nearly a decade later, Hamza is in the inner circle as the kingpin of the Baloch gang that rules the city of Karachi.
    — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • The main Baloch militia, Army of Justice (Jaish al-Adl), is jihadist and alleged to have roots in al-Qaeda.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The oil- and mineral-rich province is the largest but least populated in Pakistan, and is a hub for the country's ethnic Baloch minority.
    — Sami Yousafzai, CBS News, 24 May 2026
  • Authorities arrested a girl over the incident – a nod to militants’ increasing use of young Baloch women to carry out attacks.
    — Amira Jadoon, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
  • As state enforcement weakens on both sides of the border, the cross-border fuel and narcotics smuggling networks that Baloch militants tax and target are likely to expand further.
    — Amira Jadoon, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
  • Militant violence has surged in Pakistan in recent years, much of it blamed on the TTP and outlawed Baloch separatist groups.
    — ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Iran is home to a diverse population of more than 90 million, including Persians, Azeris, Arabs, Baloch and Kurds.
    — Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The Baloch insurgency has emerged as one of Pakistan’s most consequential internal security challenges.
    — Amira Jadoon, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
  • These tactical innovations have been reinforced by deliberate efforts at broadening the support base for Baloch separatism.
    — Amira Jadoon, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
  • The country is also home to several minority groups that have clashed with regime forces in the past, including Kurdish militants, Arab and Baloch separatists, among others.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
  • Maintaining ties with Tehran is crucial for containing domestic tensions and staving off an insurgency from the minority Baloch community there.
    — Kyra Colah, FOXNews.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Two Baloch militants’ operations bookend the recent escalation.
    — Amira Jadoon, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
  • As nonviolent avenues close, aggrieved civilians become more receptive to Baloch militants’ recruitment narratives.
    — Amira Jadoon, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
  • Pakistan has witnessed a surge in militant violence in recent years, much of it blamed on Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, and outlawed Baloch groups.
    — ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Sustained military pressure on militants is undermined by limited political engagement with Baloch and Pashtun groups and continued safe havens across Afghanistan.
    — Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Pakistan has repeatedly said that Baloch separatists, the Pakistani Taliban and other militants are using Afghan soil to launch attacks inside Pakistan.
    — Abdul Sattar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Pakistan blames Afghans for suicide bombings Militant violence has surged in Pakistan in recent years, much of it blamed on the TTP and outlawed Baloch separatist groups.
    — Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Today, Baloch militants’ propaganda targets the local educated youth, including women.
    — Amira Jadoon, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
  • During the attacks, Baloch insurgents targeted civilians, a high-security prison, police stations and paramilitary installations.
    — Abdul Sattar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Much of it has been blamed on Baloch separatists and the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, which is a separate group but allied with Afghanistan’s Taliban.
    — Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Militant violence has surged in Pakistan in recent years, much of which Pakistan blames on the Pakistani Taliban, or TTP, and outlawed Baloch separatist groups.
    — ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Rafay Baloch, a cybersecurity expert and author of the book Web Hacking Arsenal, says that criminals specifically look for travelers who appear disoriented.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
  • Baloch separatist groups and the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, have intensified attacks in Pakistan in recent months.
    — Abdul Sattar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • In practice, the contemporary insurgency has expanded well beyond its tribal base, and Baloch militant groups have invested heavily in strategic communications that directly challenge the Pakistani state’s framing.
    — Amira Jadoon, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
  • Ethnic Baloch communities straddle the Pakistan-Iran border, and the BLA already maintains a presence in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province.
    — Amira Jadoon, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
  • Others point to existing armed or semi-organized anti-regime groups, including Kurdish organizations, Baloch insurgent networks and underground resistance cells operating inside Iran.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
  • Much of it has been blamed on Baloch separatists and the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, which is a separate group but allied with Afghanistan's Taliban.
    — Munir Ahmed, Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The separatist group Baloch Liberation ​Army, or BLA, has claimed responsibility for the attack, but local authorities have not officially confirmed who is behind it, per Reuters and the Times.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026

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