Bramdagh justifies civillians target killings in Balochistan

[Naveed Yaseen]

By Malik Siraj Akbar

QUETTA: Claiming that targeted killings were a justified response to the army’s actions in Balochistan, Baloch guerrilla commander Bramdagh Bugti wondered why the government did not comment on the army’s actions but condemned the death of Punjabis.

Talking to Daily Times, the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) chief said he agreed with a recent article he had read that encouraged the Baloch to conduct more target killings. He said the same article had also advocated extending the practice into Punjab. To questions on the killing of 20 Baloch policemen in Naseerabad district and the target killing of Punjabi teachers, the BRP chief said he supported the actions of the separatists. He said they had been forced to resort to such acts by the actions meted out to them by Pakistani forces. He said the policemen had been “disloyal to their motherland”.

To a question, Bugti said he was not hiding in Afghanistan and rejected the government’s allegations of Indian involvement in Balochistan.

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