By Tariq Rizwan
India is using Afghan soil as a launching pad
for overt and covert activities in western belt of Pakistan including
Balochistan, FATA nad KP province. A huge number of RAW operatives are working
under the garb of Indian Border Security Force (BSF). BSF has recently
completed Dilaram road linking Chabahar Port of Iran with Heart in Afghanistan.
Apart, India is running dozens of un-proclaimed consulates in Afghan cities
along Pakistan border. Links are being maintained with the militants inside
Pakistani territory to destabilize Pakistan’s western belt.
The
ongoing military operation Zarb-e-Azb has shaken the bases of all these foreign
sponsored militants. The militants’ infrastructure has been destroyed.
Militants have either been killed or sought refuge in Afghan border territories
under the active patronage of RAW-NDS nexus. By exploiting the left over
remnants, India is trying to sustain the rhythm of militancy in the region so
that to frustrate both Pakistan and China abandon the CPEC.
Almost
all the Baloch Sub Nationalists (BSNs) were getting foreign assistance in terms
of boarding, lodging, training, weapons, finances and transportation etcetera.
India is investing heavily on Baloch Sub Nationalists (BSNs). Immediately after
the ouster of Taliban from power in Afghanistan in the wake of 9/11, training
camps were established in Spin Boldak area of Kandhar province where these
Baloch Fararies were accommodated, trained and launched in collaboration
with NDS.
Baloch
Liberation Army and Baloch Republican Army are almost defunct now after the
surrender of its activists in a huge number. Both Hairbyar Marri and Brahmdagh
Bugti are in self - exile and relying on Indian financial support. They are
absconders according to the law of the land after committing numerous acts of
IED, bomb blasts, target killing and destroying the state infrastructure in
Balochistan.
Reportedly,
the so called indigenous Baloch Liberation Front Chief Dr Allah Nazar is no
more alive as per media reports. He was a common Baloch. Instead of going
abroad, he continued his struggle for the rights of common people from his home
town “Mashkel”. Therefore, the number of his followers increased over a period
of time. Despite his claims of not accepting foreign assistance, most of his
fighters were trained in RAW-NDS camps at Spin Boldak.
Dr
Nazar was a stern opponent of the selfish Baloch Nawabs, Sardars and their
centuries-old traditional hold. Therefore, he was not liked by other leaders
like Hairbyar Marri and Brahmdagh Bugti. He was of the view, that that Nawabs
and Sardars were equally responsible for backwardness of Baloch areas. His
interests also converged with that of government efforts to empower the common
people in Balochistan. He was a popular figure among the BSNs due to his
philosophy of not leaving Balochistan while continuing their struggle for
Baloch rights. According to media reports, he was killed in one of the air raid
and has never resurfaced.
India
is vigorously pursuing the BSNs card to undermine CPEC and deprive the poor
masses of the benefits of the mega project. Like GB, Balochistan is also
becoming a battlefield for the covert RAW activities. The Indian opposition and
rivalry to CPEC is resulting into bloodshed. Incidents of Quetta Civil Hospital
suicide bomb blast and brutal attack on Police recruitment centre are the cases
in point.
Indian
rivalry of CPEC stems from its fear of internationalization of the Kashmir
dispute and the growing influence of China in the Indian Ocean, says a new
report by one of the most influential global think tanks. The Stockholm
International Peace Research Institute (Sipri), a Sweden-based think tank
report states “There is considerable concern within India that China, which
has been neutral on Kashmir since 1963, can no longer be so now that its
economic and security interests in these territories are growing in stake”.
The
report is titled “Silk Road Economic Belt - considering security implications
and the EU - China cooperation prospects”. It argues that India does not want a
mediating role for China in these disputes. It is the first report by any
global think tank that has discussed in detail the Indian concerns on CPEC. The
report has also shed light on implications of the ‘One Belt One Road’
initiative on security dynamics and its compatibility with the EU interests.
The
Sipri report says CPEC has raised political temperatures between India and
Pakistan. “India strictly opposes CPEC, and while the Economic Belt is not a harbinger
of a new conflict, it has so far intensified historic competition over
influence in South Asia,” note authors of the report. Continued
The writer is a freelance journalist
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