BLA and TTP are Indian proxies, says Pakistan's defence minister

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that two major terrorist groups operating in Pakistan are Indian proxies and Islamabad will present complete evidence to prove New Delhi's involvement in the attack on a school bus in Khuzdar district of Balochistan that killed three girl students and injured several others.

- 

At least six people, including three students, were slain while over 40 others — mostly students — sustained injuries after a bomb targeted the bus near Zero Point in Khuzdar on the Quetta-Karachi highway when it was on its way to drop the students at the Army Public School (APS) in Khuzdar Cantonment.

Asif told a TV channel that there was evidence that the proscribed Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) was working as an Indian proxy. “We will present evidence of India’s involvement. We will corroborate whatever we have claimed,” he said.

The defence minister said that the relation between BLA and India is well-known as their leadership is in New Delhi. “The allegation against us was unsubstantiated but BLA is fighting like an Indian proxy.”

He was referring to the Pahalgam attack last month in occupied Kashmir that killed 26 people, following which India had instantly blamed Pakistan for backing the attackers.

Asif said that the BLA and outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) are Indian proxies. They have nothing to do with religion or nationalism, India is financing them and they're involved in bloodshed here, he said.