A carefully staged photograph circulated widely in early 2026: a young Baloch couple in combat fatigues, rifles slung across their shoulders, smiling at the camera before what the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) described as their joint suicide mission. Released by the rebel group’s media wing after its major offensive, the image was not merely propaganda […]The post Weapons, women and the rise of hybrid insurgency in Balochistan appeared first on Asia Times.