Balochistan, Aug. 15 -- The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has rejected the United States' decision to classify its unit, the Majeed Brigade, as a foreign terrorist organisation, describing the move as "detached from ground realities" and "an implicit endorsement of the colonial narrative by an international power," according to The Balochistan Post (TBP).

In a statement on Friday, BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said the group was neither surprised nor pressured by the designation, asserting that the BLA is "a resistance force" operating solely against the military control of "the occupying state" and committed to "the liberation of its occupied motherland."

He claimed Pakistan forcibly occupied Balochistan in 1948 and said the BLA conti...