11-22-2007, 10:49 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Balochistan Liberation Army chief Balach Marri killed in Afghanistan</b>
Baloch leader Nawabzada Balach Marri was killed along with his bodyguards in a clash somewhere inside Afghanistan on November 21, triggering widespread violence in capital Quetta and some other parts of the Balochistan province, according to Dawn.
Nawabzada Gazeen Marri, the elder brother of Balach Marri, confirmed his death while talking to the BBC. However, Gazeen Marri refused to name the place where he was killed. He also said that only his family members could decide about the burial of Mir Balach Marri, as âwe do not want his body to be disgraced the way the rulers treated that of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.â Beeburg Baloch, a spokesman for the defunct Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), called journalists in Quetta by satellite phone from an unknown location to inform them about the nationalist leaderâs death. He informed that two other Baloch leaders had also died in the clash. However, some other reports suggested that besides Balach Marri, seven of his security guards and six other people were killed in the incident. Some sources reportedly suggested that Balach Marri was killed in an air strike by NATO forces in the Gramshar area of Afghanistanâs Helmand province. They believed the Western forces had mistaken Marri and his entourage for Taliban militants. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Baloch leader Nawabzada Balach Marri was killed along with his bodyguards in a clash somewhere inside Afghanistan on November 21, triggering widespread violence in capital Quetta and some other parts of the Balochistan province, according to Dawn.
Nawabzada Gazeen Marri, the elder brother of Balach Marri, confirmed his death while talking to the BBC. However, Gazeen Marri refused to name the place where he was killed. He also said that only his family members could decide about the burial of Mir Balach Marri, as âwe do not want his body to be disgraced the way the rulers treated that of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.â Beeburg Baloch, a spokesman for the defunct Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), called journalists in Quetta by satellite phone from an unknown location to inform them about the nationalist leaderâs death. He informed that two other Baloch leaders had also died in the clash. However, some other reports suggested that besides Balach Marri, seven of his security guards and six other people were killed in the incident. Some sources reportedly suggested that Balach Marri was killed in an air strike by NATO forces in the Gramshar area of Afghanistanâs Helmand province. They believed the Western forces had mistaken Marri and his entourage for Taliban militants. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->