At around 7 a.m. on July 14, 2021, in pakistan's northern Pakistan's Khyber Putosh province, an attendance shuttle carrying mostly Chinese engineers was attacked by a terrorist attack on its way to the construction site of the Dasu hydropower station, killing 13 people. 9 are Chinese citizens.
It was subsequently identified as a suicide terrorist attack involving the Pakistani Taliban, as well as intelligence agencies such as the Afghan National Security Agency (NDS) and the Indian Investigation and Analysis Agency (RAW).
The scene of the accident at the Dasu hydroelectric power station
But no one expected that in the context of the Dasu hydropower plant tragedy still under further investigation, more than a month later, on August 20, at the Guadar East Bay Expressway project in Pakistan's Balochistan province, a convoy carrying Chinese officers once again encountered a suicide attack.
Fortunately, no one was killed on the Chinese side, but it also led to the situation that one person on the Chinese side was slightly injured, 2 local children died, and many people were injured. For a time, public opinion was in an uproar.
The injured vehicle at the scene of this time
In just one month, there have been two attacks on Chinese citizens in Pakistan, and it has to be said that the provocation is extremely strong and the purpose is very clear, that is, to undermine the "Belt and Road", and then attack China, weaken China, and damage China.
So, who is behind the black hand? Will there be a worse incident? How can we protect our own people and legitimate rights and interests?
However, unlike the Dasu hydropower station, this time, according to Reuters, a terrorist organization called the "Balochistan Liberation Army" has come out a few hours after the incident to express responsibility for the attack.
Pakistan Today newspaper also further disclosed the details of the crime, at that time, the convoy of 4 Chinese vehicles was being escorted by Pakistan's army and police through the Gwadar East Bay Expressway.
As a result, when the convoy passed, a young boy suddenly ran to the Chinese vehicle, and the Pakistani plainclothes soldier who realized that something was wrong rushed over and stopped the boy, and as a result, the boy immediately detonated himself at a distance of about 15-20 meters from the convoy when he found that someone was blocking. This is also the reason why only one of the Chinese was slightly injured this time, but it still caused the death of 2 innocent children (10 and 11 years old, respectively) and many injuries.
Reported
So why did this Balochistan Liberation Army do this? First of all, it has a previous conviction, on November 23, 2018, it attacked the Chinese consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 4 people and killing 2 Pakistani police officers. Three illegal militants were subsequently killed in the exchange of fire.
Of course, 2 months later, rashid Baloch, the main suspect, the backbone of the organization and an important figure in the attack on the Chinese consulate, was immediately arrested in the UAE.
As a terrorist organization banned by the Pakistani side in the 1980s, its favorite thing to do is to carry out terrorist attacks on civilians and security forces in Pakistan. Therefore, this time, it is no exception, and it is determined in its bones that it is a terrorist organization, and it will inevitably not use peaceful means to complete its requirements and goals.
Second, China's influence and investment in Pakistan is obvious to all, whether it is the Belt and Road Initiative or the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which is expected to invest at least $46 billion, which can greatly increase Pakistan's infrastructure and economic strength.
The Balochistan Liberation Army organization and the Pakistani government are extremely contradictory, because its goal is, at the minimum, to drive all non-Baloch people out of Balochistan, and at the highest is to achieve the independence of Balochistan province, to break away from Pakistan and establish a state.
However, in the former, 44% of the local population in Baluch is Pashtun, 13% is Punpuja and ethnic minorities, and the combined 57% of the population is not Balochistan, but Balochi alone accounts for 43%, and one family can account for half of the country. Due to the large number of ethnic groups, the contradictions have always been very strong, and the Balochistan Liberation Army organization has often attacked all non-Baloch people in the province.
The latter, that is even more of a complete rebellion, which the Pakistani government cannot tolerate. Because Balochistan is the largest province in Pakistan, with an area of 340,000 square kilometers, it is also located at the junction of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and its location is dangerous. At the same time, natural gas, coal, copper and other resources are quite abundant, which can meet half of Pakistan's energy needs.
However, the local forces in Balochistan, including the Balochistan Liberation Army, such as the head man and the chieftain, believe that the Pakistani government not only did not give the Baluch people more privileges, more resource tilt and financial support, but also continued to exploit, occupy natural gas resources at a low price, and even built dams on areas that were not conducive to balochistan irrigation, and also interfered in the tribal system, garrisoned troops, and let people from other provinces rob the locals of their jobs.
Of course, in fact, Pakistan has long been implementing large-scale support for Balochistan's development plans, but the chiefs, fearing that their privileges and private interests will be withdrawn, will naturally provoke the local people and frequently oppose the Pakistani government.
With the advancement of cooperation between China and Pakistan in recent years, the strength of the Pakistani government has risen, and the local forces that panic and feel threatened have targeted Chinese, trying to cause a crisis in China-Pakistan relations by harming Chinese engineers and stranding many projects including the Belt and Road Initiative. In the end, it can both guarantee its own strength and weaken the Pakistani government.
Moreover, the Pakistani government's internal control has always been weak, and the Balochistan Liberation Army, as a high-quality individual soldier, attacks on terrorist organizations with well-planned retreats have a considerable probability of success. It can also be seen that suicide attacks are often used, which for terrorist organizations are not only inexpensive, but also highly concealed, lethal and deterrent.
Like this time, you can see the Gwadar port that takes place in the Gwadar region of Balochistan, which is the necessary place for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to enter the Indian Ocean, and at the same time, the Gwadar port is a natural deep-water port, close to the Persian Gulf, which is the intersection of the Middle East, South Asia and Central Asia, which means that it can connect oil, population and resources.
If China can stably transport oil through Gwadar Port, the distance can be shortened by up to 85%, which is a distance of tens of thousands of kilometers, which is a great improvement in terms of economic cost and time cost. It could also bypass the pirate-ridden Strait of Malacca and break U.S. control of the Strait.
At the same time, the establishment of new channels of contact with Iranian oil fields and Russian oil fields has greatly weakened the influence of the United States in the Arab seas, which is tantamount to a solid anchor and guarantee for China's energy security and energy transmission. It radiates throughout the Indian Ocean and the Middle East.
Therefore, if the Gwadar port is turbulent for a long time, it will have a big impact on the entire China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. I also have to think about it, this time the Balochistan Liberation Army has poisoned the Chinese, or the Chinese of the Gwadar port.
Was there a high-ranking man behind his back, ready to hit seven inches, or did he just happen to be carrying out a terrorist attack on the Guarda East Bay Expressway because of his own base camp in Balochistan?
Let's put it this way, there is an old Chinese saying called: The one who is high is suspicious.
To add a few cold facts, the current leader, Balach Mali, had close relations with countries such as India, and the organization was originally cultivated by the Soviet KGB to dismantle pakistan's logistics and transportation lines in support of Afghanistan from within. Even the guiding ideology was Soviet-style Marxism, and many members were trained in the Soviet Union.
Subsequently, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it fell into a low ebb due to insufficient funds and support. As a result, after the 9/11 incident, the Americans re-injected funds into the Balochistan Liberation Army to fight the Taliban and let it come alive.
It also has sources of funding for Afghanistan, Iran to weaken Pakistan, and so on.
Of course, in response to this kind of malicious terrorist act of harming Chinese citizens, many netizens are indignant, and even many people are looking forward to recreating the "Mekong Action" several times and killing rampant.
So, is it possible? First look at the difficulty.
In fact, the strength of this Balochistan Liberation Army is not strong, more than five hundred people have died, but the influence is relatively strong, some other tribal armed forces launched terrorist attacks, they all love to pull the name of the Balochistan Liberation Army, and the organization is also willing to take a big package, because this can improve its influence, create a sensational effect, and attract more people to vote.
However, although the number is small, the quality of individual soldiers is not low, there are many professional killers, the use of modern weapons is skilled, the marksmanship is excellent, and the retreat and attack are quite orderly. This is also related to its origin.
Of course, it is still not enough to be compared with China.
However, China is not a world policeman, we do not have the habit of stationing troops overseas, and at present, due to the problem of the imperial cemetery in Afghanistan, the situation can be said to be a mess, the United States has burned 2.2 trillion yuan in twenty years and has no choice but to run away, at this time China rushed in, it is not a good thing, and it may also be in the arms of others.
However, it is not without a solution. Keywords, SCO, this is a "regional anti-terrorist agency executive committee", joint anti-terrorism exercises and joint border operations held a lot of times, nothing more than whether it needs to be used, when to use, how to use the problem. Long-term military presence is certainly unrealistic, but short-term anti-terrorism exercises are not impossible. At the same time, United Nations mechanisms can also be used,
And this is not the same thing as the Mekong operation, the most fundamental thing is still to the point, that is, the economic problem, whether it is the United States in Afghanistan, or the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, the total number of people eliminated in the past few decades? Quite a few, but the problem is still there.
The most fundamental thing is to solve the financial problems behind these organizations and at the same time enhance the capabilities of Pakistan Railway, "Mekong Action" is not the only optimal solution, but it is also a thunderous means when necessary.