Aslam Baloch

Aslam Baloch (1975–25 December 2018), also known as Aslam Achu (alternatively spelled Achoo and Achou), was a Baloch soldier. He was the founder of BLA-Achu, a splinter faction of the Balochistan Liberation Army, which is involved in the Baloch Independence Movement. He was the architect of BLA's Majeed Brigade, a suicide squad responsible for several high-profile attacks in Pakistan. Baloch was killed in a targeted suicide bombing in Ayno Maina, Kandahar, Afghanistan on 25 December 2018.

Early life and education Aslam Baloch, born Takari Mohammad Aslam in 1975 in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, to Raheem Dad, a member of the Dehwar clan. He received his early education at the Special High School in Quetta.

During his teenage years in the early 1990s, Aslam became engaged in Baloch nationalist circles. He was influenced by Baloch separatist leader Khair Bakhsh Marri and participated in Marri's "Haq Tawar" study sessions following the latter's return from exile in 1994. By the mid-1990s, he aligned himself with the Baloch Independence Movement.

Balochistan Liberation Army In the mid-1990s, he was among the young soldiers who helped revive the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) which had been dormant since the 1970s. By 1995, he played a role in reorganising and strengthening the BLA's underground network across Balochistan. He influenced a number of Baloch youth to join the insurgency in Balochistan. He favored a "middle-class" leadership for the BLA and believed in distributing power based on ability rather than tribal entitlement.

Death Aslam Baloch was killed on 25 December 2018 in a targeted suicide bombing in Ayno Maina, Kandahar, Afghanistan. The attack took place when Aslam and other senior members of the BLA had reportedly gathered for a strategic meeting. The BLA's spokesperson, Jeeyand Baloch, later confirmed Aslam's death in a statement from an undisclosed location, describing him and his associates as martyrs of the Baloch nationalist cause.The ISI was reported have widely involved in the killing of Aslam Baloch on the orders from then DG ISIAsim Munir.