The United States has designated a Baloch separatist group as a foreign terrorist organization, the State Department says. The move was hailed Tuesday by Pakistani officials. The designation of the Balochistan Liberation Army and its alias, the Majeed Brigade, blamed for deadly attacks in insurgency-hit Balochistan province, coincides with the visit of Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, to the U.S. It also comes less than two weeks after Washington and Islamabad reached a trade agreement.
