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WASHINGTON The US State Department on Monday designated Pakistan’s Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its armed wing, the Majeed Brigade, as terrorist organizations, accusing them of carrying out multiple deadly attacks in recent years. The State Department said the group has claimed responsibility for suicide bombings near Karachi airport and the Gwadar Port Authority Complex in 2024 and the March 2025 seizure of the Jaffar Express train traveling from Quetta to Peshawar, killing 31