I agree with what you are saying
But with Iran and Afghanistan providing refuge to these Baloch terrorists no operation would succeed
These Baloch terrorists don't have numbers. Unlike ttp BLA don't have unlimited numbers of recruits. They need safe havens to continue their war. Without these safe havens Baloch insurgency would die out like they have in past when Nawab Kher Bakhsh Marri was kicked out of Afghanistan after capture of Kabul by Taliban
1. securing the borders of Baluchistan with a fence and enough forts so that
no one gets in or out, day or night, rain or shine, without our forces being aware. (This includes the coasts, and the border with Sindh, Punjab, and KPK, but to a lesser extent as it is an internal border)
2. Build forts inside Baluchistan at the major road intersections, to be able to inspect suspected cargo traveling through Baluchistan and be able to rapidly send land forces (in MRAPs) to respond to any attack.
3. Creating a QRF to not only respond to attack but pre-emptively provide over watch while convoys move over the roads. ( 12 Hurkus Turboprop planes with good EO/IR sensors and 36 Light attack helicopters like the Z-19 that can be later used for conventional fight as a scout helicopter, a relatively modest force, need to be available for these missions and given to the ARMY or FC to work with them, not under the Air Force. Also So as not to take away resources from the conventional state versus state mission.)
4. Foreigners traveling through Baluchistan need to be properly vetted before being allowed to travel freely or operate freely in Baluchistan, such as that Iranian run school in Quetta.
5. More resources need to be given to electronic surveillance of smuggling networks and other conduits by which these groups can resupply with weapons and explosives. Old ammo dumps of these groups should also be found, or at least a database should be made (after extensive surveying of the region with LIDAR) of good hiding places, so that in the future, if an area is being searched, any suspected ammo dumps can be found faster, and possibly the miscreants along with them.
6. With Afghanistan in flux, This is the time for cross border ops if intel find the miscreants to deal with them as need be.
In the meantime, our Troops need MRAPs and some drones ASAP, so they don’t have to needlessly risk their lives or be picked off by miscreants in the course of their duties.
Also, this has to be balanced with continued investments into Baluchistan to bring it up to the level as the rest of the nation. This will undermine any legitimate grievances the people of Baluchistan may have that the miscreants are exploiting to recruit.
