From Grief to Guns: Baloch Women in Conflict By Zofeen Ebrahim Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/02/from-grief-to-guns-baloch-women-in-conflict/ KARACHI, Pakistan, Feb 18 2026 (IPS) - Fozia Shashani, 26, a member of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee, said it was “most painful” to hear reports that two Baloch women – Hawa Baloch, 20, and Asifa Mengal, 24 – had taken part in active combat as suicide bombers. The path, she said, was in complete contrast to her belief in peaceful resistance. Yet, she added, such extreme choices were the result of a state that had “failed its people.” Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.