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In Iran, the Baloch are divided into two groups: the Makrani and the Sarhadi. The cities such as Iranshahr, Chabahar, Nikshahr, Sarbaz, and Saravan are known as the Makran region, while Zahedan and Khash are known as the Sarhad.region. [11] Balochistan of Iran has been regarded as the most underdeveloped, desolate, and poorest region of the ...
On 18 January 2024, Pakistan launched a series of air and artillery strikes inside Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province, targeting Baloch separatist groups, codenamed Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar (Urdu: آپریشن مرگ بر سرمچار, lit. 'Death to Insurgents' [a]) by Pakistan.
The first modern army of Oman was exclusively Baloch, [24] and even today around 40% of Omani Army consists of Baloch people. [123] the Baloch have been well integrated in political life in Oman. the Baloch hold positions in many high-ranking jobs and have played a significant role in the progress and development of Oman. [124]
Both Pakistan and Iran have long fought militants in the restive Baloch region along their 900-kilometer (560-mile) border but the latest incident marks a major escalation between the two ...
It said the targets were bases used by the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) and the associated Baloch Liberation Army. Iran said on Tuesday it had hit targets inside Pakistan that it alleged were ...
Iran has also faced a long history of insurgencies from its Kurdish, Arab and Baloch minorities. Jaish al-Adl is just one of many separatist groups operating within Iran.
The Insurgency in Balochistan is an insurgency [41] [16] or revolt [42] by Baloch separatist insurgents and various Islamist militant groups against the governments of Pakistan and Iran in the Balochistan region, which covers the Pakistani province of Balochistan, Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, and Balochistan of southern Afghanistan.
The Pakistani province of Balochistan has been the theatre of a long running insurgency, which escalated in intensity in 2004. [4] The insurgency has pitted Baloch militant groups against the government of Pakistan as well as the government of neighbouring Iran. 26 August holds special significance among Balochi nationalists as it marks the death anniversary of Nawab Akbar Shahbaz Khan Bugti ...