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The Insurgency in Balochistan is an insurgency [41] [16] and 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.
Balochistan Liberation Front the group was founded by Jumma Khan in 1964 in Damascus, and played an important role in the 1968–1973 insurgency in Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran [7] which ultimately spilled over into Pakistan [7] with BLF launching raids on Pakistani outposts.
The First Balochistan Conflict was a rebellion instigated by Prince Agha Abdul Karim and Prince Muhammad Rahim of Kalat in response to the accession of Kalat and with the aim of establishing Kalat as an independent state from Pakistan. With the arrest of the princes and loss of a lot of manpower, the rebellion ultimately came to an end in 1950 ...
The Soviet–Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Soviet-controlled Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) from 1979 to 1989. The war was a major conflict of the Cold War as it saw extensive fighting between the DRA, the Soviet Union and allied paramilitary groups against the Afghan mujahedeen and their allied foreign ...
The Balochistan Liberation Front (Urdu: بلوچستان لبریشن فرنٹ;, Balochi: بلۏچستان آجوییءِ سنگر; BLF) is a Afghanistan-based Baloch ethnonationalist Separatist group actively engaged in the Balochistan region of Southwestern Asia.
Balochistan (/ b ə ˈ l ɒ tʃ ɪ s t ɑː n, b ə ˌ l ɒ tʃ ɪ ˈ s t ɑː n,-s t æ n /; Balochi: بلۏچستان [citation needed]; Urdu: بلوچستان, Urdu pronunciation: [bəloːt͡ʃɪst̪ɑːn] ⓘ) is a province of Pakistan. Located in the southwestern region of the country, Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan by ...
This is a list of journalists killed during the Balochistan conflict. The conflict has been going on since 1947, but since 2001, 28–33 journalists have been killed [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and between 2009 and 2012 at over 23 journalists have been killed.
Traffic on the main national highway of North Balochistan remained suspended for hours. The protesters said that the bodies would not be buried till the formation of the Judicial Commission. [ 3 ] Passengers traveling to and from Quetta from Ziarat , Sanjawi , Dakki , Kohlu , Harnai , Shahrag and Loralai , especially women, children, the ...