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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.
Poster against forced disappearances in Balochistan in London, UK. According to journalist Ahmed Rashid writing in 2014, estimates of the number of disappeared in Balochistan "are between hundreds and several thousand." [16] According to Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) around 5,228 Baloch have gone missing from 2001 to 2017. [17]
Balochistan is the poorest province in Pakistan. [4] The Baloch community alleges neglect and exploitation by the Government of Pakistan. [4]The BYC was founded following the attack in Turbat on the night of May 26, 2020, which resulted in the death of a Baloch woman, Malik Naz, and injuries to her four-year-old daughter, Bramsh.
The 2024 Chaman Protest was a significant event that took place in the Chaman district of Balochistan, Pakistan. [1] The protest was mainly against the government's strict visa policies at the Afghan border. [2] The protest escalated into violence, resulting in numerous injuries and disruptions across the border town. [1]
The march began in Balochistan on December 6, 2023. [9] The movement involved hundreds of women who had lost their husbands, brothers, and sons and decided to voice their concerns publicly. The demonstrators had explicit requests: they demanded a halt to forced disappearances and unlawful killings, and they sought accountability for those ...
The federal government tasked the Pakistan Army with building several new bases in key areas of Balochistan. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The Basic Democracies during Ayub military regime gave an indirect representation which created democratic problems in Pakistan as the representation of the Baloch was reduced in the non-democratic constitution of 1962 as the ...
Balochistan [4] (/ b ə ˈ l oʊ tʃ ɪ s t ɑː n, b ə ˌ l oʊ tʃ ɪ ˈ s t ɑː n,-s t æ n / bə-LOHTCH-ist-a(h)n, - A(H)N; Balochi: بلۏچستان, romanized: Balòcestàn, [baˈloːt͡ʃest̪ɑːn]), also spelled as Baluchistan or Baluchestan, is a historical region in West and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the ...
On 23 January, the Afghan Taliban claimed that "terrorists" (Afghan resistance forces) were being deployed by Pakistan to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan in order to conduct attacks inside Afghanistan. [95] Also, on 23 January, six insurgents attempting to infiltrate the border were killed by Pakistani forces in Zhob District. [96]