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The Insurgency in Balochistan is an insurgency [40] [14] or revolt [41] 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.
On 25 January 2022, militants stormed an army security post in a remote area of Dasht, Kech District, Balochistan, Pakistan, killing at least ten security personnel and injuring three others. [1] [2] The clash lasted for a few hours in which militants also suffered several casualties. [2] Additionally, the militants also seized weapons that ...
Baluch Liberation Front (founded 1964) [12] The Balochistan Liberation Army ( Balochi: بلۏچستان آجوییء لشکر; abbreviated BLA, also known as the Baloch Liberation Army ), is a Baloch ethnonationalist militant separatist organization based in Afghanistan. [21] [22] [23] [27] BLA's first recorded activity was during the summer of ...
Property damage. ₨ 3.2 trillion ($14.9 billion) [4] From 15 June to October 2022, floods in Pakistan killed 1,739 people, [3] and caused ₨ 3.2 trillion ($14.8 billion) of damage and ₨ 3.3 trillion ($15.2 billion) of economic losses. [4] The immediate causes of the floods were heavier than usual monsoon rains and melting glaciers [5] that ...
Deaths. 4. Injured. 6. Perpetrators. Unknown terrorist group. On 26 August 2021, four security personnel were killed and six others were injured in attacks by terrorist in Balochistan's Ziarat and Panjgur districts. [1]
The Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency is an ongoing low-intensity [1] asymmetric conflict [2] in Sistan and Baluchestan Province between Iran and several Baloch Sunni militant organizations [3] designated as terrorist organizations by the Iranian government. [4] It began in 2004 and is part of the wider Balochistan conflict.
Balochistan is situated in the southwest of Pakistan and covers an area of 347,190 square kilometres (134,050 sq mi). It is Pakistan's largest province by area, constituting 44% of Pakistan's total landmass.
Balochistan (/ 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, IPA: [baˈloːt͡ʃest̪ɑːn]), also spelled Baluchistan or Baluchestan, is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the ...