Pakistan’s Afghan Gamble Worsens Conflict in Balochistan

A Taliban fighter holding an M16 assault rifle stands outside the Interior Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16, 2021. (Reuters)

March 1: The Diplomat reported that Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province has seen a surge in violent attack over the past two months. On the intervening night of January 25 and 26, Baloch militants carried out a major attack on a security checkpost in Kech.

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