Attacks targeting security forces are increasing in frequency and lethality in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, where a separatist militant group has adopted new tactics.

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The Jaffar Express attack by the Balochistan Liberation Army left dozens dead and triggered a 30-hour military operation.

The increasing alienation of the Baloch population due to deprivation of democratic and economic rights, use of force to suppress protests and growing incidents of enforced disappearances has fuelled ...

The resentment over the merger has fuelled political instability in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for decades. Even today, several separatists continue to challenge the Pakistani government’s control.

Pakistan's army blamed the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and India for a recent Baloch train hijacking, vowing retaliation.

Pakistan's volatile Balochistan province has ordered the closure of three universities in recent weeks due to "security concerns," an official told AFP on Tuesday, as militants attacks surge in the ...