Baluchistan, Explosive Region On Iran-Pakistan Borderland

Baluchistan is a restive region shared by Iran and Pakistan where security forces on both sides of the border have for years battled militant groups but which now risks being the subject of escalating tensions between the neighbours.

Both Iran's southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan and Pakistan's western province of Balochistan are the most impoverished regions of their respective countries, vast and arid provinces constantly battling drought, with rampant unemployment.

They are home to the Baluch people, who number overall an estimated 10 million, the majority of whom live in Pakistan including also in the Sindh province, with several million in Iran and a much smaller minority in Afghanistan.

Iran and Pakistan share a border of nearly 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) along the provinces with smuggling activity, in particular of fuel, intense due to the porous nature of the frontier.

Six Baluch keywords, sorted, duplicates out:

Report: Several injured in Pakistani attack in Iranian territory [01/17/2024]
BREAKING NEWS: Unconfirmed Reports of Pakistan's Strike Against Iran -- What We Know So Far [01/17/2024]
Iran Attacks Pakistan, Kills Two Children [01/16/2024]
Border crossing with Afghanistan swamped by Afghans after Pakistani expulsion order (PBS' Amna Nawaz's origin - ethnic cleansing) [11/02/2023]
Why Iran and Afghanistan are headed to war [09/25/2023]
"Severely Punish Perpetrators": China To Pak After Its Citizens Attacked [08/13/2023]
How the Army, corrupt elite turned Pakistan into a basket case [05/18/2023]
Why China may not lift 'iron-brother' Pakistan out of its economic mess [05/18/2023]
In Iran, mass demonstrations in Baluchestan -- and beyond [02/26/2023]
Iran uprising at a glance -- Day 121 [01/15/2023]
Top Iranian Sunni cleric says torture of protesters un-Islamic [01/07/2023]
Iran arrests 14 foreigners, including U.S. citizens, over unrest [10/19/2022]
State Department Cleans Up Diplomatic Mess After Biden Questions Pakistan Having Nuclear Weapons [10/18/2022]
Shia tomatoes! Pakistani 'Sunni' farmers destroy tomatoes from 'Shia' Iran that came as aid [09/13/2022]
Biden admin reverses Trump's decision, approves USD 450 mn F-16 fleet sustainment programme to Pakistan [09/11/2022]
US prosecutors may negotiate plea deal with 9/11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, other conspirators: Report [09/11/2022]
The Collapsing Pillars of the Iranian Regime-A tyranny rotting from within. [06/22/2022]
US, Iran in tense sea incident; Tehran preps new centrifuges [06/22/2022]
'Azadi March' live updates: Govt summons army for security after chaos grips Islamabad [05/25/2022]
China has a suicide terror problem in Pakistan [05/03/2022]
Russia-Ukraine War Accelerates Collapse of China's Belt and Road Global Strategy [04/23/2022]
British National ID'd as Hostage-Taker at Texas Synagogue [01/16/2022]
The Gwadar uprising | Will Balochistan blow up China's belt & road? [12/05/2021]
Why Iran fears chaos in Afghanistan [waaah!] [11/02/2021]
Pakistan's meek surrender to Tehreek-e-Labbaik was inevitable [11/01/2021]
China coal prices hit record highs, early winter chill adds to energy woes [10/15/2021]
Is China Falling? [10/14/2021]
Satellite photos show more construction at military base where US has 'serious concerns' about China's presence [10/13/2021]
ARK Invest's Founder and CEO Cathie Wood Warns Upcoming Economic Downturn in China 'Obvious': Slowdown in China to ripple through global economy and weigh on commodity prices and growth [10/13/2021]
Extreme flooding kills 15 and forces nearly 120,000 to evacuate as heavy rain lashes Shanxi, China -- 60 coal mines suspended -- 190,000 hectares of crops damaged [10/13/2021]
China Thumbs Nose At Climate Targets As Tt Plans To Build More Coal Power Stations And Ramp Up Oil And Gas Exploration To Solve Its Energy Crisis [10/13/2021]
Nearly a Quarter of Coal Mines in China's Shanxi Province Suspend Operations Due to Safety Concerns [10/12/2021]
Rare Floods Hit China's Coal-Rich Province Causing Further Coal Supply Tension [10/12/2021]
The War Is on with China [10/12/2021]
China isn't the only huge Asian economy with a coal shortage now-"The energy supply crunch could last as long as six month..." [10/11/2021]
CHINA FIRST: Biden-Linked CCP Oil Firm Hits Record Production Amidst Keystone Pipeline Cancellation. [10/11/2021]
Thousands evacuated and coal mines shuttered as floods hit north China [10/11/2021]
China rust-belt province warns of more shortages in energy crisis [10/11/2021]
India, China Army Talks to Defuse Border Tensions Fail [10/11/2021]
Beset With Crises, China's Xi Looks to the Masses [10/10/2021]
Heavy Rain Shuts Down 60 Coal Mines in China's Top Coal-Producing Region Amid Power Crisis [10/10/2021]
Energy crisis grips the world: Lebanon runs out of power, India warns its coal-fired plants could go dark in just three days, blackouts hit China and gas prices soar in Europe [10/09/2021]
China's Unstable Political Economy [10/09/2021]
India Fears Bigger Geopolitical Conflict As China's Build-Up In Eastern Ladakh Continues [10/09/2021]
China's Debt Problems Continue to Fester: Containment Strategy Failing - Instead of abating, financial strains are intensifying. [10/08/2021]
China orders mines to up coal production by nearly 100 million tonnes: state media [10/08/2021]
China halts phosphate exports [10/08/2021]
Joe Biden Considers Tariff Exemptions for Over 500 'Made in China' Products [10/07/2021]
China's Belt and Road Initiative Faces Growing Opposition From Participating Countries as Debts Mount [10/06/2021]
China Is 'Our Main Partner,' Says Taliban Spokesperson [09/02/2021]
California's State Pension Invests Millions in Chinese State-Owned Companies [09/02/2021]
"China is our [Taliban's] most important partner} [09/02/2021]
China Has a BIG Plan for Post-U.S. Afghanistan -- and It's Worth Billions [08/15/2021]
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Bangladesh Cuts Cost of China-Funded Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) Railway Projects; Beijing Withdraws Funding [06/29/2021]
Italy 'Carefully' Reevaluates Its Participation in China's Belt and Road Initiative [06/14/2021]
Sri Lanka OKs commission to oversee Chinese-built port city [05/21/2021]
Australia's Termination of Belt and Road Deal with China Explained [04/23/2021]
China's finger-trap plan and what we should do: Countries should beware the CCP's "Belt and Road" Initiative [04/15/2021]
Pakistan: Sunni Muslims slit throats of 11 coal miners for the crime of being Shi'ite [01/05/2021]
Maldives Could Relinquish Control Of An Island As Chinese Loan & Pressure Mounts [09/19/2020]
Brookings Institution Partnered With Shanghai Policy Center Under Scrutiny for Spying [08/14/2020]
Multiple people dead after attack on Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi [06/29/2020]
China: End of the Belt and Road Initiative? Growing sense of unease in Beijing over calls to write off debt to stressed African states. [06/06/2020]
Coronavirus threatens China's Belt and Road Initiative. What happens when it wants half a trillion dollars back? [06/01/2020]
Pakistan Builds Border Fence, Limiting Militants and Families Alike. A 1,600-mile barrier, set to be finished this year, has improved security in Pakistan. But Afghanistan is angry, and cross-border families are suffering. [03/15/2020]
Iranian Baloch resistance calls for help from India, America and the UK [11/24/2019]
Afghanistan's former border police chief: "60 to 70% of the land is controlled Islamacists" [07/27/2019]
Islamic Terrorists Hit Pakistan Hotel to Target China [05/12/2019]
Pakistan militants execute 14 bus passengers [04/18/2019]
Iran Says Deadly Attack On Revolutionary Guards Planned In Pakistan [02/17/2019]
Iran summons Pakistan's envoy over deadly suicide bomb attack [02/17/2019]
Several dead in attack at Chinese consulate in Pakistan's Karachi [11/22/2018]
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Senior al Qaeda leaders reportedly released from custody in Iran [09/19/2015]
Attack on transmission tower behind massive blackout in Pakistan [06/25/2015]
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Tarek Fatah about Pakistan's Dysfunctionality [04/20/2013]
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Pakistan's siege of Lyari ignored [05/09/2012]
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[ Balochistan Liberation Army ] BLA claims responsibility for Quetta blast [01/01/2012]
Hotel bomb kills 12 people in Pakistan [08/14/2011]
'Bomb attack' targets Iran city of Chabahar [12/15/2010]
Militants attack Nato tankers in Balochistan(Pakistan) [10/08/2010]
Iran Guard Commanders Are Killed in Bombings [10/18/2009]
Iran bombing kills 5 Revolutionary Guard leaders [10/18/2009]
Revolutionary Guard Commanders Killed in Iran Bomb [10/18/2009]
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Pakistan - Burying of women alive defended in Senate [08/30/2008]
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Iran: Father 'stones 14-year-old daughter to death' [02/18/2008]
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Pakistan - Al Qaeda, Taliban targeting Pakistani nuclear sites [12/11/2007]
Pakistan-First it was Bangladesh now it (is) Baluchistan [11/30/2007]
Revolutionary Guards raid/shut down Sunni schools in Iran [10/29/2007]
Beyond Balochistan (Iran) [03/04/2007]
Gunmen attack police in east Iran [03/01/2007]
Trouble brewing in Iranian Balochistan [02/25/2007]
Car Bomb in Iran Destroys a Bus Carrying Revolutionary Guards [02/16/2007]
TERROR TURNABOUT: Iran Attacked [02/15/2007]
Revolutionary Guards killed in bomb blast [02/14/2007]
EXCLUSIVE Breaking News - Tribal Revolt Against Islamic Regime in Iran [02/02/2007]
IRAN: SEPARATISTS CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY FOR BALUCHISTAN ATTACK [02/02/2007]
Al Qaeda's Hidden Roots [09/25/2006]
Slain tribal chief's body retrieved - Baluchistan [08/31/2006]
Is Balochistan another Bangladesh? [08/29/2006]
Rioting Erupts After Funeral in Pakistan - tribal chief killed by Pakistani government forces [08/29/2006]
Pakistan's Southern Problem [08/28/2006]
India must stand by the Balochs [08/28/2006]
Riots Spark After Rebel Chief killed in Southwest Pakistan [08/27/2006]
New map proposes changes in Pakistan, Middle East [08/26/2006]
Chronicle of terror : one ordinary month in Balochistan (Pakistan's province) [08/03/2006]
Iran's volatile ethnic mix [06/02/2006]
Al Qaeda Agent's 9/11 Role Comes Into Focus [05/21/2006]
6 Anti-Terrorism Police Killed in Pakistan [05/11/2006]
In Remote Pakistan Province, a Civil War Festers [04/19/2006]
IRAN: Jund Allah leader killed, report says [04/07/2006]
'Suicide-ready' Taliban lie in wait for troops [02/18/2006]
Pakistan's Costly 'Other War' [02/15/2006]
Mush's pipeline diplomacy in Davos [01/28/2006]
US, India hatching conspiracy in Balochistan: Aslam Baig [01/08/2006]
Rebel group captures 9 Iranian soldiers [01/01/2006]
An Uneasy Alliance [10/04/2005]
Where is bin Laden? [08/06/2005]
IRAN: STRICTER RULES FOR AFGHAN REFUGEES [05/23/2005]
Tehran bans Afghans from eastern border provinces for security [05/22/2005]
Pakistan assails Iran over growing Baluch insurgency [03/31/2005]
Pakistan tribal chief stands firm~~ Pakistan troops surrounded [03/22/2005]
27 Killed in Pakistan Bombing [03/19/2005]
Islamic Militant Arrested in Pakistan [03/05/2005]
Pakistan will be failed state by 2015: CIA [02/12/2005]
At least 25 dead as Pakistan dam bursts (Villages 'washed away) [02/10/2005]
Six blasts rock Baluchistan, soldier hurt [02/03/2005]
Is Musharraf Threatening to Nuke Baloch Nationalists [01/24/2005]
Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline: the Baloch wildcard [01/13/2005]
Pakistan's Army to Confront Nationalists in the Southwest [01/12/2005]
Two Al-Qaeda suspects held [03/11/2004]
Reports of Riots/Uprising in Iran [12/06/2003]
Iran Balochistan Sarvan forces quellmassive uprising Protesters gunned down [12/06/2003]
Iran forces quell massive uprising [12/04/2003]
Iran, Balochistan Under Martial Law [12/04/2003]
Osama bin Laden operative at Fort Bragg (A old news story) [03/09/2003]
Bush expected to announce progress in Bin Laden hunt (UPDATE) [03/06/2003]
IRAQ'S SHADOW ON BALOCHISTAN [01/23/2003]
America Should Act in Self Defense Against Iraq For 9/11,OKC,1993 WTC Attacks [09/05/2002]
Pakistan - Congo fever breaks out in many Balochistan areas [05/13/2002]
An al Qaeda operative at Fort Bragg [11/13/2001]

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