For Pakistan, Balochistan is a riddle wrapped in fire — a province vast in land, sparse in people, and endless in rebellion.

Balochistan's case is different needing comprehensive treatment. The three-D option includes deterrence, dialogue and development. Deterrence is the state's full response against those who by their ...

A seven-plus-decade insurgency based on the rights of self-determination, as well as discrimination by Islamabad, has ...

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.

The Pakistan army's actions have provided more recruits to pro-independence militant groups than anything else. The ...

A dramatic escalation in the tactics by a Baloch separatist group came with the hijacking of a passenger train on Tuesday.

The whole episode lends veracity to warnings given by people like Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who said in Parliament that parts of ...

Earlier this week, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a rebel separatist outfit fighting for the separation of Balochistan from Pakistan, hijacked the Jaffar Express which was heading to Quetta ...

Passengers rescued by security forces from a passenger train attacked by insurgents arrive at a railway station in Much, Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, Thursday March 13 ...

Quetta, Pakistan — Pakistani insurgents opened fire on Tuesday at a passenger train in the country's restive southwestern Balochistan province, wounding the driver and prompting security guards ...

"After failing to damage the Pakistan Army within Balochistan, BLA has shifted its targets from military to unarmed civilians. This may give them instant public and media attention, but it will ...