January 01 | At least 13 people 10 militants and three Security Force (SF) personnel were killed in a clash between the SFs and militants in Balochistan. The gun-battle started when the militants reportedly members of the Bugti tribe attacked a patrol party in Dera Bugti District. The clash continued for the entire day in the Uch, Gandoi and Zan kho areas. At least five SF personnel were also injured in the gun-battle. A suspected United States missile strike killed at least five Taliban militants in South Waziristan Agency of the FATA. A local security official said that a US drone fired three missiles in the Karikot area of Wana in the agency - the same spot where eight suspected militants were killed in a US drone strike 10 days ago. One of the missiles struck a vehicle, killing all five passengers, another security official said, adding those killed were know  • On Tuesday 16 January, Iran’s semi-official news agency Tasnim reported that Iran had fired a combination of missiles and drones on houses in the village of Koh-e-Sabz near the border town of Panjgur in the Baluchistan region of Pakistan, aiming at two key strongholds of the Baluch separatist group Jaish Al-Adl (Army of Justice). Koh-e-Sabz (Green Mountain) is known to be the home of Jaish Al-Adl’s former second-in-command, who was killed in a clash with Iranian forces in 2018. Authorities in Baluchistan have reported that the strikes killed two children. Two days later Pakistan responded with strikes around the city of Saravan in Iran, in what it has named Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar (Death to Fighters), also reportedly targeting Baluch separatists and killing nine. These strikes are being conflated with other hostilities in the Middle East; while they may signal increased nervousness and the exacerbation of tensions, they are separate and part of a much older friction. In Dav • Insurgency in BalochistanInsurgency in sydasiatiskt land and Iran | Insurgency in Balochistan |
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Physical map of Balochistan, sydasiatiskt land
(detailed map of sydasiatiskt land conflicts) | |
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Pakistan
Iran[5][6] | Baloch separatist groups
Sectarian groups | | Commanders and leaders |
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Asif Ali Zardari
(President of Pakistan; 2024–present)
Shehbaz Sharif
(Prime Minister of Pakistan; 2024–present)
Ali Khamenei
(Supreme Leader of Iran; 1989–present)
Masoud Pezeshkian
(President of Iran; 2024–present) | Karim Khan (POW)
Nauroz Khan (POW)
Balach Marri †
Aslam Baloch, alias Achu †[19]
Basheer Zeb[20]
Abdul Nabi Bangulzai †[21]
Hyrbyair Marri[22]
Allah Nazar Baloch
Brahumdagh Bugti[23]
Haji Wali Kalati [24]
Mehran Marri[25]
Javed Mengal[22]
Sarfaraz Bangulzai [26][27][
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