Aug 17, 2015
While headline-grabbing conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Libya
dominate the international news agenda, many others escape our
attention. These forgotten conflicts cause just as much suffering to
those caught up in them but they rarely feature in the mainstream media.
The Balochistan Conflict, fought between the Balochi Liberation Army
(BLA), who are seeking independence for their region, and the Pakistani
government, has been raging on and off for decades, though the most
recent round of fighting was ignited in 2004 and is still ongoing.
According to the humanitarian watchdog IRIN, this has resulted in more than 3,000 deaths, and untold disappearances. A 2012 report in The Economist said
that bodies bearing the marks of torture, and of having been beaten,
burnt and mutilated, were being left on roadsides as part of a campaign
of terror. Pakistani security forces denied any connection to the
killings, while the BLA did not respond.
http://www.theweek.co.uk/64804/forgotten-conflicts-the-wars-that-go-unnoticed
Baloch nationalists, Pakistan
Balochi protesters carry pictures of missing family members they say
have been killed or captured by Pakistani security services (Asif
Hassan/Getty)
The Balochistan Conflict, fought between the Balochi Liberation Army
(BLA), who are seeking independence for their region, and the Pakistani
government, has been raging on and off for decades, though the most
recent round of fighting was ignited in 2004 and is still ongoing.
According to the humanitarian watchdog IRIN, this has resulted in more than 3,000 deaths, and untold disappearances. A 2012 report in The Economist said
that bodies bearing the marks of torture, and of having been beaten,
burnt and mutilated, were being left on roadsides as part of a campaign
of terror. Pakistani security forces denied any connection to the
killings, while the BLA did not respond.http://www.theweek.co.uk/64804/forgotten-conflicts-the-wars-that-go-unnoticed
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