[kellyhound]

In the Balochistan province in Pakistan, which is the traditional homeland of the Bugti tribe, six men were shot and killed by Pakistani security forces.

In 1952, Pakistan's largest natural gas reserves were discovered in the Balochistan province. This sparked deep, long-standing economic resentment when gas from that area fueled the industries and homes of major Pakistani cities (primarily in the Punjab province) for decades, Balochistan itself remained the poorest and least developed province, with many locals lacking access to the very gas mined from their land.

Local tribesmen demanded higher royalty payments and jobs in the gas infrastructure. When the federal government refused, Baloch separatist groups and tribal militants began targeting gas pipelines, plants and security personnel.

The conflict escalated into an all-out war under the military regime of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and in 2005, after tribal militants fired rockets at gas facilities and military helicopters, the Pakistani military launched a massive campaign involving heavy artillery, airstrikes and the establishment of permanent military bases to secure the resource fields.

A powerful Bugti tribal chief and being a former provincial governor, 79-year-old Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, fled into the mountains to lead the resistance. In August 2006, he was killed when his cave hideout collapsed during a military operation. His death turned him into a martyr, deeply intensifying the Baloch nationalist insurgency.

The Bugti tribe is divided into several sub-clans. In the 1990's, intense blood feuds erupted between Akbar Bugti’s clan and the Kalpar and Masuri sub-clans, leading to the exile of the latter groups.

Following Akbar Bugti's death, the state helped these exiled, rival sub-clans return, heavily arming them to act as pro-government militias against anti-state insurgents (like the Baloch Republican Army). This created a complex, multi-layered conflict where tribesmen fight tribesmen alongside the military.

Because the conflict is fought using guerrilla tactics in a rugged terrain, civilians bear the brunt of the violence. Because insurgents blend into the local population, military sweep operations frequently result in civilian casualties, mass displacement and the enforced disappearance of local men suspected of aiding the rebels.

[Mr.NoCredit]

That culture is a friend of death just as much as gang hoods in the US filled with black kids killing each other.

God is great!

[Necrotic Bowel]

More like Whackistan.

[William May]

Originally Posted by Necrotic Bowel ↗

More like Whackistan.

I think it is actually spelled "WhackUstan".