Clashes Intensify in Balochistan as Ethnic Rights Protesters Face Off Against Pakistani Security Forces
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Tensions escalated in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, following a series of violent clashes between security forces and ethnic Baloch protesters that resulted in the death of a Pakistani soldier and injuries to 16 others, including an officer. The unrest centered around a political gathering called by an ethnic rights group to protest alleged human rights abuses by Pakistani forces. The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), a group advocating for the rights of …