{"id":61269,"date":"2024-01-18T22:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/jan\/18\/where-balochistan-why-iran-pakistan-strikes"},"modified":"2024-01-18T22:00:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T13:00:28","slug":"where-is-balochistan-and-why-is-it-the-target-of-iran-and-pakistan-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=61269","title":{"rendered":"Where is Balochistan and why is it the target of Iran and Pakistan strikes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Region is divided between three countries and has a long history of resistance against Pakistan<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2024\/jan\/18\/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-latest-news-us-military-strikes-houthi-rebels-yemen-pakistan-attack-iran\">Middle East crisis \u2013 live updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Balochistan is a region with a distinct cultural and historical identity that is now divided between three countries: Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. This week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/jan\/18\/pakistan-launches-retaliatory-strikes-in-iran-aimed-at-separatist-militant-group\">Iran and Pakistan launched strikes<\/a> across each other\u2019s borders targeting militants in the Balochistan area.<\/p>\n<p>The region takes its name from the Baloch tribe, who began inhabiting the area centuries ago, and has long been fought over and divided by rulers including the Persians and the British.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/jan\/18\/where-balochistan-why-iran-pakistan-strikes\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Region is divided between three countries and has a long history of resistance against PakistanMiddle East crisis \u2013 live updatesBalochistan is a region with a distinct cultural and historical identity that is now divided between three countries: Pakist&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":663,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46,448,212,60,61,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afghanistan","category-iran","category-middle-east-and-north-africa","category-pakistan","category-south-and-central-asia","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61270,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61269\/revisions\/61270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}