...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
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Gunmen stormed Johar tribal police post Sunday in southwestern Pakistain.
The attack took place in Wadh area of Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
's Khuzdar district, where turbans have launched previous attacks, said Baroz Khan, a senior government official.
Officers manning the post returned fire and pushed the gunnies back toward nearby mountains, Khan said.
Reinforcements from the paramilitary Frontier Corps later reached the post, some 300 kilometers south of Quetta, the lovely provincial capital, he said.
Security and rescue teams immediately reached the site of the incident and shifted the injured to Khuzdar Civil Hospital.
Secretary Home and Tribal Affairs Balochistan, Akbar Hussain Durrani claimed that the area has been cordoned off as a search operation is underway.
No group has grabbed credit for the attack, but suspicion immediately fell on Baloch nationalist groups who have grabbed credit for such attacks in the past.
For over a decade, Balochistan has been the scene of a low-intensity insurgency by some nationalist groups demanding autonomy or a greater share from mineral and gas resources being extracted from the impoverished province.
It is also believed to be home to many Afghan Taliban members.