Baluch

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• Iran's aid to the Baluch rebels in Afghanistan, as well as Iran's refusal to terminate the Gulf war, exacerbated Soviet-Iranian relations through 1987.

  Academic text (1990)

• Communities of some five million Baluch tribesmen stretch across southwestern Pakistan and southeastern Iran.

  Academic text (2009)

• So you have communities of the Baluch in the southeast, you have the Kurds.

  Lex Fridman

• Tehran has also repeatedly accused the U.S. Special Forces of using their bases in Pakistan to pursue undercover operations inside Iran designed to foment Baluch opposition to the Islamic regime.

  Academic text (2009)

• Other coherent areas with a regional consciousness include Kurdistan in the west, the Arab zone of the Khuzistan lowlands in the southwest, the Turkmen steppe of the northeast, and the Baluch area of the southeast.

  Academic text (2007)

• To defend Pakistan from ethnic fragmentation, Pakistan's governments have tried to neutralize Pashtun and Baluch nationalism, in part by supporting Islamist militias among the Pashtun.

  Academic text (2007)

• -- (n26) Selig Harrison, In Afghanistan's Shadow: Baluch Nationalism and Soviet Temptations (Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1981).

  Academic text (2009)

• The Baluch are known for their rich tradition of music and storytelling.

• There are significant populations of the Baluch living in both Pakistan and Iran.

• The Baluch people share a common heritage that includes unique customs and languages.

Synonyms

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Baloch

vsBaluch

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A person from Balochistan who shares a common language and culture

is the same but specifies countries Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan

Surface Forms

Etymology