and pashtuns vs baluchis
yeah more ethnic hate and rivalry and ugliness. i must profess my ignorance. i had NO idea.
i don't think we ought to worry about iran and the bomb right now. i think we OUGHT to worry about pakistan FIRST
Strains Intensify in Pakistan's Ethnic Patchwork
By Griff Witte Washington Post Foreign Service
KARACHI, Pakistan -- To Khaled Chema, an unemployed 32-year-old living in a sprawling slum of this mega-city by the sea, Benazir Bhutto wasn't assassinated because she opposed extremism and advocated democracy. She was killed because, like him, she was a Sindhi. And just as her father did before her, Bhutto died a long way from home -- in the back yard of the Punjabi establishment. Her assassination has inflamed long-simmering resentments among ethnic minorities toward the dominant Punjabis.
In Pakistan -- a federation of four provinces, each associated with a different ethnic group -- the issue of ethnic identity has long been troublesome, imperiling the unity of the state.
In Baluchistan, many people are in open revolt. Pashtuns in North-West Frontier Province have joined their clansmen on the Afghan side of the border in a bloody insurgency against both governments. ...........
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