Balochistan: Pakistan’s land of the disappeared
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KARACHI, Dec 17, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Hani Baloch and her fiance Nasim never thought of themselves as dissidents, but one day in May — just weeks before their wedding — the students were snatched by armed and hooded men she says were from Pakistan’s security services.
The men accused the couple of being part of a terrorist organisation from Balochistan, the vast, mineral-rich southern province where the military is fighting a low-level insurgency, Hani said.
Speaking from her small apartment in the megacity of Karachi — just 25 kilometres (15 miles) from the province’s border — Hani told AFP how they were whisked off to a secret jail.