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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.
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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.