<span fr-original-class="customBullet" fr-original-style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 12px; vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block;" style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 12px; vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; box-sizing: border-box;">•&nbsp; Clashes in Pakistan: Pakistani security forces clashed with militants in Balochistan’s restive northwest, leaving 18 paramilitary personnel and 23 insurgents dead. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack, in which 70 to 80 fighters ambushed an unarmed border patrol near Kalat, close to the Afghan border.&nbsp;<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Some background:&nbsp;Balochistan, rich in natural resources yet home to widespread poverty, has long been a battleground for separatist movements demanding greater autonomy.</li></ul><ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Big picture:&nbsp;The conflict is further complicated by the BLA’s ties to the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) and Iran’s suppression of its own Baloch population, fueling a cycle of violence across the region.</li></ul>

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