Balochistan, Afghanistan
Balochistan, Afghanistan | |
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Country | Afghanistan |
Province | Nimroz Province, south of Helmand Province and Kandahar Province |
Languages | Balochi and Brahui |
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Balochistan[1] (Balochi: گۏریچی بلۏچستان) or Afghan Baluchistan is an arid, mountainous region that includes part of southern and southwestern Afghanistan. It extends into southeastern Iran and western Pakistan and is named after the Baloch people.[2][3]
Geography
Northern Balochistan/Afghan Balochistan is Nimroz Province, south of Helmand Province and Kandahar Province,[4] Afghanistan.
History
The Baloch are an ethnic group that numbers around 200,000 in Afghanistan. The main Baloch areas located in Balochistan province in Pakistan and Sistan and Baluchistan province of Iran. Many also live in southern Afghanistan, the Baloch are Muslim.[5] The Baloch population in Afghanistan number approximately 600,000 of which 400,000 are Balochi speakers and 200,000 Brahui speakers.[6] The majority of the Baluch people live in southern Afghanistan.[7] The Balochi speakers are mostly settled in Nimruz Province. The Brahui speakers mainly inhabit Kandahar Province. In Helmand, the Balochi and Brahui-speaking Baloch intermingle. Baloch in other parts of Afghanistan speak Pashto and Dari.[6]
See also
- Baloch people
- Balochistan
- Balochistan, Pakistan
- Balochistan, Iran
- Balochi
- Abdul Karim Brahui
- Nimruz Front
- Seistan Force
- Balochistan conflict
References
- ^ "Balochistan Area and Location". Archived from the original on 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2011-09-06.
- ^ "Khanate of Baluchistan". Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
- ^ The problem of "Greater Baluchistan: A study of Baluch nationalism (Beiträge zur Südasienforschung): Amazon.co.uk: 9783515049993: Books. ASIN 3515049991.
- ^ "Province: Kandahar" (PDF). Program for Culture & Conflict Studies - Naval Postgraduate School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
- ^ Demographics of Afghanistan
- ^ a b "Abdul Sattar Purdely: Baloch intellectual from Afghanistan - Crisis Balochistan". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
- ^ "Baloch from Afghanistan: Between insurgency and famine - Crisis Balochistan". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
External links
- A Balochi song from Nimruz about Nimruz
- Balochi Rung
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- Sistan and Baluchestan Province (Iran)
- Balochistan, Afghanistan
- National Awami Party
- National Party
- Balochistan National Party
- Balochistan National Party (Awami)
- Balochistan National Party (Mengal)
- Baloch National Movement
- Jamhoori Wattan Party
- Baloch Republican Party
- Baloch National Front
- Kalat State National Party
- Baloch Council of North America
- Balochistan Liberation Army
- Baloch Nationalist Army
- Baluch Liberation Front
- Parrari
- Jaish ul-Adl
- Jundallah
- Baluch People's Liberation Front
- Balochistan Liberation United Front
- Popular Front for Armed Resistance
- Baluchi Autonomist Movement
- Partisans of National Liberation of Afghanistan
- Lashkar-e-Balochistan
- Gul Khan Nasir
- Abdul Hai Baloch
- Habib Jalib Baloch
- Hameed Baloch
- Ghulam Mohammed Baloch
- Mir Nooruddin Mengal
- Allah Nazar Baloch
- Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo
- Hasil Bizenjo
- Akbar Bugti
- Brahamdagh Khan Bugti
- Prince Karim Khan
- Mir Lawang Khan
- Nawab Nowroz Khan
- Abdul Aziz Kurd
- Yousaf Aziz Magsi
- Balach Marri
- Khair Bakhsh Marri
- Jumma Khan Marri
- Sher Mohammad Marri
- Akhtar Mengal
- Ataullah Mengal
- Abdolmalek Rigi
- Dad Shah
- Mir Hazar Khan Khoso
- Abdul Malik Baloch
- Hyrbyair Marri
- Khanate of Kalat
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- Arms discovery in Iraqi Embassy
- Turbat killings
- Missing persons
- Human rights abuses
- Terrorist incidents
myths/epics
- Ma Chuke Balochani