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Podcast: Mission Network News - Asia
Episode: Pakistan plans internment centers following latest Balochistan massacre
Description: Pakistan (MNN) — Pakistan plans to set up internment centers for terror suspects in Balochistan, a turbulent province bordering Afghanistan and Iran.
FMI’s Nehemiah says, “Balochistan is the bleeding wound and burning land of Pakistan.”
Violence has risen in the border region since the Afghan Taliban came to power three years ago. Attacks numbered over 650 last year, with 23 percent occurring in Balochistan.
“These attacks cause the loss of innocent lives, widespread destruction of infrastructure, and severe disruption of daily life,” Nehemiah says.
The internment center decision follows a series of attacks that killed...