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Balochistan is at crossroads of conquerors, traders and settlers. It is ideally located along the long coastal belt from the Middle East toward the Indian-sub-Continent and a critical central point for goods to and from this part of the region to Central Asia through Afghanistan. Balochistan, due to its geostrategic position, has special influence on local, national, regional and global politics. This paper contends that insurgency proved a real impediment in its social, political, economic development and has also destabilized the whole region. The current phase of insurgency will meet the same fate as it did in the past due to its disorganized nature. This paper focuses on the geo-strategic importance of Balochistan and how its significance does exploited by the regional and global players. Baloch accounts for less than four percent of the total population of Pakistan; these Baloch insurgents living in the province that comprises roughly 45 percent of the total area of Pakistan. The Baloch insurgents dreaming of Greater Balochistan, as it includes the Baloch living in Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. This paper has proved by what methods the motives, both suspected and stated, reflect the Baloch a very harmful and lethal whose behavior is unexpected.
Keywords: Balochistan; Baloch Insurgency; China; Iran; India; U.S., Afghanistan.
Introduction
Balochistan has not only importance due to its vast fields of valuable natural resources and other minerals but it is situated in the South-west of Pakistan, near Iran and Afghanistan borders, the construction of Gwadar port in Arabian Sea has the possibility of bringing development in the region extraordinarily has increased its importance for Pakistan in regional affairs. Before independence, the British took advantage of this region by utilizing it as a buffer zone. They controlled it through Sardars of Balochistan, and this practice still existed after 1947, but several insurgencies outbreak to create independent Balochistan.(Wolpert, 2000, pp. 2-5). Since then, Pakistani central government has been struggling hard to stop eruption of Baloch insurgency and continue to have territorial integrity and sovereignty and have law and order situation under control in Balochistan. Since 1947, the Baloch launched five revolts against the central government of Pakistan. Nevertheless, due to the regional and global changing strategic, political and economic scenarios, its importance has come into focus....