Area of Dispute
Historical Balochistan comprised the Balochistan region. Its western region was the southern part of Sistan o Baluchestan province, Iran. In the east was Pakistani Balochistan. In the northwest the Helmand province of Afghanistan. The Gulf of Oman formed its southern border. Although historical Balochistan is the largest (44% of the country's area) region of Pakistan, it is the least populated (only 5% of the population) and the least developed area.
Stuart Notholt in his "Atlas of Ethnic Conflict" describes the nature of the conflict as a "nationalist/self-determination conflict".
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