War On Terror
Since at least 2006, the US Central Intelligence Agency has allegedly been operating MQ-1 Predator drones out of Shamsi airfield in Balochistan to assassinate militants in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
In December 2009, Balochistan itself became a target as well, as the command of ISAF operating in Afghanistan, announced that 30,000 soldiers – a third British, the rest mostly American – would be based across the border in Helmand. From there the US had to "target Taliban leaders in Balochistan" through a drone strike campaign.
Read more about this topic: History Of Balochistan
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