Smugglers,Taliban,Opium,Charas and lots and lots of sand - Balochistan (Bam to Quetta)
August 24th 2006 It is now 11am and already unbearably hot. We have just left the border village of Mirjave after stopping for a cold juice and failing to find a money changer. We have no police escort as we decided to ignore the commands of the Iranian army at the checkpoint as we left Zahedan earlier this morning. We have cycled nearly 100km through the desert, thankfully without encountering any of the “terro
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The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved, and India and Pakistan have fought two wars - in 1947-48 and 1965 - over the disput... ... read more 
FAROOQ BALOCH
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balochistan
DEAR ERIKA AND ROBIN SEARLE...... I am farooq baloch i see your picturs at travel blog , its tru that our english grimer is not good... so what is the reason mr you not show that, balochistan is the big provence of pakistan the 70 laks people of balchistan dont have clean water for drink, education faclaties are the dream for the people of balochistan you learn all subjects in english but in balochistan we dont learn in our mother tung ,,balochi,, our basic education is in urdu we learn arbic pearcian and we start english leangug from 6th class, beacouse our english grimer is not good you no that for qualty education is nacessry that your basic education will strong there are more many reasons becouse our english grimer is not good ,, i am thank full to u that you showing the picturs of balochistan an all world but i invite you that you come i show you the real face of balochistan our people our education seatvation our beautifull mountain neatrul reasourses of balchistan and i try to meet you with the our sardars also with those peopls ho strugling for the freedam of balochistan and i vist you the in the other disricts and villages of balochistan its nacessry for your informatin that balochistan is the big provance of pakistan and heare only one univerasty (UOB) MR MY ENGLISH GRIMER IS NOT GOOD i am sorry for that..... FAROOQ BALOCH FROM QUEETA BALOCHISTAN....