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Afghanistan/South Asia
Baloch tribes suspend their 10-year feud
2005-01-17
We need a Rantburg future on when the feud restarts.
I'm in for Thursday...
Bugti and Mazari tribes have temporarily suspended their 10-year feud in Balochistan, which has so far cost the lives of more than hundred people, reports say. On Saturday, Sardar Sher Ali, son of veteran Baloch politician Sherbaz Mazari, met Sardar Akbar Bugti at Bugti's house in Dera Bugti, where the two leaders announced a truce. Talking to the local media, according to reports, Bugti said that since it would take time for reaching a permanent settlement, the suspension of the feud was temporary.
Til someone curses someone's mustache.
The two tribes would open routes for each other, he announced, which they closed when the dispute began in 1994, with each of the tribe seeking royalty for a development project in an area dominated by both tribes. Reports suggested this temporary settlement would mainly benefit the Bugti tribe because the Mazaris control the routes leading to Sindh and Punjab provinces.
Posted by:Steve White

#6  Looks like they agreed to bury the hatchet... in someone else.
Posted by: Dishman   2005-01-17 7:58:06 PM  

#5  the bugtits are coming THE BUGTITS are coming!!!
Posted by: anon1   2005-01-17 10:49:23 AM  

#4  Me and the stranger against the boulder.
Me and the boulder against Mr. Gravity.
Me and Mr. Gravity against the WeakForce.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-01-17 10:32:28 AM  

#3  â€œMe and my brother against my cousin. Me and my cousin against the stranger.”
Posted by: Paul Moloney   2005-01-17 6:08:42 AM  

#2  This could be an indicator of impending action. Imagine this - an outside actor steps in to broker a truce, so as to secure lines of communication, turn the tribes against the common foe, whomever that may be...
Posted by: Pete Stanley   2005-01-17 3:34:42 AM  

#1  its fucking indian country--where's the cavalry on this--its the 19th century and these dudes are the lords of the atlas--are you sure the human race went to the moon of saturn?
Posted by: SON OF TOLUI   2005-01-17 2:34:19 AM  

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