Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A desert region of southwest Pakistan, southeast Iran, and southern Afghanistan.
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- proper noun Alternative form of
Balochistan .
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Examples
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In 2008, five women who refused forced marriages were shot, then buried alive in Baluchistan -- and the province's representative defended the perpetrators '"right" to do so.
Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza: Troubled History of Domestic Violence Legislation in Pakistan Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza 2010
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Some of the attacks are believed to be the work of criminals or in Baluchistan, separatists.
NATO Oil Tankers Attacked By Suspect Pakistani Militants AP 2010
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In 2008, five women who refused forced marriages were shot, then buried alive in Baluchistan -- and the province's representative defended the perpetrators '"right" to do so.
Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza: Troubled History of Domestic Violence Legislation in Pakistan Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza 2010
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Officials say more than 20 gunmen launched Saturday's ambush while the tankers were parked outside a roadside hotel in Baluchistan province.
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As one activist mournfully told the International Crisis Group, “Baluchistan is the only secular region between Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan and has no previous record of religious extremism.”
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In 2008, five women who refused forced marriages were shot, then buried alive in Baluchistan -- and the province's representative defended the perpetrators '"right" to do so.
Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza: Troubled History of Domestic Violence Legislation in Pakistan Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza 2010
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In 2008, five women who refused forced marriages were shot, then buried alive in Baluchistan -- and the province's representative defended the perpetrators '"right" to do so.
Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza: Troubled History of Domestic Violence Legislation in Pakistan Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza 2010
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As one activist mournfully told the International Crisis Group, “Baluchistan is the only secular region between Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan and has no previous record of religious extremism.”
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In 2008, five women who refused forced marriages were shot, then buried alive in Baluchistan -- and the province's representative defended the perpetrators '"right" to do so.
Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza: Troubled History of Domestic Violence Legislation in Pakistan Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza 2010
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Officials say more than 20 gunmen launched Saturday's ambush while the tankers were parked outside a roadside hotel in Baluchistan province.
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