Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Monday said that the country's armed forces were "physically handicapped" against rebels in Balochistan amid the recent surge in military violence in the Balochistan province.

The U.N. Security Council has strongly condemned recent militant attacks in southwestern Pakistan that have killed more than 50 people, mostly civilians, as the country's security forces press their operations in the insurgency-hit Balochistan province.

A look at Balochistan’s history of rebellion, state crackdowns and why violence keeps returning.

KARACHI, FEB 1 - Pakistan's banned separatist group the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for coordinated gun and bomb attacks that killed dozens of civilians and security personnel and triggered one of the deadliest security operations in Balochistan in years.

Attackers dressed as ordinary civilians entered hospitals, schools, banks and markets Saturday before opening fire, Pakistani officials said.

Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti calls it the deadliest counter-terror phase yet, amid fresh India-Pakistan blame game

Pakistani security forces have killed almost 200 separatist insurgents in southwestern Balochistan province since a wave of attacks launched over

The recent series of terror attacks in Balochistan, the mineral-rich Pakistani region struggling with a separatist insurgency, poses a grave challenge to Islamabad.

Pakistan’s Balochistan has witnessed one of its deadliest security flare-ups in years, with coordinated militant attacks killing hundreds and triggering a massive counter-operation. This explainer unpacks the Baloch insurgency,

Pakistan has used violence and political repression to stamp out a decades-old insurgency in Balochistan Province. The largest-ever attacks in the region have called into question that strategy.

Pakistan is paying a heavy price as violence rages on in Balochistan. The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has unleashed havoc on the Pakistan security forces in the last 48