# Pakistan faces new frontier against attacks: Balochistan’s Pashtun areas

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- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-09 09:44 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/9/pakistan-faces-new-frontier-against-attacks-balochistans-pashtun-areas?traffic_source=rss

> Attacks have surged since June in Balochistan’s Pashtun-majority districts, which had largely avoided the province’s long-running conflict. The Pakistan Taliban claimed an assault on a customs facility, while the Balochistan Liberation Army claimed a separate ambush. Monitoring data now places Balochistan ahead of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as Pakistan’s most violent province this year.