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Everywhere you look these days terrorism and violent extremism dominate the headlines. Whether you follow what is happening in Afghanistan or Iraq, or in the West writ large, we are inundated with news of attacks by groups and individuals fighting for a 'cause'.In a world of multiple voices and opinions it can be very hard to know where to turn. One choice is to look to those who actually worked in counterterrorism in the national security world. In these half-hour podcasts 30-year Canadian intelligence veteran Phil Gurski is joined by a fascinating array of individuals with something meaningful to say about these issues as they provide insight into what they mean and what we need to do about them.
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Episode 249 - Who are the Balochis and what do they want?
Think Pakistan and you probably think of Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden's last refuge in Abbottabad (before US Navy Seals killed him in 2011). The country is a producer of terrorists - in India - but also a receiver of them - in the form of the Tehreek-e-Taliban-Pakistan (TTP) from Afghanistan. But there is another lethal insurgency in the southwestern province of Balochistan that has been making headlines of late. Borealis talks to a Pakistani specialist on who these militants are.