abstract:The Baloch are a Muslim community found in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. They are descended from Baloch tribesmen who settled in this region of North India in the late Middle Ages.
He says the region's Baluch people have important ethnic and cultural differences from Pashtuns in the tribal belt that make them less willing to harbor militants.
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It is an ethnic hodge-podge of Uzbeks and Tajiks, Aimaq and Hazaras, Turkmen, Mongols and Baluch.