On 29 October 2008, while thousands slept in their mud brick homes in Pakistan's south-western Baluchistan province, a powerful earthquake struck with devastating force.

2008年10月29日，当巴基斯坦西南部俾路支省数千人在其泥砖盖成的房子中熟睡时，一次具有毁灭性的强烈地震发生了。

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They are known as the “Quetta shura”, after the capital of Pakistan’s western province of Baluchistan, where they are believed to be based.

他们以巴基斯坦西部省俾路支（Baluchistan）首府的基地而闻名，之后又以 “奎达舒拉”（Quetta shura）（what is it？） 声名大播。

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The Pakistan fatalities occurred in the remote areas of Mashkeel and Panjgur, in the western province of Baluchistan, close to the Iranian border.

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They also noted, for the first time in any public Indian document, a longstanding Pakistani allegation, which India denies, that it is backing insurgents in Pakistan's western state of Baluchistan.

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Pakistan's five tests, when they came, were reported to have been carried out underground in the remote Chagai area in the south-western province of Baluchistan, which borders Iran and Afghanistan.

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