SITUATIONER: Talaap - a town under siege?
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Children are washing clothes in front of a tube-well in Talaap, Chaghi district.-Photo by writer SMALL kids are washing clothes in front of a tube-well on a sunny hot Tuesday in Talaap, a town of over 50 houses in Chaghi district, in western Balochistan. The air has somewhat stopped in July, although Talaap is comparatively cold as compared to other parts of Chaghi. Situated on the southern side of the Taftan border, Talaap used to be a peaceful and open border. There was irregular business, which has now come to nought following the building of a 32km wall from Taftan to Talaap. Unlike the past, Baloch can no longer intermingle with each other across the border, because the wall ends where...