Separatist group claims responsibility for deadliest day in recent history in Pakistan’s Balochistan


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Open this photo in gallery: A paramilitary soldier stops and checks passenger vehicles at a security check post, a day after separatist militants conducted deadly attacks, on the outskirts of Quetta, Pakistan, on Aug. 27.Naseer Ahmed/Reuters A separatist group claimed responsibility Tuesday for the deadliest day in recent history in Pakistan’s Balochistan and warned that “even more intense and widespread” attacks were coming, while the prime minister declared there would not be peace talks with the insurgents who also have targeted Chinese-funded projects there. The multiple attacks in southwestern Pakistan killed more than 50 people, mostly civilians. The outlawed Balochistan...