London, Jan. 28 -- Baloch leader Hyrbyair Marri brought attention to the ongoing horrors that the Pashtun and Baloch communities endure under Pakistan's repressive control in a stirring statement to the Pashtun National Council (Jirga). Marri brought attention to the Pakistani state's systematic exploitation, enforced disappearances, and violence against various ethnic communities.

"The sufferings of the Baloch and Pashtun under Pakistan's occupation are countless and unending," Marri stated, emphasizing the urgent need for unity between the two nations to resist colonial oppression.

He recalled previous instances of solidarity, such as the Treaty of Kalat in 1758, in which Afghan and Baloch leaders promised to respect and support one a...