Pakistan bets on talks with rebels to quell Belt and Road worries

US withdrawal from Afghanistan prompts PM Khan to reopen Baloch dialogue

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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan hopes to woe Baloch insurgents to negotiations as tensions mount on the heels of the U.S. exit from Afghanistan. (Nikkei montage/Reuters/AP)

ADNAN AAMIR, Contributing writer

KARACHI -- The Pakistan government of Prime Minister Imran Khan has launched a rare dialogue with separatists opposing China's Belt and Road initiative as it braces for possibly more instability in the region after the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

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