Belt and RoadPakistan bets on talks with rebels to quell Belt and Road worries
US withdrawal from Afghanistan prompts PM Khan to reopen Baloch dialogue
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.