Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day
Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day is held on August 31. Balochs and Pashtuns, International observance. This event in the third decade of the month August is annual. Help us
Baloch-Pashtun Unity Day is an international day celebrated by Balochis and Pashtuns to express unity and brotherhood to one-another. The day has been observed since 1949. On August 31, 2015, it was celebrated mainly in Kabul, Afghanistan, where the Baloch leaders who want separation of Balochistan from Pakistan were invited too.
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