Mystery of Balochistan disappearances
Time hangs nonchalantly on new Kayhan, a small village with about 4,000 people in the western outskirts of the city of Quetta in southwestern Pakistan.
Signs of life are few and far between now.
A tractor towing a water tank on wheels glide slowly across the dry, sandy valley, which distributes water to houses along the southern edge of the village.
In the north, a young boy sitting in wheelbarrow with a flat tire and waited for the mechanic to repair it.
A couple of men from a housing complex in the center of the village and wander into a fortress-type compound, where the flag is freedom of Balochistan.
Quetta is the capital of Baluchistan province, the scene of an armed separatist movement since 2000.
Kayhan News believes that an important base for the rebels.
Officials say many attacks against government troops have taken place here and there are frequent rocket attacks in the city of Quetta, in this direction.
The village has a vengeance against the government in the form of raids, arrests and disappearances – allegedly illegal detention of the information can be sought through the courts and not recognized by the government account.
The frustrated my efforts to talk to some people I met in the village. Nobody wants to talk to the media.
The militant leaders who promised to meet here and changed his mind at the last minute and said, for lack of a better reason to not trust the impartiality of the BBC.
A senior journalist in Quetta, Shahzada Zulfiqar said they are afraid their luck may perhaps be revealed and jeopardized their safety, which could lead to disastrous consequences for those involved.
Ethnic Baloch people throughout the province, disappeared are for much less.
My brother, Chakar Khan Marri, was arrested by the Frontier Corps [FC] troops in September 2009, it tried and eight other students, meet the principal of their students in conjunction with some embarrassment, says Change Marri, a official of the government.
We still do not know where it is. The application before the court does not help, because cystic fibrosis and intelligence services say that is not under detention. A retired veterinarian, Dr. Abdul Wahab Bungulzai sought 20 years old-son, Abdul Hai, by August 2009.
The club took Abdul Hai College in front of the presence of his colleagues. If I wanted to meet with the council, refused to see me. We went to court, but nothing happened, he said.