Explained: History and geography of terror camp Balakot, recently reactivated by Pakistan

Balakot, and indeed the entire Mansehra district, has long been central to the Pakistani security establishment's jihadist project. The area has a very large number of mosques and madrassas, and this is where the first camps were set up to train jihadists for the Afghan war and later, for Kashmir.

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