In an interview with The Hindu, Nawab Akhbar Khan Bugti, the Baloach tribal leader who is under siege by Pakistan troops and in rebellion against Pakistani rule, called Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf a liar. Refuting the President's claim that Baloach rebels received aid from India, he said that the weapons they use were the ones supplied to them by the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) during the fight against Soviet occupation in Afghanistan. The Pakistani President had earlier accused India of providing "financial support" and "support in kind" to the Baloach rebels and claimed to have proof of this support. Remnant weapons from the Soviet war are freely available at bargain prices. Speaking from Dera Bugti, Bugti said that the use of excessive force by Pakistan has so far killed 43 and injured 161 civilians; thousands by other estimates. India has strategic interests in Baloachistan as the planned Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline is to pass through this region. Bugti said that they would continue to attack present and future pipelines as long as their tribe were repressed and did not get a fair share of revenues. The simmering low-intensity conflict escalated when Pakistan launched a major offensive in defensive using helicopter gun ships, combat planes, and artillery in response to a rocket attack on the Pakistani President. The rocket attack itself is a response to what Baloach say is Pakistani high-handedness. In the latest case, a Baloach doctor was gang-raped by Pakistani soldiers and the officials refused to take any action against the criminals. Pakistan has a history of fighting the Baloach clans; in 1973 insurgency, 3000 army and 5000 insurgents and innumerable civilians lost their lives. The region has never truly integrated with Pakistan.