Pakistan's leader meets survivors of deadly train hijacking and the commandos who ended the siege
Pakistan’s prime minister has commended the country’s armed forces for successfully rescuing 339 passengers after a deadly train hijacking by insurgents in the southwest
Pakistan prime minister meets with 300 freed train hostages and rescue troops
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif went to Balochistan province Thursday to meet with 300 survivors and the troops who rescued them after a Baloch Liberation Army train attack that began Tuesday.
Pakistan train hostage standoff ends in bloodshed
Pakistan's military stormed a train hijacked by separatist militants, killing 33 attackers and rescuing hundreds of hostages
What’s behind the surge in attacks and train hijacking in Pakistan’s restive southwest?
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s neglected southwestern province of Balochistan has been the scene of a yearslong insurgency, with a dramatic uptick in attacks in recent years underscoring the struggles the government in Islamabad faces in dealing with myriad security threats.
Pakistan’s leader to meet with survivors and commandos who ended an insurgents’ train attack
Pakistan’s prime minister traveled to restive southwestern Balochistan province to meet survivors of a train attack and the commandos who rescued over 300 passengers from the insurgents who killed 21 civilians and four troops.
Pakistan's army says insurgents who attacked a passenger train killed 21 hostages while others freed
Pakistan’s military says insurgents who attacked a passenger train in Pakistan killed 21 hostages, while security forces rescued over 300 others
Pakistan train attack survivors 'crouched for hours' to survive
Hostages freed after a day-long ordeal following an attack by militants on a train in Pakistan's Balochistan province described crouching on the floor for hours before their release, as the bodies of 25 people killed arrived in Quetta.
At least 100 passengers freed from Pakistan train siege
Armed militants in Pakistan's Balochistan region have attacked a train carrying more than 400 passengers and taken a number of them hostage, military sources told the BBC on Tuesday. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) fired at the Jaffar Express Train as it travelled from Quetta to Peshawar.
‘Things took a darker turn’: Survivors recall horror of deadly Pakistan train siege
Nearly 350 hostages were rescued at the end of a deadly standoff between Pakistan’s military and armed militants who hijacked a train in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan, a security source told CNN Wednesday.
Pakistan’s Army Says Train Hijacking Ends With 21 Passengers Dead
After more than a day of fighting with separatist militants who hijacked a train carrying hundreds of passengers, Pakistan’s army said it had brought the insurgent attack to an end, but that 21 passengers and four paramilitary personnel had been killed.
Balochi militants claim to have killed 50 Pakistan train hostages
Footage shared by the media wing of the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) purports to show the moment BLA fighters attacked a train in southwest Pakistan on Tuesday (March 11), taking the passengers hostage.
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Pakistan: Paank condemns extrajudicial killings of two individuals in Balochistan
Paank, the human rights department of the Baloch National Movement, has strongly condemned the extrajudicial killings of ...
The Balochistan Separatist Movement in Pakistan: What to Know
A dramatic escalation in the tactics by a Baloch separatist group came with the hijacking of a passenger train on Tuesday.
India rejects Pakistan's claim after Balochistan train hijacking: ‘World knows where epicentre of terrorism lies’
Indian government dismissed Pakistan's claims of its involvement in Jaffar Express attack, urging Pakistan to confront its ...
Balochistan train attack: Driver of Jaffar Express recalls ‘terrifying’ ordeal after insurgents attack train in Pakistan
Jaffar Express driver recounts BLA hijacking as military rescues passengers, killing all terrorists in dramatic 30-hour siege ...
Pakistan says insurgents who attacked a passenger train killed 21 hostages while all others freed
Pakistani officials say insurgents who attacked a passenger train carrying 440 people in the southwest killed 21 hostages but ...
India rejects Pakistan's ‘baseless allegation’ regarding Balochistan train siege; calls Pak, ‘epicentre of terrorism’
India has refuted Pakistan's claims regarding its involvement in the Jaffar Express attack, with MEA spokesperson Randhir ...
'Killed in front of our eyes': How the Pakistan train hijacking unfolded
Mehboob Hussain was riding the train home on Tuesday when the tracks under the front car exploded. In the depths of central ...
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Are Baloch rebels out of Pakistan's control now?
The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has undergone a significant transformation, evolving from hit-and-run attacks to ...