Pakistan PM visits Quetta as militants behind train hijack say standoff still on
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited Balochistan province on Thursday, as dozens of people rescued from a train hijacked by separatist militants arrived in Quetta after security forces killed 33 attackers to end a day-long standoff.
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.
After train hijack, now Pakistan army convoy targeted in Balochistan, BLA claims 90 killed
A roadside bomb targeting a bus carrying security forces in Balochistan’s Naushki district killed at least five officers and wounded 10 others, as insurgent violence escalates in the region.
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.
Pakistan says insurgents who attacked a passenger train killed 21 hostages while all others freed
The separatist Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for attacking the train carrying 440 passengers in a tunnel in a remote part of Balochistan. Spokesman Jeeyand Baloch had said the group was ready to free passengers if authorities agree to release jailed militants.
Death Toll in Pakistan's Train Hijacking Rises to 31, Army Says
Pakistan's military spokesman said on Friday the death toll in a train hijacking in the country's southwestern mountains had risen to 31 and he repeated accusations that neighbouring India and Afghanistan backed the militants who carried it out.
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
Packed passenger train in Pakistan attacked by Baloch separatists, possibly hijacked in bloody assault
The Balochistan Liberation Army claims it killed 6 security forces and seized a Pakistani passenger train carrying about 500 ...
Balochistan: Pakistani forces 'abduct' two Baloch students in Quetta
Enforced disappearances in Balochistan have become a frequent issue, with both forced abductions and extrajudicial killings ...
Jaffar Express hijacking: Why Pakistan's internal security remains off the rails
It was a story that made international headlines. On March 11 while the Jaffar Express, a train that travels once a week from ...
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.
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Balochistan Human Rights Crisis: February 2025 Alarming Report
The Baloch National Movement's human rights department, Paank, reported serious human rights abuses in Balochistan during ...
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Bomb targeting bus carrying security forces kills 5 and wounds 10 in restive southwestern Pakistan
Police say a roadside bomb has exploded near a bus carrying security forces in restive southwestern Pakistan, killing at least five officers and wounding 10 others ...
Pakistan’s army accuses India of sponsoring terror after 26 hostages were killed in a train attack
Pakistan’s military accuses neighboring India of sponsoring militants in the restive southwestern Balochistan province, which ...
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Pakistan: ATF personnel killed, six others injured in IED blast in Quetta
An Anti-Terrorism Force (ATF) personnel was killed while six others were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) ...