Baloch separatists have repeatedly attacked the Jaffar Express in the last few years. It is commonly used by security personnel, mostly from Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. The last major attack on the train took place in November when a suicide bomber detonated himself at the Quetta railway station as it prepared to depart.

At least 30 attackers were killed in the operation, which was led by Pakistan Army’s elite commandos and involved the Pakistan Air Force’s drone technology.

The Jaffar Express, with roughly 450 people on board, was traveling north from Quetta, Balochistan, to Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, when it came under a bomb and gun attack Tuesday

Baloch Liberation Army fighters were present near the hijacked Jaffar Express and all of them were killed during the rescue operation involving the Pakistan Army, Air Force, Frontier Corps and SSG per

The Pakistani military said it had completed a deadly rescue operation in the embattled southwest of the country after armed separatists hijacked a train.

Pakistani security forces are carrying out a rescue operation to free dozens of passengers taken hostage by separatist militants who hijacked their train in the southwest of the country on Tuesday. Here is a look at what happened,

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.

Pakistan’s restive southwestern province of Balochistan has been the scene of a yearslong insurgency, with a surge in attacks in recent years

Pakistani authorities on Wednesday said an insurgent attack on a train carrying hundreds of people had ended, with all attackers killed following a daylong standoff.

Twenty-one passengers were killed after a train in Pakistan was attacked and hundreds were taken hostage on Tuesday, according to the Pakistani military.