Who are the BLA – the group behind Pakistan’s deadly train hijack?
Home to about 15 million of Pakistan’s estimated 240 million people, according to the 2023 census, Balochistan remains the country’s poorest region despite being rich in natural resources such as coal, gold, copper, and gas. These resources generate substantial revenue for the federal government.
Pakistan train hijack: Siege ends; 21 passengers, 4 soldiers killed
Pakistan Army eliminates 33 militants, rescues passengers in Balochistan train attack; BLA claims responsibility; US, EU condemn attack.
Pakistan train attack: 21 passengers, 4 soldiers killed, says army general
Twenty-one passengers and four paramilitary soldiers were killed by militants holding hostages after seizing control of a train in Balochistan, an army general said on Wednesday, 12 March. Army spokesman Lt general Ahmad Sharif told Dunya News TV that security forces killed all 33 militants present at the scene.
Deadly Pakistan train hijack: What happened, who was rescued, what’s next?
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.
Death toll in Pakistan’s train hijacking rises to 31, army says
A spokesman also repeated accusations that India and Afghanistan backed the militants responsible. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Pakistan Train Hijack: How Pak Army Saved Hundreds Of Passengers And Executed All 33 Insurgents| All You Need To Know
The Pakistan Army was able to execute all the 33 militants who attacked the train and they also safely evacuated the remaining passengers by the night of March 12.
Pakistan train siege over; 21 passengers, all 33 militants killed, says Army
The Jaffar Express, carrying 440 passengers in nine coaches, was going from Quetta to Peshawar when militants derailed it using explosives and hijacked it near the mountainous terrain of Gudalar and Piru Kunri in a tunnel 160 kilometres from Quetta.
Pakistan train siege over: Army says 346 hostages freed; 33 insurgents and 21 passengers dead
More than 340 train passengers taken hostage by a militant group were freed Wednesday by security forces after a 30-hour siege, an army official told AFP, confi
Afghanistan denies link to train attack in Pakistan
"We categorically reject baseless allegations by Pakistani army spokesperson linking attack on a passenger train in Balochistan province with Afghanistan," foreign ministry spokesperson Abdul Qahar Balkhi said in a statement posted on X.
Pakistan says insurgents who attacked a passenger train killed 21 hostages while all others freed
Insurgents who attacked a passenger train carrying 440 passengers in restive southwestern Pakistan killed 21 hostages before
Train hostage crisis questions Pakistan’s internal security
By bno Chennai bureau The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a separatist militant group, attacked and held hostage the Jaffar Express, a passenger train traveling from Quetta to Peshawar in Pakistan between March 11 and 12.
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"Will take on terrorists, enablers both inside and outside country": Pakistan Army on Jaffar Express hijacking
Following the Jaffar Express train hijacking by Baloch Rebel groups, Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) ...
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India sponsoring terrorism in Balochistan to destabilize Pakistan: DG ISPR
The DG ISPR commended the Pakistan Army, Special Services Group, Law Enforcement Agencies and FC for conducting the operation ...