Posts from several Indian accounts on social media platform X on Tuesday shared a video of a train explosion; multiple other false claims recorded.

The hijacking of the Jaffar Express signals that the conflict in Balochistan is reaching a dangerous new phase.

By Srijanee Chakraborty An old video showing separatist militant group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) threatening Pakistan and China is being falsely linked by viral social media posts to the recent incident of hijacking of the Jaffar Express in Pakistan's Balochistan province.

The Jaffar Express runs between Quetta in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province to Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Hakeem Baloch, member of the Baloch National Movement's Foreign Committee, stated that the Jaffar train hijack incident highlighted the ongoing Baloch struggle against Pakistani oppression and the exploitation of their resources by both the Pakistani state and international powers.

In recent years, the Jaffar Express has faced multiple attacks by Baloch rebels and TTP, causing numerous casualties. These attacks highlight the ongo

The Majeed Brigade of the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) hijacked the Jaffar Express in Balochistan's Bolan on Tuesday and took hundreds hostage. As claimed by Pakistan, they have killed 30 militants.

Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) insurgents hijacked the Jaffar Express in Pakistan, blowing up the railway track en route from Quetta to Peshawar and killing military personnel (here, here, here, and here).

Pakistan on Wednesday completed the rescue operations in the Jaffar Express hijack incident and said that all hostages had been freed. The army claimed that 33 Baluch Liberation Army (BLA) militants,