'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 Pakistan's Bolan Pass, a pocket of wilderness so remote that there is no internet or mobile network coverage, the nine-coach Jaffar Express ground to a halt. Then the bullets started flying.
What's behind the surge in attacks and train hijacking in Pakistan’s restive southwest?
ISLAMABAD — 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 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.
Pakistan military ends train standoff, says 21 hostages and four troops killed
Baloch separatist militants blew up a railway track and launched rockets at the Jaffar Express, which was carrying over 400 passengers.
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
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 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’s security crisis deepens as train hijacking ends in bloodshed
The Pakistani military said it had completed a deadly rescue operation in the embattled southwest of the country after armed separatists hijacked a train.
Pakistan's leader meets survivors of deadly train hijack and the commandos who ended the siege
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif traveled to the restive southwestern Balochistan province to meet survivors of a train attack and the commandos who rescued over 300 passengers from the insurg
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Balochistan: Pakistan security forces abduct two individuals from Gwadar
Pakistani security forces have reportedly detained two individuals in Pasni tehsil, Gwadar, Balochistan, with their ...
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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Pakistan train attack survivors 'crouched for hours' to survive
Freed hostages from the Pakistan train attack share harrowing stories of crouching on the floor for hours with only water, ...
LIVE: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif addresses nation following Balochistan train hijack
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addressed the media following a train attack in Balochistan on Tuesday. Insurgents ...
Taliban Deny Pakistan's Claim Afghans Responsible For Balochistan Train Attack
The Taliban rejected Pakistan’s claim that Afghans were involved in the Balochistan train attack, calling it “baseless ...
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Altaf Hussain's Wake-Up Call: Balochistan Crisis and Pakistan's Future
Altaf Hussain, founder of Pakistan's MQM, highlights the Jaffar Train hijacking as a significant signal of the ongoing ...
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Elimination of terrorism in Balochistan, KP must for country's progress: PM Shehbaz
QUETTA: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said that Pakistan cannot move forward on the path of progress without eliminating the menace of terrorism in Balochistan and ...