The hijack shows the capacity of groups like the BLA to not only carry out complex attacks but also engage in disinformation against the state.

The BLA has taken hostage an entire train after it broke the tracks as the train was passing through one of the tunnels in Pakistan's Bolan area. There were 500 passengers onboard but the group said it has released women and children and held hostage Pak and ISI personnel.

Pakistani security forces said 155 hostages were freed, while 27 suspected militants were killed during a security operation that continued on Wednesday to free passengers held hostage following an ambush on a train in the country's southwestern Baluchistan province.

The BLA has claimed that the train is under their control and they are holding about 100 hostages. Three people, including the train driver, had been injured in the attack. Pakistan security forces have been rushed to secure the hostages as the BLA has threatened to kill the hostage if a military operation is carried out against them.

Separatist militants hijacked a passenger train in a remote part of Baluchistan on March 12, demanding the release of Baluch prisoners.

Separatist militants on Tuesday attacked a passenger train operated daily from Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province to other parts of the country, injuring the driver, a Pakistan Railways official said.

Militants of the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) have launched a severe assault on the Jaffar Express, taking hundreds of passengers, including Pakistani security personnel, hostage. The attack underscores the longstanding Baloch insurgency in Pakistans Balochistan province,

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

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