Attacks targeting security forces are increasing in frequency and lethality in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, where a separatist militant group has adopted new tactics.

A dramatic escalation in the tactics by a Baloch separatist group came with the hijacking of a passenger train on Tuesday.

The train hijacking in south-western Pakistan represents a major escalation in the region’s long-running insurgency.

Passengers rescued by security forces from a passenger train attacked by insurgents arrive at a railway station in Much, Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, Thursday March 13 ...

A bus carrying security forces in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province was struck by a bomb on Sunday, killing at least five personnel and injuring 10. The blast in the Naushki area severely ...

Oil- and mineral-rich Balochistan is Pakistan’s largest and least populated province. It’s a hub for the country’s ethnic Baloch minority, whose members say they face discrimination and ...