Death Toll in Pakistan's Train Hijacking Rises to 31, Army Says
Pakistan's military spokesman said on Friday the death toll in a train hijacking in the country's southwestern mountains had risen to 31 and he repeated accusations that neighbouring India and Afghanistan backed the militants who carried it out.
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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 ...
The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has undergone a significant transformation, evolving from hit-and-run attacks to ...
The BLA claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement warning the ... forces,” reads the statement signed by Jeeyand Baloch, spokesperson for the Baloch Liberation Army.
The train with over 400 passengers aboard was traveling from Quetta in Balochistan province to Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when it came under attack, Reuters reported quoting railway authorities.
"Civilian passengers, particularly women, children, the elderly, and Baloch citizens ... was intensified following a suspected militant attack on a passenger train on Tuesday (EPA) "The BLA ...
It said that the first attack of its kind was carried out in December 2011, when Majeed Brigade Darvesh Baloch targeted a Death Squad base on Arbab Karam Khan Road in Quetta. The BLA affirmed that ...
From hit-and-run strikes to the terrifying seige of Jaffar Express this week, the Balochistan Liberation Army has evolved into an outfit that can carry out audacious attacks with tactical precision, ...
Majeed Langove Senior was the group's first suicide bomber who targeted then-Pakistan Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in ...
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the attack, saying security officials were "repelling" the militants. "Civilian passengers, particularly women, children, the elderly, and Baloch ...
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