The train hijacking in south-western Pakistan represents a major escalation in the region’s long-running insurgency.
Balochistan, the largest and the most sparsely populated province of Pakistan, had always harboured dreams of being independent.
An armed militant group has taken train passengers hostage and wounded the train driver in an attack in Pakistan's volatile south-western Balochistan province. In a statement claiming the the ...
This article is Soumya Awasthi, fellow, Centre for Security Strategy and Technology, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi.
The hijacking of the Jaffar Express signals that the conflict in Balochistan is reaching a dangerous new phase.
At least 30 militants were killed in initial exchanges of gunfire. By Wednesday night, security forces had rescued 190 of the 450 passengers who were initially on the train when it was hijacked on ...
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