In Pakistan's Balochistan province, armed militants hijacked a passenger train, killing three people and taking over 450 hostages. Security forces responded swiftly, rescuing more than 150 ...

The south-western province of Balochistan remains one of Pakistan's biggest security headaches after many decades of an armed rebellion seeking independence for the mineral-rich region.

Balochistan's long-standing insurgency reached a new level, with the Baluch Liberation Army seizing a passenger train. The militants killed 21 passengers before being overpowered by Pakistani forces.

The hijacking of the Jaffar Express in Balochistan has once again drawn attention to the region’s long-running insurgency. For decades, the Baloch people have resisted Pakistan’s military ...

The deadly train hijacking episode has brought the region’s struggle to the fore The recent hijacking of the Jaffar Express in Balochistan marks another deadly episode in the decades-long ...

The Separatist militants of Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) fired on the Jaffar Express a passenger train carrying around 400 passengers across nine bogies in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday.

The Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack on the train. Earlier, around 190 of the hostages were freed by Pakistani forces. A number of hostages on a train in southwestern ...

Separatist militants killed at least 10 people after hijacking a train carrying hundreds of passengers in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan on Tuesday, according to government and ...

The train was on its way from Quetta in Balochistan, Pakistan’s westernmost province, to the northwestern city of Peshawar.“Armed individuals stopped Jaffer Express inside Tunnel No. 8 (in ...

Baloch separatists have taken hundreds of people hostage after attacking a passenger train. Scores have been freed after government forces launched a large-scale operation. Almost two hundred ...