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.

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

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

"No such incident has ever happened in the history of Pakistan," Sharif told a meeting of parliamentarians and military officers in the city. BLA said that the people Pakistan "claimed" to have ...

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Pakistani authorities say an insurgent attack on a train carrying hundreds of people has ended, with all attackers killed following a daylong standoff QUETTA, Pakistan -- Pakistani authorities on ...

“This is a tactic to terrorize both common people and security apparatus,” Gul said. “They have scaled the ladder.” The security situation in Pakistan is also an economic issue, with ...

Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Anjum Naveed/AP On Tuesday, a U.S. official told ABC News at least 450 people were taken hostage on the train and said six ...

and enterprises in Pakistan are," said the ambassador. He revealed that the government has increased the deployment of human resources, including people from the army, law enforcement, and police ...

Four members of the military were killed and 17 hostages were injured in the gunbattle, and the remaining passengers — more than 400 people — have now been freed, army spokesperson Lt.