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Authorities impose curfew in KP's three districts
Authorities imposed curfew in South Waziristan district, North Waziristan district and Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province from 6:00am to 6:00pm on Wednesday. According to notification issued ...
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What's Behind The New Wave Of Violence In Pakistan's Balochistan?
Attacks targeting security forces are increasing in frequency and lethality in Pakistan’s southwestern province of ...
The Balochistan Separatist Movement in Pakistan: What to Know
A dramatic escalation in the tactics by a Baloch separatist group came with the hijacking of a passenger train on Tuesday.
What’s behind the surge in attacks and train hijacking in Pakistan’s restive southwest?
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s neglected southwestern province of Balochistan has been the scene of a yearslong insurgency, with a dramatic uptick in attacks in recent years underscoring the struggles ...
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Baloch Rebels Release Video Of How They Blew Up Train Tracks, Took Hostages
A rebel group in Pakistan's south-western Balochistan bombed a section of ... train at the entrance of a tunnel in a remote frontier district, with an unknown number of hostages still being ...
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Behind train hijacking in Pakistan, history of Baloch insurgency and a spate of recent attacks
The nine-coach Jaffar Express, which was headed to Peshawar from Quetta, was targeted between Pehro Kunri and Gadalar in the Bolan area of Kachhi district, a Balochistan government ... Las Bela, and ...
India Today13d
How Jinnah's betrayal sparked Baloch freedom movement
The region of Balochistan existed as four princely states -- Kalat, Kharan, Las Bela, and Makaran. They had the option of either joining India, merging with Pakistan, or maintaining their independence ...
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Pakistan Train Hijack in Balochistan Highlights: Pakistan Security Forces Dismiss BLA Claims, Say 80 Hostages Freed
"Around 350 passengers, including women and children are save and a relief train will be reaching the area where the train was attacked," said a district senior police officer, Rana Dilawar, Reuters ...
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Who Is Behind Pakistan Train Hijack? A Look At Armed Insurgency In Balochistan | Explained
The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA ... the rulers of Makran, Las Bela, and Kharan. For decades, the Baloch have been fighting for their autonomy or independence, which have been met with violent ...
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Pakistan train siege: Security forces free 155 hostages as Balochistan crisis continues
Pakistan’s security forces rescued 155 hostages and killed 27 militants on Wednesday as the train siege in Balochistan province ... than 450 passengers in Sibi district. The Baloch Liberation ...
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21 passengers killed on Pakistani train after hundreds taken hostage
Twenty-one passengers were killed after a train in Pakistan was attacked and hundreds were taken hostage by the militant Balochistan Liberation Army on Tuesday, according to the Pakistani military.