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

This article is Soumya Awasthi, fellow, Centre for Security Strategy and Technology, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi.

Pakistan’s military — which, rather than the civilian government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, retains control over ...

Balochistan, the largest and the most sparsely populated province of Pakistan, had always harboured dreams of being independent.

At least five people were killed and 14 others were injured in an explosion near a passenger bus on the Nushki-Dalbandin ...

Separatist militants killed at least 10 people after hijacking a train carrying hundreds of passengers in Pakistan’s ...

A “complex operation” is ongoing in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, according to a security source, after a ...

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 ...

The hijacking of the Jaffar Express signals that the conflict in Balochistan is reaching a dangerous new phase.

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 ...

Pakistani Security Forces killed 27 militants and wounded several others, among those who attacked the Jaffar Express train ...