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 ...

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 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.

Therefore, there is a need to understand the specific challenges in Balochistan as India is quite actively involved in the region and the pattern is almost the same as it was in Dhaka. Also ...

Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest and most volatile province, has been at the heart of a decades-long armed rebellion for independence. The latest escalation occurred on 11 March, when militants ...

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 ...

This incident has reignited intense debate on the issue of Balochistan, but unfortunately, the debate has revolved more around subjectivity and lacked the important element of objectivity.

It added that attacks by various outlawed Baloch insurgent groups, primarily the BLA and the Balochistan Liberation Front , saw a staggering 119 per cent increase, accounting for 171 incidents in ...

(AI-generated image/representational) The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a rebel separatist outfit fighting for the separation of Balochistan from Pakistan, hijacked the Jaffar Express, heading to ...

Pakistan Army on Friday (March 14, 2025) said that 18 of the 26 hostages killed by Balochistan Liberation Army militants, who ambushed a train in Balochistan, were army and paramilitary soldiers.

Mufti Shah Mir was a leading religious scholar in Balochistan who had survived two earlier attempts on his life, reported local media. He was ambushed by gunmen riding motorcycles while leaving a ...