Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) insurgents hijacked the Jaffar Express in Pakistan, blowing up the railway track en route from Quetta to Peshawar and killing military personnel (here, here, here, and here).

Pakistan’s prime minister has commended the country’s armed forces for successfully rescuing 339 passengers after a deadly train hijacking by insurgents in the southwest

Pakistan on Wednesday completed the rescue operations in the Jaffar Express hijack incident and said that all hostages had been freed. The army claimed that 33 Baluch Liberation Army (BLA) militants,

Pakistani security forces have launched a “full-scale” operation to rescue the remaining 190 hostages from the Jaffar Express train

The Baloch Liberation Army, a separatist militant group rocked southwestern Pakistan as the militants blew up a railway track and opened fire on a passenger train, with dozens of hostages held captive and battling security forces conducting a rescue operation.